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The Communist massacres in Serbia

Background
Because the leadership of Yugoslav Communists had intention to perform the Communist revolution and sieze the control over Yugoslavia already during the World War II, the "radicalisation of class struggle" reached extreme character and the first executions of the pereceived opponents of the Communists began already during Summer and Autumn 1941 in some parts of Axis occupied Yugoslavia. The process of liquidation of "class enemies" was extremely brutal.

Leftist errors
In the period of Leftist errors the Communist violence reached massive scale.

Nova Varoš (end of 1941 and early 1942)
When retreating Communist forces entered Nova Varoš at the end of 1941, they captured part of the territory of Raška region with Nova Varoš as its center where Milovan Đilas had most important role in the organized pressure on the local population.

Massacres conducted in organization of Ozna (1944—1946)
The mass massacres in Serbia were conducted by OZNA and KNOJ. During the entire period of its existence OZNA used illegal practicies which included occasional mass murders of the "enemies of the people" having a notion of conducting the "revolution". The "enemies of the people" included not only local anti-communist forces but also notable individuals who did not support Communists, wealthy and prosperous individuals, POWs and all representatives of the Church regardless of the religion. In combating armed anti-communist groups, the OZNA and KNOJ, murdered prisoners without any investigation or trial, sometimes also murdering the civilian associated with them. The majority of the atrocities comminted by Communists were hidden from the public during the period of SFRJ.