Stara Gradiška prison explained

Stara Gradiška prison is a former prison at Stara Gradiška, Croatia.

The prison site was first established in 1799.^[1]

During World War II, the former Austro-Hungarian fortress was used by the Ustaša regime as the Stara Gradiška concentration camp, a part of the Jasenovac complex, the largest extermination camp in occupied Yugoslavia.

From 1945 until the late 1980s, the prison at Stara Gradiška held political prisoners of the communist regime.^{[2] [3]}

The detention facility was shut down by the Republic of Croatia in 1990, a decision made formal in February 1991.^[4] However, from October 1991 until July 1993, the prison was again re-opened by the Krajina Serbs, who captured and detained numerous Croats in the facility during the Croatian War of Independence.^[5]

, the municipality planned to turn the site into a museum.^[6], the Catholic Church planned to build a memorial church in the area.^[7]

External links

• Prison buildings

Notes and References

1. Web site: Žene u logorima Stara Gradiška i Jasenovac prema svjedočenju logorašica 1946.-1948. godine . Croatian . Marica Karakaš . The political science research centre . Zagreb, Croatia . Kaznionica/zatvor u Staroj Gradišci, koji kontinuirano djeluje gotovo od 1799. godine kada su u tvrđavu zatvarani francuski vojni zarobljenici, pretvara se u sabirni logor sredinom veljače 1942. godine.. bibliography entry
2. Ramet, Sabrina P. 2006. The Three Yugoslavias: State-Building And Legitimation, 1918-2005. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, p. 307.
3. Mesić, Stipe. 2004. The Demise of Yugoslavia: A Political Memoir. New York: Central European University Press, p. 62.
4. http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/253769.html 6 13.02.1991 Odluka o ukidanju Kazneno-popravnog doma u Staroj Gradiški
5. Web site: Prison camps: Nova Gradiška. Final report of the United Nations Commission of Experts, established pursuant to security council resolution 780 (1992), Annex VIII - Prison camps; Under the Direction of: M. Cherif Bassiouni; S/1994/674/Add.2. 1994-05-27. 2010-08-25.
6. http://www.jutarnji.hr//slavonija_i_baranja/clanak/art-2007,10,3,stara_gradiska,92786.jl Zatvor Stara Gradiška uskoro muzej
7. http://www.glas-koncila.hr/portal.html?catID=2&conID=9050&act=view Stara Gradiška: Blagoslovljen temeljni kamen spomen-crkve za svećenike žrtve komunizma