Names of localities are listed by their German
as weIl as Yugoslavian nomenclature. Example:
Werschetz/Vrsac. Where only German or Yugoslavian
designations are available, they are retained in
their original version.
Abbreviations and Expressions used in
the Chapters
Aktion Intelligenzija
Originally a Russian expression for cleansing the
society of intellectuals, wealthy, influential,
political persons. Also adopted by the Yugoslav
partisans.
AVNOJ
Anti-Fascist Council for the Liberation of
Yugoslavia. Legislative Assembly of Partisan
Movement.
DDT-Powder
Insect powder used against lice and typhus
epidemics.
HLKO
Haag Convention on Conduct of War.
KPJ
Communist Party of Yugoslavia.
LW I-IV
Documentation Series, Volumes I-IV, The Sufferings,
Tragedy of the Danube Swabians, published by the
Donauschwäbische Stiftung, Germany.
Magyare
Ethnic Hungarian.
Polenta
Cooked ground corn (maize).
OZNA
Secret Police of Partisans.
SHS
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovens, before
renamed Yugoslavia.
USK
Independent Nation of Croatia.
VDU
Alliance of Ethnic Germans in Hungary.
VOMI
German SS-Office in Berlin, dealing with ethnic
German affairs.
Wojwodina
Yugoslav area comprising the Banat, Batschka and
Syrmia.
ZK
Central Committee of the Yugoslav Communist
Party.
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