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Abstract enThere were Turks and Muslims among Germany’s minor allies as countries, nations or ethnic groups during the Second World War. Some of them volunteered for the SS divisions which were composed of elite soldiers of very tight belief to the Nazi ideology. One of those divisions was the 13th SS Mountain Division, recruited around Bosnia-Herzogovina and named “Handschar”. Those soldiers, differed from others wearing black fezzes, were specially trained as mountain troops. Division “Handschar” were on duty in the mountainous area especially in Bosnia and around, and joined large-scale sweeping operations against Tito’s partisans. After the Germans had withdrawn to Hungary, Handschar was reduced to the brigade level, by demobilizing most of the division’s soldiers. Remains of the division continued fighting against the Soviet armies in Hungary and Austria, until their surrender to the British

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