Zero Mercy: When 2,300 SS Collaborators Met Yugoslav Justice
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In April 1941, Nazi Germany and its Axis allies invaded Yugoslavia, bringing the kingdom to an end within just eleven days. In German-occupied Serbia, the collapse transformed the fortunes of the Yugoslav National Movement, better known as ZBOR. Once a marginal fascist movement with limited popular support, ZBOR became closely involved with the new occupation order. Its followers served in the collaborationist administration, promoted antisemitic propaganda and later formed the core of the Serbian Volunteer Corps, which fought alongside German forces against the Communist Partisans led by Josip Broz Tito. This World History documentary traces the rise and fall of ZBOR and its leader, Dimitrije Ljotić, examining the movement’s ideology, its pre-war links with Nazi Germany and its transformation after the invasion of Yugoslavia. It follows the creation of the Serbian Volunteer Corps under Kosta Mušicki and explores its role in German anti-Partisan operations, as well as the involvement o
Tags: World History, Yugoslav National Movement, German occupation of Yugoslavia, Axis powers, Yugoslav Partisans, Nazi collaborators, Chetniks, Josip Broz Tito, Second World War, Yugoslavia 1945, Yugoslavia during World War 2, Serbia during World War 2, Royal Yugoslav Army, Balkans WW2, Serbian Volunteer Corps, ZBOR, Dimitrije Ljotić, Velibor Jonić, Serbia WW2, German SS
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