[Above: SS Brigadefuehrer Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig, right, the commander of the Bosnian Muslim Waffen SS Division Handschar, is welcomed into Bosnia in 1944 by Dr. Dzafer Beg Kulenovic, the Muslim vice president of Croatia.]

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[Above: Men of the Handschar on parade, circa 1943]

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[Above: Men of the Handschar on parade, circa 1943]

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[Above: Handschar troops take a moment to relax, circa 1944] ________________________________________

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[Above: This is Croatian SS-Sturmann 'Ejub Jasarevic', circa 1944]

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[Above: These volunteers of the SS Handschar Division are Croatian. Circa 1944.]

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[Above: Wider shot of the above photo.]

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[Above: A friendly game of SLEDGEHAMMER! Ha!]

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[Above: Armed sentry from Handschar guarding Schwimmwagens.]

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[Above: Handschar SS-Hauptscharführer Kurt Stegemann.]

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[Above: Supreme commander of the regular Croatian Army General Slavko Stanzer (1872-1945) inspects a regiment of Bosnians. At the end of the war Stanzer was captured by Tito's communist partisans and murdered by hanging.]

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[Above: Two machine gun crews of the SS-Aufklarungs Abteilung 13 pose behind their lafette mounted MG42s. Bosnia, 1944.]

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[Above: NCO Rudolf Sommerer.]

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[Above: Early 1944, riflemen fastening ammo crates onto a pack mule.]

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[Above: An NCO and a Sturmmann break boiled eggs.]

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[Above: Inside a Brcko mosque, Muslim members of the division (SS-Regt. 28), accompanied by civilians hold a Mevlud ceremony.]

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[Above & below: The Handschar Division is issued its uniforms in Neuhammer. A tailor is seen here sizing uniforms.]

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[Below: A young Croatian Handschar volunteer.]