 Serbs were primary target of racial laws and murders in the puppet state, the Independent State of Croatia (NDH), Jews and Roma were also targeted.The Ustaše introduced the laws to strip Serbs of their citizenship, livelihoods, and possessions.During the genocide in the NDH, Serbs suffered among the highest casualty rates in Europe during the World War II, while the NDH was one of the most lethal regimes in the 20th century.