Ustasha concentration camps victims commemorated

A commemoration for more than 40,000 victims of Ustasha death camp Jadovno was held in Croatia on Sunday.

Izvor: Tanjug

Sunday, 24.06.2012.

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A commemoration for more than 40,000 victims of Ustasha death camp Jadovno was held in Croatia on Sunday. The participants agreed that the victims must never be forgotten or denied. Ustasha concentration camps victims commemorated The commemoration was held at the Jadovno memorial near Saranova jama and was organized by the Serb National Council (SNV), Association Jadovno 1941, Association of Anti-Fascist Fighters and Anti-Fascists of Croatia (SABA) and Coordination of Jewish Municipalities of Croatia. SNV President and Croatian parliament speaker’s envoy Milorad Pupovac said that “Jadovno was more horrific than everything, including Jasenovac, and the words are sufficient”. “Victims are being denied and there are no textbooks or people to tell the truth,” he underscored. Coordination of Jewish Municipalities of Croatia President Ognjen Kraus said that the victims needed to be remembered so nobody could manipulate the truth. SABA’s Juraj Hrzenjak stressed that Jadovno had not been investigated thoroughly and that not even the names of all the victims had been listed. “Jadovno needs to be investigated in order to prevent manipulations and denial of the crimes,” he noted and added that numbers of victims varied from report to report but that they were very high. The Jadovno camp was active from May until August 1941 and more than 40,000 people were killed there. 38,000 of them were Serbs. In August 1941 Ustasha killed 1,500 people in the camp and transferred around 2,100 to other camps, including Jasenovac. Majority of the victims had never had a proper burial and most of them were thrown into pits that were later covered with concrete or thrown into the sea near the Island of Pag. Tanjug

Ustasha concentration camps victims commemorated

The commemoration was held at the Jadovno memorial near Šaranova jama and was organized by the Serb National Council (SNV), Association Jadovno 1941, Association of Anti-Fascist Fighters and Anti-Fascists of Croatia (SABA) and Coordination of Jewish Municipalities of Croatia.

SNV President and Croatian parliament speaker’s envoy Milorad Pupovac said that “Jadovno was more horrific than everything, including Jasenovac, and the words are sufficient”.

“Victims are being denied and there are no textbooks or people to tell the truth,” he underscored.

Coordination of Jewish Municipalities of Croatia President Ognjen Kraus said that the victims needed to be remembered so nobody could manipulate the truth.

SABA’s Juraj Hrženjak stressed that Jadovno had not been investigated thoroughly and that not even the names of all the victims had been listed.

“Jadovno needs to be investigated in order to prevent manipulations and denial of the crimes,” he noted and added that numbers of victims varied from report to report but that they were very high.

The Jadovno camp was active from May until August 1941 and more than 40,000 people were killed there. 38,000 of them were Serbs.

In August 1941 Ustasha killed 1,500 people in the camp and transferred around 2,100 to other camps, including Jasenovac.

Majority of the victims had never had a proper burial and most of them were thrown into pits that were later covered with concrete or thrown into the sea near the Island of Pag.

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