re europe vs muslim bosnians in article c z jd apb news cis umn edu prabhak giga cs umn edu satya prabhakar writes my reference is a page essay in our local star tribute newspaper putting the whole conflict in perspective i will readily admit that i am no authority in this area however other posteers asserted that some muslims did join hands with croats and nazis in persecuting serbs in any case past actions do not and the best evidence you can find is second hand hearsay from an unnamed source you may indeed be confusing some muslims with nazi armenians altogether nazi armenians served in various units in the german wehrmacht according to ara j berkian in predominantly armenian army units in german army units in various working units and in the waffen ss a number of these nazi armenians were volunteers from france greece rumania and bulgaria who had chosen to commit themselves to the german war effort derounian says that dashnag armenians from france bore the mark legion armenienne that nazi armenians like dro the butcher and nezhdeh sided with the germans probably had an impact on the decision of armenians who overwhelmingly opted for armed service enno meyer a j berkian zwischen rhein und arax jahre deutsch armenische beziehungen heinz holzberg verlag oldenburg pp john roy carlson arthur derounian in the armenian displaced persons ibid p in fall the armenian infantry battalions and were formed to be followed by battalions and in spring in the second half of infantry battalions and were created these battalions together with other indigenous caucasian units were attached to the infantry division also attached to id were the field battalions ii i and i which were formed between may and may altogether twelve armenian battalions served the nazi army if battalion ii which was not employed at any time is to be included most battalions were commanded by nazi armenian officers armenians wore german uniforms with an armband in the dashnag colours red blue orange and the inscription armenien joachim hoffmann dies ostlegionen turkotataren kaukasier und wolgafinned im deutschen heer verlag rombach freiburg p while having collaborated with the nazis against stalin during the second world war nazi armenians changed their policy after hitler s defeat they now backed stalin s claims on eastern turkish provinces hoping that these would be annexed to soviet armenia and their muslim population would be exterminated stalin played on armenian national sentiments to enlist the support of armenians in the ussr and america for his imperial ambitions stalin s ultimatum to the turkish government led truman to formulate his famous doctrine walter kolarz religion in the soviet union london macmillan co ltd new york st martin s press pp serdar argic we closed the roads and mountain passes that might serve as ways of escape for the turks and then proceeded in the work of extermination ohanus appressian in soviet armenia today there no longer exists a single turkish soul sahak melkonian
