23.01.2014.
Marking the anniversary of Novi Sad raids
In Novi Sad , today 72nd anniversary of the Novi Sad raids , one of the most tragic events in the history of the city, where the Hungarian fascist occupation authorities killed or pushed under the ice of a frozen Danube , between 1300 and 1700 Serbs , Jews and Roma inhabitants of Novi Sad , including the large number of women , children and the elderly.Citizens gathered in front of the monument "Porodica" at the Novi Sad Raids victims quay, where Milos Vucevic mayor of Novi Sad spoke.
- One of the darkest pages of our history will never be forgotten - he said , among other things , Vucevic said that there is no alternative to coexistence in this region but to follow the beaten path of appreciation of ethnic and religious tolerance .
With the help of Novi Sad priests and deacons the memorial service was served by Bishop of Backa , while the commemorative memorial for the Jewish community was held a Chief Rabbi of Serbia Isak Asiel.
The Hungarian army , the gendarmerie and the Royal State Police have started raids in the early morning of 21 January in 1942. The raids resulted in arrests of citizens and entire families. The occupiers killed instantly some innocent victims in the street, he took part to the Novi Sad beach " Strand " , where they were murdered and thrown into the Danube, while the majority of people were taken to Strand the Novi Sad beach, where they were killed , or thrown live under the ice . The raid lasted three days , and that in addition to residents of Novi Sad and residents of the surrounding villages were also killed the number of victims amounting to , 4500 in this 3-day bloodshed.During the commemoration the president of Municipality Siniša Sević and youth representatives of the Jewish Community and Roma Homeland, Mina Gusman and Milan Nikolic from the ship " Sabac" Riverine , with the sounds of ship horns , dropped a wreath into the river, from which the divers , Sergeant First Class Jovan Kane , corporal Aleksandar Jovanovic and sergeant Djordje Nedeljkovic , dropped the wreath into the Danube.
VIDEOGALLERY- Laying wreaths into the Danube as a memory to raids victims [FLV]
