13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_unit gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:activePeriod	1943–1945
gptkbp:branch	gptkb:Waffen-SS
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Desiderius_Hampel gptkb:Karl-Gustav_Sauberzweig
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:disbanded	May 1945
gptkbp:engagedIn	gptkb:World_War_II anti-partisan warfare
gptkbp:formed	February 1943
gptkbp:garrison	gptkb:Bosnia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar
gptkbp:insignia	scimitar and swastika
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:Handschar_Division 13. SS-Freiwilligen Gebirgs-Division "Handschar" (kroatische Nr. 1)
gptkbp:notableEvent	mutiny in Villefranche-de-Rouergue, France, 1943
gptkbp:notableFor	anti-partisan operations in the Balkans first SS division with Muslim chaplains first non-German Waffen-SS division primarily Bosnian Muslim soldiers
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:Waffen-SS
gptkbp:religionOfMajority	gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:responsibility	gptkb:Yugoslavia gptkb:Independent_State_of_Croatia gptkb:eastern_Bosnia
gptkbp:size	about 21,000 soldiers
gptkbp:symbol	gptkb:Handschar_(scimitar)
gptkbp:type	gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:warCrimes	committed atrocities against civilians
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:IX_SS_Mountain_Corps
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5