12. Kikinda’s Wartime History

Displayed objects testify to the wars of the 19th and 20th centuries. 1848–1849: Kikinda was struck by the revolution; conflicts began socially and ended ethnically; the town was burned several times with heavy losses. World War I: thousands were mobilized; citizens fought on several fronts; volunteers aided the breakthrough of...

  • Displayed objects testify to the wars of the 19th and 20th centuries.
  • 1848–1849: Kikinda was struck by the revolution; conflicts began socially and ended ethnically; the town was burned several times with heavy losses.
  • World War I: thousands were mobilized; citizens fought on several fronts; volunteers aided the breakthrough of the Salonika Front in 1918; Serbian troops entered Kikinda on 20 November.
  • World War II: German occupation from 1941; deaths of partisans; mass suffering of Jews; executions in 1942; deportations to camps; liberation on 6 October 1944; bombing on 22 November 1944; over 600 wartime victims.

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