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AGGRESSION AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA AND IT’S DIVISIONThe Kingdom of Yugoslavia signed the Tripartite Pact in Viennaon March 25, 1941. In the aftermath of a rebellion mainlyupheld by the Serbian populace, a coup d’état overthrew theGovernment of Cvetković – Maček. The same Governmentwhich had brought two racist decrees against Jews (“prohibitionof foodstuffs wholesale trade and production” and the socalled “numerous clausus” restricting enrollment into schools)on October 5, 1940.Mass demonstrations ensued in Belgrade and throughout Serbiaagainst the ascension of Yugoslavia to the Tripartite Pact.In the early hours of April 6, 1941, as a sign of retribution andwith no formal proclamation of war, Hitler attacked Yugoslaviaby bombarding Belgrade.The president of the Government, DragišaCvetković, signing up Yugoslavia to theTripartite PactThe Yugoslav army in the streets of Belgradeupon the coup d’étatThe March 27, 1941 demonstrations inBelgradeAUSTRIAOCCUPIED AND(ANENNECTED BYANNECTED BYGERMANY)MariborHUNGARYHUNGARYOCCUPIED ANDANNECTED BYGERMANYITALYSuboticaLjubljanaOCCUPIED ANDANNECTED BYZagrebOCCUPIED ANDITALYANNECTED BYHUNGARYOsijekNovi SadBanja LukaINDEPENDENT STATE OFCROATIA(GERMAN AND ITALIANOCCUPATION)ZenicaOCCUPIED ANDSplitANNECTED BYITALYMostarTuzlaROMANIABANAT(SPECIAL STATUSWITHINSERBIA)BeogradKragujevacSarajevoSRBIJAOCCUPIED ANDANNECTED BY(GERMAN OCCUPATION)BULGARIANišAfter the capitulation of theYugoslav Army on April18, 1941, Yugoslavia wasdivided among Germany,Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria andAlbania; the central part ofthe country became the marionetteFascist IndependentState of Croatia; the bulk ofSerbian territory came underGerman military administration.ITALYAdriatic seaOCCUPIED ANDANNECTED BYITALYMONTE NEGRO(ITALIANOCCUPATION)PrištinaOCCUPIED BY ITALY ANDPodgoricaANNECTED TOOCCUPIED ANDALBANIAANNECTED BYITALYPrizrenSkopljeOCCUPIED ANDANNECTED BYOCCUPIED BY ITALY ANDBULGARIAANNECTED TO ALBANIAALBANIA(ITALIANPROTECTORATE)BULGARIAGREECE (OCCUPIEDBY GERMANY, ITALYAND BULGARIA)The division of Yugoslavia marked the beginning of the extinction ofJews whereupon the Yugoslav Jewish Community was almost completelyannihilated.The entry of the German Military intoBelgrade April 13, 1941The proclamation of the Commander of the MilitaryAdministration Helmuth Foerster dated April 22, 1941