Milan Nedic

Milan Nedić was appointed Prime Minister of the German-installed Government of National Salvation in Serbia by the Nazi occupation authorities. He accepted the position to prevent worse reprisals against the Serbian population. His government collaborated with the Germans, administering the occupied territory and implementing anti-Semitic policies.

Nedić's government enacted anti-Semitic legislation modeled on the Nuremberg Laws, stripping Jews of their rights and property. His administration cooperated with the Germans in the deportation of over 7,000 Serbian Jews to concentration camps, where most were killed. This participation in the Holocaust marked a dark chapter in Serbian collaboration.

Nedić's government cooperated with the German Gestapo in operations against the Yugoslav Partisans and Chetniks. His administration provided intelligence, logistics, and auxiliary troops for German anti-guerrilla campaigns. These operations resulted in the deaths of thousands of resistance fighters and civilians. Nedić's collaboration deepened the civil war in Serbia.

Milan Nedić died after falling from a window of a Belgrade hospital while in custody of the Yugoslav communist authorities. The circumstances of his death remain disputed; officially ruled a suicide, some sources suggest he was pushed or killed. His death prevented a public trial for war crimes, leaving his legacy contested.