"when prominent ustashi [ustaše] leaders claimed that they slaughtered a million serbs (including babies, children, women and old men), that is, in my opinion, a boastful exaggeration. on the basis of the reports submitted to me, i believe that the number of defenseless victims slaughtered to be three quarters of a million. (neubacher, dr. hermann. special assignment in the southeast, p. 18-30.)