STRIKING FORCE OF THE COLLABORATION. ALBANIAN-MUSLIM SS VOLUNTEER LEGION AND SELF-DEFENCE REGIMENT SANDŽAK (1943–1945)

The paper chronicles the history of two military formations within German armed forces, with the Muslims from Stara Raška being their backbone. The focus is on the SS legion, i.e. the reasons of its establishment and restructuring, and all events occurring between the two. The prosopographical study...

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Main Author: Milutin Živković
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Language:deu
Published: Institut za Savremenu Istoriju 2025-08-01
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Online Access:https://istorija20veka.rs/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025_2-4_ziv_343-362.pdf
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description The paper chronicles the history of two military formations within German armed forces, with the Muslims from Stara Raška being their backbone. The focus is on the SS legion, i.e. the reasons of its establishment and restructuring, and all events occurring between the two. The prosopographical study has also been given indicating the position of the Muslim legionaries from Stara Raška within the regional, social and economic context. The paper has been drawn up on the basis of the archival material kept in Military Archives, State Archives and the Archives of Yugoslavia, all being located in Belgrade, Historical Archive “Ras” in Novi Pazar, i.e. Federal Archives of Germany in Berlin.
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STRIKING FORCE OF THE COLLABORATION. ALBANIAN-MUSLIM SS VOLUNTEER LEGION AND SELF-DEFENCE REGIMENT SANDŽAK (1943–1945)
Istorija 20. Veka
muslims
stara raška
germans
ss legion
sjenica
novi pazar
krempler
meissner
recruits
title STRIKING FORCE OF THE COLLABORATION. ALBANIAN-MUSLIM SS VOLUNTEER LEGION AND SELF-DEFENCE REGIMENT SANDŽAK (1943–1945)
title_full STRIKING FORCE OF THE COLLABORATION. ALBANIAN-MUSLIM SS VOLUNTEER LEGION AND SELF-DEFENCE REGIMENT SANDŽAK (1943–1945)
title_fullStr STRIKING FORCE OF THE COLLABORATION. ALBANIAN-MUSLIM SS VOLUNTEER LEGION AND SELF-DEFENCE REGIMENT SANDŽAK (1943–1945)
title_full_unstemmed STRIKING FORCE OF THE COLLABORATION. ALBANIAN-MUSLIM SS VOLUNTEER LEGION AND SELF-DEFENCE REGIMENT SANDŽAK (1943–1945)
title_short STRIKING FORCE OF THE COLLABORATION. ALBANIAN-MUSLIM SS VOLUNTEER LEGION AND SELF-DEFENCE REGIMENT SANDŽAK (1943–1945)
title_sort striking force of the collaboration albanian muslim ss volunteer legion and self defence regiment sandzak 1943 1945
topic muslims
stara raška
germans
ss legion
sjenica
novi pazar
krempler
meissner
recruits
url https://istorija20veka.rs/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025_2-4_ziv_343-362.pdf
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