Međeđa (Kozarska Dubica) Explained

Official Name:Međeđa
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Bosnia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Subdivision Type1:Republic
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Kozarska Dubica
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2013
Population Total:808
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:45.2044°N 16.965°W

Međeđa is a village in the municipality of Kozarska Dubica, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1] Village is mostly inhabited with Serbs.

Notable people

History

World War II

Mass grave of Ustaše victims from Jasenovac concentration camp, mostly children, was located on the estate of Lončar family in Međeđa.[2] After the decision of SFR Yugoslavian government from 1956, the mass grave was backfilled to make space for Sava river walls.[2]

In the villages: Drakulić, Demirovac and Međeđa, Ustaše enjoined the young Serbian girls to "pull their skirts up, and pricked them between the legs".

From the Prijedor canton village of Međeđa, and many other neighbour villages, Ustaše soldiers required inhabitants to prepare themselves for the departure in 10 minutes. When the 8.000 people came, they expelled them from their villages to the Hrvatska Dubica and put them on some field near the railway station, which had a boundary of barbed wire. Some of them were instantly killed (by fusillade), the other one were sent to concentration camps, and people who were lucky to stay alive were, after long time, sent to Serbia.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.
  2. Web site: 4. Међународна конференција о Јасеновцу (мај 2007) (20. година од стварања Републике Српске) . 22 April 2012 . Радио-телевизија Републике Српске . sr . https://web.archive.org/web/20121006062012/http://www.rtrs.tv/av/player.php?id=18143&x=1 . 6 October 2012 . 24 April 2012 . dead .
  3. Јованка Марчетић, домаћица из Приједора у Београду, 1. октобра 1942. године (К)