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April 1941. Nazi Germany invades Yugoslavia, crushing the country within days and dividing it among Axis powers. In occupied Slovenia, resistance grows—but every act of defiance is met with ruthless retaliation. At the centre of this terror stands SS General Erwin Rösener, responsible for anti-partisan warfare in the region. Under his command, mass arrests, deportations, and executions become tools of control. Rösener oversees the creation of the Slovene Home Guard, a collaborationist militia used to hunt resistance fighters. Working alongside the Gestapo—the Nazi secret police—his forces imprison thousands and carry out systematic killings. In places like Maribor, prisoners and suspected supporters are executed as “reprisals,” their bodies buried in unmarked graves. After the war, Rösener is captured, tried, and executed for his crimes.  🎥 Watch the full documentary on WorldHistory.tv  “Erwin Rösener: SS General Behind Brutal Reprisals in Slovenia”  🔗 Link in bio & comments 👇  #HistoryFacts #WW2History #Documentary #WarStories #TrueCrimeHistory

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00:00From October 1944 until the end of the war in May 1945, Reznor served as head of anti-partisan warfare

00:09in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia.

00:11Under his authority, mass executions of civilians, hostages, and prisoners of war were carried out across the region.

00:19One of the most notorious of these atrocities occurred in the city of Maribor, where political prisoners and suspected resistance

00:27supporters were taken from local jails and executed.

00:31Between 1941 and April 1945, a total of 689 men and women who had been arrested for supplying the partisan

00:40forces with food, weapons, and other aid were shot in what became known as the Maribor Prison Massacres.

00:50Discover the full story on worldhistory.tv

The Butcher of Slovenia - General Rösener’s Reign of Terror

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