The Commissioner Government was a short-lived Serbian collaborationist puppet government established in the German-occupied territory of Serbia during World War II from 30 April to 29 August 1941. It was headed by Milan Aćimović (pictured) and was pro-German, anti-Semitic and anti- communist. The Aćimović government was merely an instrument of the German occupation regime, carrying out its orders within the occupied territory without appearing to moderate its policies. The government actively assisted the Germans in exploiting the population and the economy, and its members regarded their own participation in the Holocaust as "unpleasant but unavoidable". By mid-July, the Germans had decided that the Aćimović regime was incompetent, and the Commissioner Government resigned at the end of August. It was succeeded by the Government of National Salvation, in which Aćimović initially retained the interior portfolio.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1831:

Michael Faraday discovered electromagnetic induction, leading to the formulation of his law of induction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday%27s_law_of_induction

1903:

The Russian battleship Slava, the last of the five Borodino- class battleships, was launched. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_battleship_Slava

1930:

The last 36 residents of St Kilda, Scotland, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its natural and cultural qualities, voluntarily evacuated to Morvern. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Kilda,_Scotland

1959:

Mona Best opened the Casbah Coffee Club with a performance by the Quarrymen, the precursor of the Beatles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casbah_Coffee_Club

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

ex contractu: (law, postpositive) Of a legal obligation: arising from a contractual relationship. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ex_contractu

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

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