In 1944, those Danube Swabians that did not left the region together with the defeated German army were (until 1948) interned in the local "Svilara" or silk factory, where allegedly about 2,000 of them died from starvation, cold, and disease.
In 1944, those Danube Swabians that did not left the region together with the defeated German army were (until 1948) interned in prison camps. Some Germans from Banat and Bačka were imprisoned in the local "Svilara" or silk factory, where allegedly about 2,000 of them died from starvation, cold, and disease.