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Episode Three: Punishment, Repression and Resistance The third episode of the documentary series The Liberation of Belgrade 80 Years Later deals with the trial, punishment and suffering of those accused of collaboration with the occupier and the quisling government in Belgrade during the occupation and after October 20, 1944. As in most European cities after liberation in World War II, in the first months there was unchanneled violence and repression against those who were oriented against the regime or were labeled as such or those who were considered to have committed crimes or otherwise collaborated with the occupier. What happened in Belgrade also happened in Paris, Amsterdam and other European cities. In addition to the various hardships that befell the inhabitants of Belgrade immediately after liberation, many of them harbored hopes that a better life awaited them and that they should greet the liberators whose ideas they did not agree with or did not understand. The desire for revenge among many citizens, including those who were enforcing justice and who lost their loved ones in the war, often suppressed civic virtues and customs in those early days. In such post-war circumstances, innocent people often suffer, while draconian punishments are carried out against suspects and those responsible. In the third episode, historians speak: Ljubinka Škodrić, Dr. Srđan Cvetković, Dr. Rade Ristanović, Dr. Radmila Radić, Dr. Nataša Milićević, Dr. Bojan Dimitrijević, Dr. Milan Koljanin, as well as witness Marina Kašanin Bojić (daughter of Milan Kašanin) Script and direction: Nenad Milošević Label and copyright: Radio-television of Serbia Any copying of video and/or audio recordings and posting on other channels is prohibited!