lass="apple-converted-space"> Yugoslavia). From 1918
to 1922, it was administrative seat of Podrinje
District, from 1922 to 1929 administrative seat of Podrinje Oblast, and from 1929 to 1941 it was
part of the Drina Banovina. An
early milestone in the Yugoslav era of the town's history was the
opening of the Zorka chemical plant in 1938. The city's renewal was interrupted
by World War II and occupation by German troops (from 1941 to 1944). During the
German occupation, Šabac was part of the area governed by the Military Administration in Serbia.
Some 5,000 residents of Šabac were imprisoned along with 20,000 others in the Šabac concentration camp; eventually,
7,000 of the inmates met their deaths. The city was liberated from occupation
by the Yugoslav Partisans in 1944. After the war, it was
included into People's Republic of Serbia within
new socialist Yugoslavia. Since
then, it grew into a modern industrial city with the aforementioned Zorka
chemical plant and the expanded population. The 1970s saw the construction of
the first modern sports hall. The swamp at the city's outskirts, Benska Bara,
was drained and turned into a residential neighborhood, and a new bridge was
built
