12 February 2019

0425 | Photo | 13. SS-Freiwilligen b. h. Gebirgs-Division (Kroatien)



Propaganda display window of the Political Department of the 13th SS Division in Vinkovci (across the gymnasium, which is reflected in the glass), where the division headquarters was set up after the completion of the training, before returning to Bosnia. Displayed in the window are a black flag of the SS, a German eagle on a stand and two panels with photographs of the division, inscribed "Croatian homeland, mother Bosnia, we are coming" and "This was our journey to become true fighters of the homeland". On the left panel, next to the pictures of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem with Bosnian volunteers, there is also the symbol of the division: a hand swinging a khanjar.

Text: Ivan Ž.

Photographer: unknown, 13th SS Volunteer B. H. Mountain Division (Croatia).
Date: February/March 1944.
Location: Vinkovci, Yugoslavia.
Original caption: unknown.

Sources: Bundesarchiv, NS 19/2601; ibid., RS 3-13/2; Trgovina Kolekcionar, 261874; George Lepre, Himmler's Bosnian Division – The Waffen-SS Handschar Division 1943–1945, Schiffer Military History, Atglen, 1997, p. 142. (Photo restoration: Ivan Ž.)

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Propagandni izlog političkog odeljenja 13. SS-divizije u Vinkovcima (prekoputa gimnazije, čiji se odraz vidi u staklu), gde je štab divizije smešten po završetku obuke, pre povratka u Bosnu. U izlogu se nalaze crna zastava SS-a, nemački orao na postolju i dva panoa sa fotografijama divizije, na kojima piše "Hrvatska domovino, majko Bosno, mi dolazimo" i "To bijaše naš put do pravog borca domovine". Na levom panou, pored slika velikog muftije jerusalimskog sa bosanskim dobrovoljcima, nalazi se i simbol divizije: šaka koja zamahuje handžarom.

Tekst: Ivan Ž.

Fotograf: nepoznat, 13. dobrovoljačka b. h. brdska SS-divizija (Hrvatska).
Datum: februar/mart 1944.
Mesto: Vinkovci, Jugoslavija.
Originalni natpis: nepoznat.

Izvori: Bundesarchiv, NS 19/2601; ibid., RS 3-13/2; Trgovina Kolekcionar, 261874; George Lepre, Himmler's Bosnian Division – The Waffen-SS Handschar Division 1943–1945, Schiffer Military History, Atglen, 1997, str. 142. (Foto-restauracija: Ivan Ž.)

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