History of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1941–1945)

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After the

persecution of Serbs organized by Ustaše, made distinction between Muslims who participated in such persecutions and whole Muslim population, presented information about the persecutions of Muslims by Serbs and requested security for all citizens of the country, regardless of their identity.[1]


...was a letter sent to Adolf Hitler in the autumn of 1942 by prominent Bosniaks, including the then mayor of Sarajevo, Mustafa Softić, translated and published in Vladimir Dedijer's book "Genocide against Muslims 1942-1945." In a letter or memorandum A brief history of Bosnia and Bosniaks is presented. During the 6th century, during the reign of Theodoric, king of the Eastern Goths, to whose state Illyria then belonged, the old Roman name Bosnia was changed, in the old dialect "Bosen" which meant good man, it is stated in the memorandum that the Slavs came to the area in the 6th century under the name of Serbs and Croats ".https://www.dw.com/bs/pisma-bo%C5%A1njaka-hitleru/a-45940938


Bosnia was the geographical mother of the partisan movement, providing ample space amongst its mountains for training and development.[2]

— Basil Davidson

Starting in 1941, Yugoslav communists under the leadership of

Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia with Tito at its helm held a founding conference in Jajce where Bosnia and Herzegovina was reestablished as a republic within the Yugoslavian federation in its Ottoman borders. Military success eventually prompted the Allies to support the Partisans, and the end of the war resulted in the establishment of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, with the constitution of 1946 officially making Bosnia and Herzegovina
one of six constituent republics in the new state.

Nazi-occupied Southern France (Bundesarchiv
, 21 June 1943)
November 1943: Amin al-Husseini greeting Bosnian Muslim Waffen-SS volunteers with a Nazi salute.[3] At right is SS General Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig.

During the war, and following the massive deterioration of internal security under the incompetent

Muslim to earn the German Iron Cross during World War II
.

See also

References

  1. ^ Hadžijahić, Muhamed (1973), "Muslimanske rezolucije iz 1941 godine [Muslim resolutions of 1941]", Istorija Naroda Bosne i Hercegovine (in Serbo-Croatian), Sarajevo: Institut za istoriju radničkog pokreta, p. 277
  2. ^ Basil Davidson: PARTISAN PICTURE
  3. OCLC 84904295
    .
  4. S2CID 133436194
    .

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