Anniversary of Jasenovac death camp revolt

Today marks the 63rd anniversary since the prisoners in the Ustasha death camp of Jasenovac, Croatia, revolted. The ceremony to mark the day when 520 were killed, while 80 managed to escaped the death camp, was held today at the Jasenovac memorial. Anniversary of Jasenovac death camp revolt Several thousand people, including Croatian President Stjepan Mesic, and representatives of Serbs and other nations whose members were killed in the notorious camp gathered today. Assistant Labor Minister Miro Cavaljuga attended on behalf of the Serbian government, as religious dignitaries held a prayers service to honor the victims. The Croatian officials said in their speeches that the crimes must be remembered, their denial prevented, "so that they are not repeated". Mesic reminded of U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower's words, who urged the Nazi crimes to be recorded, "if ever, in the future, there develops a tendency to charge these allegations merely to 'propaganda.'" "Croatia wants the world where people will not be discriminated, let alone subjugated, only because of their religion, ethnicity or skin color," he said. Jasenovac was the largest concentration and death camp in the territory of the Nazi puppet Croatian state, NDH, during the Second World War. It was set up in 1941, to be dismantled in 1945. The Israeli Holocaust memorial center, Yad Vashem, puts the number of victims in Jasenovac at over 500,000, most of them Serbs, but also Jews, Roma, and opponents of the Ustasha regime. This year's Jasenovac memorials in Croatia are taking place amid controversy surrounding the Croatian parliament's decision to allocate five times more funds for another commemoration: that of the Bleiburg massacre, remembering the Ustasha and other NDH formation members killed as the war ended in 1945.

Anniversary of Jasenovac death camp revolt

Several thousand people, including Croatian President Stjepan Mesić, and representatives of Serbs and other nations whose members were killed in the notorious camp gathered today.

Assistant Labor Minister Miro Čavaljuga attended on behalf of the Serbian government, as religious dignitaries held a prayers service to honor the victims.

The Croatian officials said in their speeches that the crimes must be remembered, their denial prevented, "so that they are not repeated".

Mesić reminded of U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower's words, who urged the Nazi crimes to be recorded, "if ever, in the future, there develops a tendency to charge these allegations merely to 'propaganda.'"

"Croatia wants the world where people will not be discriminated, let alone subjugated, only because of their religion, ethnicity or skin color," he said.

Jasenovac was the largest concentration and death camp in the territory of the Nazi puppet Croatian state, NDH, during the Second World War.

It was set up in 1941, to be dismantled in 1945. The Israeli Holocaust memorial center, Yad Vashem, puts the number of victims in Jasenovac at over 500,000, most of them Serbs, but also Jews, Roma, and opponents of the Ustasha regime.

This year's Jasenovac memorials in Croatia are taking place amid controversy surrounding the Croatian parliament's decision to allocate five times more funds for another commemoration: that of the Bleiburg massacre, remembering the Ustasha and other NDH formation members killed as the war ended in 1945.