Krnjeuša massacre explained

Krnjeuša massacre
Location:	Krnjeuša, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Target:	Croatian Catholic civilians
Type:	Mass killing, ethnic cleansing
Fatalities:	240 (identified)
Perpetrators:	Chetniks led by Mane Rokvić

The Krnjeuša massacre, sometimes referred to as the Krnjeuša pogrom (Croatian: Pogrom u Krnjeuši), was a massacre of Croat civilians committed by local Serb rebels led by Mane Rokvić on 9-10 August 1941, during the Drvar uprising.^{[1] [2] [3]}

The rebels were primarily Chetniks.^{[4] [5] [6]} The manner in which the massacre was committed suggests it was done in retaliation for earlier massacres committed by the Ustaša.

The Roman Catholic parish of Krnjeuša, established as Parish of Zelinovac in 1892, was a parish of the Diocese of Banja Luka which encompassed 10 settlements (Krnjeuša, lastve, Vranovina, Risovac, Vođenica, Vrtoče, Bjelaj, Teočak, Prkose and Cimeše) in the area near to Bosanski Petrovac numbering around 1,300 believers.

The massacre, which started on 9 August 1941, caused the total destruction of the parish. The church, the rectory and majority of houses in parish was burned and demolished. So far, the identity of 240 killed civilians is known including a 34-year-old parish priest, Krešimir Barišić, who was tortured and burned alive.^{[7] [8]} Among those killed were 72 women and 49 children under the age of 12. After the massacre the local Croats fled and the communist authorities refused to allow exiles to return after the war ended in 1945.^[8]

See also

• Trubar massacre
• Bosansko Grahovo massacre
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Banja Luka

Sources

• Anto Orlovac: Hommage uništenom zavičaju, članak iz Hrvatskog slova od 6. travnja 2007., str. 22.
• Ana Došen: Krnjeuša u srcu i sjećanju, Matica hrvatska, ogranak Rijeka, Rijeka, 1994;
• Ana Došen: To je bilo onda, Vlastita naklada, Zagreb, 2007;
• Josip Jurjević: Pogrom u Krnjeuši 9. i 10. kolovoza 1941., Vikarijat Banjalučke biskupije, Zagreb, 1999;

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Notes and References

1. Book: Matkovich, Blanka. Croatia and Slovenia at the End and After the Second World War (1944-1945). BlankaMatkovich. 2017. BrownWalkerPress. Warwick,UK. 9781627346917. 34–35.
2. Book: Bergholz, Max. Violence as a Generative Force: Identity, Nationalism, and Memory in a Balkan Community. MaxBergholz. 2016. Cornell University Press. Ithaca,NY. 9781501706431. 162–171 & 222.
3. Web site: Bishop Komarica served the first Mass in Krnjeuša after 74 Years. 11 August 2015.
4. Dizdar, Zdravko & Mihajlo Sobolevski, „Prešućivani četnički zločini u Hrvatskoj i Bosni i Hercegovini: 1941-1945", Zagreb (1999)|quote=Ustanici četnici i partizani napali su Krnjeušu 2. kolovoza 1941. a potom je zauzeli poklali (većinom 9. i 10. kolovoza) sve one Hrvate koje su tu zatekli ili pohvatali.|page=116
5. Dizdar, Zdravko „Četnički zločini u Bosni i Hercegovini 1941-1945", Zagreb 2002.
6. Book: Goldstein . Slavko . 1941: The Year That Keeps Returning . 2013 . New York Review of Books . 978-1-59017-700-6 . 158 .
7. Book: Marić. Franjo. Orlovac. Anto. Banjolučka biskupija u riječi i slici od 1881. do 2006 : povodom 125. obljetnice utemeljenja Biskupije. 2006. Biskupski Ordinarijat Banja Luka. Banja Luka. 953-97841-5-8. 477–483.
8. Web site: Biskup Komarica blagoslovio spomen-križ na groblju u Krnjeušu. ktabkbih.net. The Catholic news agency of the Bishops' Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 22 August 2017.