Economic liquidation of Bitola Jews during the fascist occupation of Macedonia (1941-1943)

Devetog aprila 1941. godine, fašističke jedinice: SS divizija "Adolf Hitler", 73. pešadijska divizija i 12. oklopna divizija zauzeli su Bitolj posle kraće ulične borbe. Vrlo brzo nakon okupacije Jugoslavije i dolaska bugarske fašističke vlasti u Bitolj, 22. aprila 1941. godine, civilni organi bugarske administrativne vlasti označili su sve jevrejske zanatske i trgovačke radnje specijalnim kartonom na kome je, na nemačkom pisalo "Jevrejski dućan". Cilj te "opomene" bio je dvostruki - natpis je upozoravao Nemce da ne kupuju u jevrejskim dućanima, a u isto vreme sugerirao da ta radnja može da se opljačka. Početak užasnog genocida bitoljskih Jevreja počeo je 11. marta 1943. godine i završio nakon nekoliko dana u krematorijima poljskog logora Treblinka. Odmah posle oslobođenja, organi narodne vlasti započeli su prikupljane detaljnih podatke o uništenju Bitoljskih Jevreja.On April 9, 1941, fascist units: the SS Division "Adolf Hitler", the 73rd Infantry Division, and the 12th Armored Division occupied Bitola after a brief street fight. Very soon after the occupation of Yugoslavia and the arrival of the Bulgarian fascist government in Bitola, on April 22, 1941, the civilian authorities of the Bulgarian administrative authorities marked all Jewish craft and trade shops with a special card which was written in German "Jewish shop". The aim of this "warning" was twofold - the inscription warned the Germans not to shop at Jewish stores, while at the same time suggesting that the shop could be looted. The beginning of the terrible genocide of the Jews of Bitola started on March 11, 1943, and ended after a few days in the crematoriums of the Treblinka destruction camp in Poland. Immediately after the liberation, the authorities began to gather detailed data on the destruction of the Bitola Jews