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During World War II, Serbia was a German-occupied puppet state that included present-day Central Serbia and Banat, popularly called Nedić's Serbia. However, parts of the present-day territory of Serbia were occupied by Croatian, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Albanian, and Italian armies. During that period, Serbs, Jews and Roma in the Nazi- sponsored Independent State of Croatia have been subjected to a large-scale genocide, particularly in the infamous Jasenovac concentration camp, for not complying with the Nazi and Ustaše racial policies. Between 300,000 and 700,000 people, predominately of Serbian origin, have perished during this genocide. Around 32,000 Jews added to the victim