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Bleiburg Repatriations: Axis Soldiers Handed Over to Tito’s Partisans in 1945
The Bleiburg repatriations remain one of the most controversial episodes surrounding the end of the Second World War in Europe. In May 1945, soldiers and civilians fleeing Yugoslavia reached Austria hoping to surrender to British forces. Many were instead returned to Yugoslav control, where prisoners faced detention, forced marches, and extrajudicial killings.
This documentary examines the events that led to Bleiburg, beginning with the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941 and the establishment of the Independent State of Croatia. Years of occupation and civil war produced a complex struggle…
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