TY  - CONF
AU  - Otašević, Božidar
AU  - Mijalković, Saša
AU  - Otašević, Branislav
PY  - 2019
UR  - http://jakov.kpu.edu.rs/handle/123456789/1349
AB  - The paper deals with the role of fanaticized religious leaders in the creation of the 21st Division of the SS “Skanderbeg”, developed on the basis of the ideas of the League of Prizren which laid the foundations of the socalled “Greater Albania”. The authors analyze the activities of the German Counter-Intelligence Service “Abwehr” in the creation of such an “elite” division, whose operatives and agents skillfully mislead religious leaders and religiously fanaticized aghas and beys in order to preserve occupying power in the Balkans without the involvement of German regular troops. Within this unit there were numerous ballist and volunteer forces from the territory
of Kosovo and Metohija, Northern Albania, Western Macedonia, but also from Plav and Gusinje (Montenegro) and from the Raška area, while only the commanding staff (officers and non commissioned officers) were Germans. Since the creation of this unit, religious and nationalist fanatics have been attempting to ethnically cleanse the multinational region from all Non-Albanians, committing mass crimes against the unprotected population. The list of crimes committed by this unit is very long, but definitely the most brutal was the one committed on 28. July 1944. On that day, in an event that is known in historiography as “The Velika Massacre”, for just two hours and fifteen minutes in the villages beneath the mountain Čakor called Velika and
Gornja Ržanica the fanatics blinded by their religion murdered and then burned down most of their 458 victims, 120 of which were children.
PB  - Belgrade : University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies
C3  - Thematic conference proceedings of international significance. Vol. 1 / International scientific conference "Archibald Reiss Days", Belgrade, 6-7 November 2019.
T1  - The role of religious leaders in the creation of the 21st division of the SS - Skanderbeg and their involvement in the war crime in Velika
SP  - 357
EP  - 372
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_jakov_1349
ER  - 

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author = "Otašević, Božidar and Mijalković, Saša and Otašević, Branislav",
year = "2019",
abstract = "The paper deals with the role of fanaticized religious leaders in the creation of the 21st Division of the SS “Skanderbeg”, developed on the basis of the ideas of the League of Prizren which laid the foundations of the socalled “Greater Albania”. The authors analyze the activities of the German Counter-Intelligence Service “Abwehr” in the creation of such an “elite” division, whose operatives and agents skillfully mislead religious leaders and religiously fanaticized aghas and beys in order to preserve occupying power in the Balkans without the involvement of German regular troops. Within this unit there were numerous ballist and volunteer forces from the territory
of Kosovo and Metohija, Northern Albania, Western Macedonia, but also from Plav and Gusinje (Montenegro) and from the Raška area, while only the commanding staff (officers and non commissioned officers) were Germans. Since the creation of this unit, religious and nationalist fanatics have been attempting to ethnically cleanse the multinational region from all Non-Albanians, committing mass crimes against the unprotected population. The list of crimes committed by this unit is very long, but definitely the most brutal was the one committed on 28. July 1944. On that day, in an event that is known in historiography as “The Velika Massacre”, for just two hours and fifteen minutes in the villages beneath the mountain Čakor called Velika and
Gornja Ržanica the fanatics blinded by their religion murdered and then burned down most of their 458 victims, 120 of which were children.",
publisher = "Belgrade : University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies",
journal = "Thematic conference proceedings of international significance. Vol. 1 / International scientific conference "Archibald Reiss Days", Belgrade, 6-7 November 2019.",
title = "The role of religious leaders in the creation of the 21st division of the SS - Skanderbeg and their involvement in the war crime in Velika",
pages = "357-372",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_jakov_1349"
}

Otašević, B., Mijalković, S.,& Otašević, B.. (2019). The role of religious leaders in the creation of the 21st division of the SS - Skanderbeg and their involvement in the war crime in Velika. in Thematic conference proceedings of international significance. Vol. 1 / International scientific conference "Archibald Reiss Days", Belgrade, 6-7 November 2019.
Belgrade : University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies., 357-372.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_jakov_1349

Otašević B, Mijalković S, Otašević B. The role of religious leaders in the creation of the 21st division of the SS - Skanderbeg and their involvement in the war crime in Velika. in Thematic conference proceedings of international significance. Vol. 1 / International scientific conference "Archibald Reiss Days", Belgrade, 6-7 November 2019.. 2019;:357-372.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_jakov_1349 .

Otašević, Božidar, Mijalković, Saša, Otašević, Branislav, "The role of religious leaders in the creation of the 21st division of the SS - Skanderbeg and their involvement in the war crime in Velika" in Thematic conference proceedings of international significance. Vol. 1 / International scientific conference "Archibald Reiss Days", Belgrade, 6-7 November 2019. (2019):357-372,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_jakov_1349 .