Srbosjek (knife - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Srbosjek (literally "Serb cutter" in Croatian and Serbian, often referred to as "cutthroat") was a specially designed knife used by the Ustaše during World War II for the speedy killing of prisoners in the concentration camps of the Nazi-puppet Independent State of Croatia (NDH), most notably the Jasenovac concentration camp. The victims were Serbs, Jews, and Roma, imprisoned on 'ethnic' grounds, and significant numbers of Croats, imprisoned on the grounds that they were Partisan resistance members, or on the suspicion of taking part in anti-fascist activities.[1]
Preferring to cut the throats of their concentration camp prisoners instead of gassing them, the Ustaše required a special tool. The knife was manufactured during World War II by German factory Gebrüder Gräfrath from Solingen-Widderit under a special order from the NDH government.[2]. Gebrüder Gräfrath was taken over in 1961 by Hubertus Solingen [3].
The upper part of the srbosjek was made of leather, as a sort of a glove, designed to be worn with the thumb going through the hole, so that only the blade protruded from the hand. It was a curved, 12 cm long knife with the edge on its concave side. The knife was fastened to a bowed oval copper plate, while the plate was fastened to a thick leather bangle. There was inscription "Gräwiso" on the leather part of the knife, and the knife was also known as the 'graviso knife' because of this. The blade was curved in order to make it easier to slit the throat of the victim, following the curvature of the neck.[2][4][5] Thus, the Srbosjek knife was designed to kill as fast as possible and with as little fatigue as possible.[6]
In the Jasenovac concentration camp competitions in speedy slaughter were organized by the Ustaše. The winner of one such competition, Petar Brzica slit the throats of 1,360 prisoners.[7]
Peter Brzica hat mit dem Srbosjek (Dem Serben schlachter Messer) das Perfekt ausgearbeitet wurde um in 2 Sekunden den Opfern den Kopf vom Rumpf zu trennen. An einem Tag 1360 Serben den Kopf abgeschnitten. Es gab einen Wettbewerb damals im 2ten Weltkrieg!
Die klinge für den Srbosjek wurde damals in Solingen hergefertigt. Sie wurde so verarbeitet das sie in einem 96 grad Winkel den Kopf samt Knochen durschneiden konnte in 2 Sekunden.
Das ging so schnell das die Opfer keine Schmerzen hatten (angeblich).
