“Štuka” – Black Market on the Territory of Stari Ras During the Occupation of Serbia in World War II

Abstract

The paper is about the emergence and development of the black market on the territory of Novi Pazar, Tutin, Raška, Sjenica, Nova Varoš, Priboj, Prijepolje, Pljevlja, and Bijelo Polje between 1941 and 1944, the profitability of numerous aspects of illegal trade, the massive participation of the local population of both religions in the various corrupt activities on the market, and the attitude of the occupational and collaborationist authorities as well as liberation movements, with regard to this phenomenon.

Keywords

• black market
• smuggling
• speculators
• smugglers
• black marketeers
• malversation
• stari ras
• germans
• italians
• border