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- The 13th SS Waffen Mountain Division [Khanjar] is a unit of the Muslim Waffen-SS formed in Bosnia in the Balkan Peninsula, where Catholics, Orthodox Christians, and Muslims are mixed.
- Officers and non-commissioned officers were German citizens or ethnic Germans born and raised here, and soldiers were Boshnicks and other Muslims who wore Turks.
- When they were deployed in the partisan mopping-up campaign in the mountainous areas, it took on the aspect of a religious war against Serbs and Jews, who were Orthodox Christians, and left the roots of trouble even after the war.
- The name of the division, Handschar, comes from the crescent-shaped dagger carried by Muslim adult males called Hanjar in Arabic, and was used on the division badge and lapel badge as a historical symbol of Bosnia.
- The formation of the division began in March 1943, and by July it had reached 20,000 men.
- The uniform was a normal SS uniform, but the lapel badge had a hand holding a Khanjar instead of the SS runes.
- Considering the large number of Muslims, they were allowed to wear the traditional hats of the Middle East, while non-Muslims wore the usual SS mountaineering caps.
- The division was involved in several guerilla mopping-up operations, which boosted the division's morale and often led to massacres, especially against its Muslim enemies.
- After surrendering to the British in Austria on May 7, 1945, the Muslims were handed over to the partisans led by Josip Broz Tito and many were executed at Maeboa.

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Country

Germany

Item code

TBO35201

JAN code

4580702161651

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