This film documents the action carried out by the Grossdeutschland regiment in reprisal for the killing of four German soldiers by unidentified snipers on April 18, 1941. Altogether 22 Serbian civilians were hanged in the Pancevo city cemetery, while 18 more were publicly shot against the cemetery wall by troops with the regiment. The film is accompanied by Gottfried Kessel's commentary. Kessel was a Propaganda Kompanie (PK) cameraman attached to the Grossdeutschland regiment of the German army.
Color. Serbian POWs in a POW camp in Belgrade. The prisoners receive food and look at the camera suspiciously. CU of raggedly dressed civilians who have been taken prisoner. Returning Serbian soldiers look for their families.
Serbian POWs and returning soldiers