Tanasije Dinić (15 April 1891 – 17 July 1946) was a

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military officer and later Minister of Internal Affairs in the

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established in the German-occupied occupied territory of Serbia during

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. Dinić held the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the

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and was a British sympathizer before and during

. He became a member of the

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in order to report German plans for the Balkans to the British Foreign Office, SOE and MI6. Following the

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, he held the post of minister of interior in

Milan Nedić Milan Nedić ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Недић; 2 September 1878 – 4 February 1946) was a Yugoslav and Serbian army general and politician who served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Royal Yugoslav Army and minister of war in the ...

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. Dinić became the minister of social policy and people's health in 1943, and was later captured by Americans near Vienna after war, interrogated, flown back to Belgrade, and handed over to the new communist government. After a trial and sentencing he was executed by

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on 17 July 1946, along with

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leader General

Draža Mihailović Dragoljub "Draža" Mihailović ( sr-Cyrl, Драгољуб "Дража" Михаиловић; 27 April 1893 – 17 July 1946) was a Yugoslavs, Yugoslav Serb general during World War II. He was the leader of the Chetniks, Chetnik Detachments ...

and a number of other collaborators.

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* 1891 births 1946 deaths Politicians from Niš Royal Yugoslav Army personnel of World War II Executed Serbian collaborators with Nazi Germany Serbian fascists Military personnel from Niš Serbian people convicted of war crimes {{Serbia-politician-stub Belgrade Trial executions