Topovske Šupe concentration camp
| Topovske Šupe | |
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| Concentration camp | |
 Location of Topovske Šupe within occupied Yugoslavia
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| Coordinates | 44°47′25″N 20°28′05″E / 44.79028°N 20.46806°ECoordinates: 44°47′25″N 20°28′05″E / 44.79028°N 20.46806°E |
| Location | Belgrade, Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia |
| Operated by | German Gestapo Gendermarie of the Government of National Salvation |
| Original use | Royal Yugoslav Army military base |
| Operational | August–December 1941 |
| Inmates | primarily Jews and Romanis |
| Number of inmates | 5,000–6,000 |
| Killed | 4,300 |
The Topovske Šupe concentration camp (German: Konzentrationslager Kanonen-Schuppen;Serbian: Logor Topovske Šupe, Логор Топовске Шупе) was a concentration camp located on the outskirts of Belgrade which was operated by Nazi Germany with the help of Milan Nedić's quisling government during World War II. Located in the neighborhood of Autokomanda, on the site of an old military base, the camp held approximately 5,000 to 6,000 inmates from its establishment on 20 August 1941 until its closure in December of that year. About 4,300 inmates were killed during its operation, of whom 3,000 were killed as hostages and 1,300 were killed as suspected anti-fascists.
On 6 April 1941, Axis forces invaded the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Poorly equipped and poorly trained, the Royal Yugoslav Army was quickly defeated. The country was then occupied and dismembered, with the Wehrmacht establishing the Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia under a government of military occupation. The territory included most of Serbia proper, with the addition of the northern part of Kosovo (centred on Kosovska Mitrovica), and the Banat. It was the only area of partitioned Yugoslavia in which the German occupants established a military government, to exploit the key rail and riverine transport routes that passed through it, and its valuable resources, particularly non-ferrous metals. The Military Commander in Serbia appointed Serbian puppet governments to "carry on administrative chores under German direction and supervision". On 29 August 1941, the Germans appointed the Government of National Salvation (Serbian: Vlada Nacionalnog Spasa, Влада Националног Спаса) under General Milan Nedić, to replace the short-lived Commissioner Administration.
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