Category: The Batschka

Filipowa in the Batschka    This article deals with the war and its aftermath in the life of this large Danube Swabian community in the Batschka and is a translation of excerpts from the Heimatbuch of Filipowa by Henry Fischer.   In the two World Wars in the 20th Century, there were 433 men from…

The Final Days of Torschau in the Batschka    This article is a translation of excerpts from the Heimatbuch of the village of Torschau.   In September of 1944 threatening war clouds gathered in the Batschka.  On the 2nd news came of the Bulgarian capitulation to the Russians.  By the 8th the Russians marched into…

Hodschag a Market Town in the Batschka    The information which follows is taken from the Heimatbuch written by Friedrich Lotz under the above named German title and a portion of it is an original translation by Henry Fischer.   That Batschka has been a temporary home to countless peoples:  the Celts, Romans, Huns, Goths,…

Werbass, Vrbas, Verbász in the Batschka 1785-1975   The article which follows is a summary and translation of various parts of The History of the Twin Communities of Old and New Werbass published in 1975 by the Werbass Homeland Association.   At the end of the 17th Century the Serbs moved into what became the…

Jarek in the Batschka   The information that appears in this article finds its source in several publications but primarily the Heimatbuch that was published by the Village Association of Jarek.   The picturesque Danube Swabian village of Jarek was located 15 kilometres from Novi Sad in present day Serbia.  In 1937 there were a…

The Evacuation of the Children of Alt-Futok   The following is the translation of an article of the same title in German that appeared in the Donautal magazine.  Atl-Futok was a community in the Batschka.   Romania’s capitulation on August 23, 1944 finally awakened the Swabian community leaders in the Batschka to the danger approaching…

Siwatz in the Batschka   The following article is a condensed version and translation of various portions of “Siwatz 1786-1944” published by Pannonia Verlag, Freilassing, 1963 on behalf of their Village Association.   Siwatz, which was also known as Neusiwatz, was established in 1786 in the Batschka as part of the settlement programme of Joseph…

Kucura in the Batschka 1803-1944   The panic stricken German population of Kucura joined the wagon treks fleeing from the Batschka on October 8, 1944.  This included 164 males and 315 females.  A total of 497 persons.  There were five men who had remained behind in Kucura who were later deported to the Soviet Union…

Völkermord der Tito-Partisanen 1944-1948 sterreichische Historiker-Arbeitsgemeinschaft Für Kärnten und Steiermark Translated by Henry Fischer Genocide Carried out by the Tito Partisans 1944-1948 Chapter One General Introduction   There were approximately one half of a million persons of German origin living in Yugoslavia before the Second World War according to the census of March 31, 1931. …