Concentration camps in the Independent State of Croatia explained

During World War II, numerous concentration camps existed in the Independent State of Croatia. Most of them were operated by the Croatian Ustaša authorities, but some of them were operated by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.[1]

Ustaša-operated camps

CampLocationOperationalnumber of prisonersnumber of deaths
Jasenovac (I–IV)Jasenovac, Slavoniaalign=middle 23 August 1941 – 22 April 1945align=center 100,000+align=middle 100,000[2]
Stara Gradiška (Jasenovac V)Stara Gradiška, Slavoniaalign=middle 1941–1945align=center 12,790+align=middle 9,586+
ĐakovoĐakovo, Slavoniaalign=middle 1 December 1941 – 7 July 1942align=center 3,000align=middle at least 516 or 650
TenjaTenja, Osijek, Slavoniaalign=middle March 1942–August 1942align=center 3,000 Jewsalign=middle
SisakSisak, Banovinaalign=middle August 1942–January 1943align=center 6,693 children, mostly Serbsalign=middle at least 1152 or 1630
GospićGospić, Likaalign=middle June–August 1941[3] align=center align=middle 42,246[4]
JadovnoGospić, Likaalign=middle 1941–August 1941align=center align=middle 10,000–68,000
LepoglavaLepoglava, northern Croatiaalign=middle 1941–1945align=center 2,000+ politicalalign=middle at least 961 youngsters and 80 other inmates
DanicaKoprivnica, northern Croatiaalign=middle 15 April 1941–July 1941[5] align=center 5,600align=middle
LoborLobor, northern Croatiaalign=middle 9 August 1941–November 1942align=center 2,000+ women and children, mostly Jews and Serbsalign=middle 200+
KerestinecKerestinec, Zagrebalign=middle 1941–1945align=center align=middle
JastrebarskoJastrebarsko, Zagrebalign=middle 1942–align=center align=middle 1,500 children [6]
SlanaPag, Dalmatiaalign=middle June 1941–August 1941[7] align=center 16,000align=middle 4–12,000 or 8,500
MetajnaPag, Dalmatiaalign=middle 1941–1945align=center align=middle
Kruščica (Vitez)Vitez, central Bosniaalign=middle 1941–Late September 1941[8] align=center align=middle 3000
Gornja RijekaGornja Rijeka, northern Croatiaalign=middle 1941–1942align=center 400+align=middle at least 140

German-operated camps

Italian-operated camps

In annexed territories

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Camps in the Independent State of Croatia. Jasenovac Memorial Area. 31 December 2012.
  2. These numbers vary widely, and were frequently manipulated by various sides during Yugoslavia's history, see Jasenovac concentration camp.
  3. Book: Radovi (Filozofski Fakultet Zagreb. Humanisticke i Drustvene Znanosti). 2007. Zavod. Veći koncentracijski logor bio je Gospić (lipanj - kolovoz 1941)....
  4. Book: Israeli, Raphael. The Death Camps of Croatia: Visions and Revisions, 1941-1945. 4 March 2013. Transaction Publishers. 978-1-4128-4930-2. 77.

  5. "Surviving inmates transferred to Jadovno"

  6. Web site: Prvi put obilježeno stradanje djece. Nezavisne novine. Rade Šegrt. 26 August 2010. 25 September 2010.

  7. "Closed August 1941, when the Italians occupied the island. Men were sent on to Jadovno, women to Kruščica"

  8. "Surviving inmates to Jasenovac"

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