During the summer and fall of 1941, in reprisal for guerrilla attacks, the Germans carried out several massacres of Belgrade citizens; in particular, members of the Jewish community were subject to mass shootings at the order of General Franz Böhme, the German Military Governor of Serbia.
On 9 March 1991, massive demonstrations led by Vuk Drašković were held in the city against Slobodan Milošević [REF].