Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Novi Sad raid (Serbian: Новосадска рација/Novosadska racija) or the Újvidék massacre was a series of attacks by Hungarian troops against civilians in Hungarian occupied Bačka on January 1942, after the Axis invasion and partition of Yugoslavia. The raids were conducted in several places in southern Bačka region, including Novi Sad, villages and towns in Šajkaška, as well as the towns of Temerin, Srbobran and Bečej. An estimated 3,000 to 4,000 civilian hostages, mostly Serbs and Jews, were rounded up and then killed.The cause of the raids is disputed. The Hungarians characterized the raid as a reprisal for resistance activities, although others believe that the real aim was the liquidation of "unwanted elements".Using minor local Partisan activity as an explanation, Hungarian forces assembled 240 patrols in southeastern Bačka, around Novi Sad, to conduct anti-Partisan raids. The patrols rounded up and executed civilians allegedly suspected of aiding local resistance fighters. As by the end of 1941 the resistance in Bačka had been largely defeated some believe that the real aim of the raids was ethnic cleansing against minority groups, their murders, and the robbery of their property. In 1941, about 2,500 Serbs had been killed and about 65,000 expelled from Bačka by the Hungarian authorities."@en }
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- Q1047674 abstract "The Novi Sad raid (Serbian: Новосадска рација/Novosadska racija) or the Újvidék massacre was a series of attacks by Hungarian troops against civilians in Hungarian occupied Bačka on January 1942, after the Axis invasion and partition of Yugoslavia. The raids were conducted in several places in southern Bačka region, including Novi Sad, villages and towns in Šajkaška, as well as the towns of Temerin, Srbobran and Bečej. An estimated 3,000 to 4,000 civilian hostages, mostly Serbs and Jews, were rounded up and then killed.The cause of the raids is disputed. The Hungarians characterized the raid as a reprisal for resistance activities, although others believe that the real aim was the liquidation of "unwanted elements".Using minor local Partisan activity as an explanation, Hungarian forces assembled 240 patrols in southeastern Bačka, around Novi Sad, to conduct anti-Partisan raids. The patrols rounded up and executed civilians allegedly suspected of aiding local resistance fighters. As by the end of 1941 the resistance in Bačka had been largely defeated some believe that the real aim of the raids was ethnic cleansing against minority groups, their murders, and the robbery of their property. In 1941, about 2,500 Serbs had been killed and about 65,000 expelled from Bačka by the Hungarian authorities.".