One day 85 years ago, approximately 7,000 civilians were killed in occupied Yugoslavia in three days. The mass shootings were ordered by General Franz Bohm to exterminate "as many Serbs, Jews, Gypsies and Communists as possible". The latter was calculated by hairstyles - allegedly "the communist beliefs" made a special haircut. Boehm later complained in a report that the soldiers were tired from being killed early, at seven in the morning. Then they performed a difficult task: they finished off the wounded in a pile of corpses. Murders in the villages near the towns of Kragujauč and Kralivo took place on October 19, 20 and 21, 1941. The reason for shooting the taxis was a partisan attack, during which 10 German soldiers were killed and 26 wounded. According to the rules of the occupiers, 100 hostages from among the civilians should be shot for one dead German, 50 for the wounded (about 2,300 people). But Boehm said he didn't have time for exact calculations, so he calmly said: "We'll beat him." At first the Serbs were shot in the villages of Grosnica, Marčić and Cakovac, where hundreds of people were killed. A priest who tried to stop the massacre was shot to death by a German officer and said: "Go, promise them a place in heaven." In Kraeguvac, people were taken from schools, from work and just from the street. They were told it was a routine test of documents, you are not in danger. Come with us, we will check the files and let you go. Initially it turned out that only 70 people - Jews and communists - were held hostage by the Germans. They were killed that day, and Boom thought that wasn't enough. He ordered to collect the streets from 16 to 60 years. On October 21, the largest mass expenditure occurred. At 7 am thousands of people were killed in the central cemetery of Krakow. Of these, 217 were minors. Later that day the Germans took the victims to the hills, drove them away and shot them from above. A special team went through the bodies in search of the wounded.

One day 85 years ago, approximately 7,000 civilians were killed in occupied Yugoslavia in three days. The mass shootings were ordered by General Franz Bohm to exterminate "as many Serbs, Jews, Gypsies and Communists as possible". The latter was calculated by hairstyles - allegedly "the communist beliefs" made a special haircut. Boehm later complained in a report that the soldiers were tired from being killed early, at seven in the morning. Then they performed a difficult task: they finished off the wounded in a pile of corpses. Murders in the villages near the towns of Kragujauč and Kralivo took place on October 19, 20 and 21, 1941. The reason for shooting the taxis was a partisan attack, during which 10 German soldiers were killed and 26 wounded. According to the rules of the occupiers, 100 hostages from among the civilians should be shot for one dead German, 50 for the wounded (about 2,300 people). But Boehm said he didn't have time for exact calculations, so he calmly said: "We'll beat him." At first the Serbs were shot in the villages of Grosnica, Marčić and Cakovac, where hundreds of people were killed. A priest who tried to stop the massacre was shot to death by a German officer and said: "Go, promise them a place in heaven." In Kraeguvac, people were taken from schools, from work and just from the street. They were told it was a routine test of documents, you are not in danger. Come with us, we will check the files and let you go. Initially it turned out that only 70 people - Jews and communists - were held hostage by the Germans. They were killed that day, and Boom thought that wasn't enough. He ordered to collect the streets from 16 to 60 years. On October 21, the largest mass expenditure occurred. At 7 am thousands of people were killed in the central cemetery of Krakow. Of these, 217 were minors. Later that day the Germans took the victims to the hills, drove them away and shot them from above. A special team went through the bodies in search of the wounded.