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1941, city was occupied by the Axis powers and annexed by Hungary.
Many prominent citizen from Serbian community were interned and later executed.
In 1944, Yugoslav partisans and Soviet Red Army expelled Axis forces from the
city. Since 1944, Sombor was part of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina of
the new Socialist Yugoslavia and (since 1945) socialist Serbia.
Today, Sombor is the seat of the West Bačka District
