MLAKA -- Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) on Tuesday held a memorial service in Mlaka near Jasenovac, the site of Croatia's WW2 death camp.
Patriarch holds memorial service for Jasenovac victims
MLAKA -- Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) on Tuesday held a memorial service in Mlaka near Jasenovac, the site of Croatia's WW2 death camp.
Source: Tanjug
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After liturgy services lead by Patriarch Irinej, Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral and Bishop Jovan of Lipljan and other clerical dignitaries, a commemoration was held to honor the Jasenovac victims.
"The church in Mlaka is built on the land of the sufferers where hundreds of thousands of martyrs were killed just because they were Serbs and Orthodox believers. That was the only thing they were guilty of, and the criminals thought they would wipe off the face of this earth all Serbs and Orthodox people. It can hardly be explained what drove people to commit such crimes," Irinej said.
”This was not done by members of another religion, this was done by (Catholic) Christians and that's what makes it terrifying. I do not want us to condemn or imprecate them, but we must not forget this,” the Serbian patriarch said, as reported by the Serb Republic (RS) public broadcaster RTRS.
Director of the Secretariat for Religions Dragan Davidović attended the ceremony as an envoy of RS President Milorad Dodik, as did President of the Serb National Council in Croatia Milorad Pupovac.
During the second world war, the village of Mlaka was the "collection center" for Jasenovac death camp for women and children from the Kozara region. Over 30 children died daily from hunger, heat, and diseases. A number of execution sites were also located in the area.
Situated some 12 kilometers from Jasenovac, Mlaka was home to around 1,500 people before the war. The entire village population, including 250 children, was taken to camps in the spring of 1942. Today, the village is home to around 40 Serb returnees.
The prison and death camps in WW2 fascist Independent State of Croatia (NDH) were run by the entity's Ustasha regime.
maio, your response is factually wrong. Jasenovac extermination camp was established and run by the Croat fascists, the Ustashi, until the end of WW2, and not by the Germans. The camp commandants were Maks Luburic & Dinko Sakic, both senior officers in the Ustashi movement. Not sure what you are on about in terms of the Partisans as they actually liberated the camp near the end of the war.
If you are referring to Sajmiste camp, this was run by the Nazi German occupation forces and their allies during the occupation. We don't condemn the Poles because the Nazis built & operated Auschwitz on occupied Polish soil, stands to reason that it is misplaced to blame the Serbs for what was done on their soil by occupying forces. Also, many Serb peasants were interned and killed in Sajmiste by the Nazis.
Neither the article, nor I, made any mention of Srebrenica massacre - you did.
(Dean, 30 April 2014 09:40)
Dean, Jasenovac was used by GermansSS, and Ustashe for political prisoners and Partisans for revenge and political prisoners. A good thing that we have you to tell us whose bones are buried in Jasenovac and whose bones are Serbs. You did not say anything for Baranja and Sjemiste that the Serbs managed and kill and murdered those who were not Serbs and were slaughtered in the most bestial ways…In Jasenovac GermansSS were officers in control and top of the command. I do not know how long one would lived if they said no to GermansSS officer I will not do what you ordered me to do and I will not execute the command and orders.
Your excuse for Srebrenica and Serbia's death camp in Bosnia are so pathetic!!!
(maio, 26 April 2014 18:25)
What about holding a service in Srebrenica, the site of Serbia's death camp in Bosnia. Serbs are so pathetic they can't even acknoledwge their own past.2
Can you be more specific, 'Lucky' Jim? You can make more stuff up if you like but that'll only get you sent back to the nice padded room you came from.
(Damn Strait, 24 April 2014 18:32)
Jim, your uninformed comments are disappointing. Jasenovac was a bona fide extermination camp, where tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children, mostly Serbs, were slaughtered in the most bestial way. Serbs are not the devils you think they are. They have just grievances based on a century of persecution by others. As for the victims of the Ustashi2W8 genocide, may they rest in peace.
(Dean, 23 April 2014 16:15)
a memorial service in Mlaka near Jasenovac, the site of Croatia's WW2 death camp.
What about holding a service in Srebrenica, the site of Serbia's death camp in Bosnia. Serbs are so pathetic they can't even acknoledwge their own past.
(Jim Clinton, 23 April 2014 02:21)
a memorial service in Mlaka near Jasenovac, the site of Croatia's WW2 death camp.
What about holding a service in Srebrenica, the site of Serbia's death camp in Bosnia. Serbs are so pathetic they can't even acknoledwge their own past.
(Jim Clinton, 23 April 2014 02:21)
Jim, your uninformed comments are disappointing. Jasenovac was a bona fide extermination camp, where tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children, mostly Serbs, were slaughtered in the most bestial way. Serbs are not the devils you think they are. They have just grievances based on a century of persecution by others. As for the victims of the Ustashi2W8 genocide, may they rest in peace.
(Dean, 23 April 2014 16:15)
What about holding a service in Srebrenica, the site of Serbia's death camp in Bosnia. Serbs are so pathetic they can't even acknoledwge their own past.2
Can you be more specific, 'Lucky' Jim? You can make more stuff up if you like but that'll only get you sent back to the nice padded room you came from.
(Damn Strait, 24 April 2014 18:32)
maio, your response is factually wrong. Jasenovac extermination camp was established and run by the Croat fascists, the Ustashi, until the end of WW2, and not by the Germans. The camp commandants were Maks Luburic & Dinko Sakic, both senior officers in the Ustashi movement. Not sure what you are on about in terms of the Partisans as they actually liberated the camp near the end of the war.
If you are referring to Sajmiste camp, this was run by the Nazi German occupation forces and their allies during the occupation. We don't condemn the Poles because the Nazis built & operated Auschwitz on occupied Polish soil, stands to reason that it is misplaced to blame the Serbs for what was done on their soil by occupying forces. Also, many Serb peasants were interned and killed in Sajmiste by the Nazis.
Neither the article, nor I, made any mention of Srebrenica massacre - you did.
(Dean, 30 April 2014 09:40)
Dean, Jasenovac was used by GermansSS, and Ustashe for political prisoners and Partisans for revenge and political prisoners. A good thing that we have you to tell us whose bones are buried in Jasenovac and whose bones are Serbs. You did not say anything for Baranja and Sjemiste that the Serbs managed and kill and murdered those who were not Serbs and were slaughtered in the most bestial ways…In Jasenovac GermansSS were officers in control and top of the command. I do not know how long one would lived if they said no to GermansSS officer I will not do what you ordered me to do and I will not execute the command and orders.
Your excuse for Srebrenica and Serbia's death camp in Bosnia are so pathetic!!!
(maio, 26 April 2014 18:25)
a memorial service in Mlaka near Jasenovac, the site of Croatia's WW2 death camp.
What about holding a service in Srebrenica, the site of Serbia's death camp in Bosnia. Serbs are so pathetic they can't even acknoledwge their own past.
(Jim Clinton, 23 April 2014 02:21)
What about holding a service in Srebrenica, the site of Serbia's death camp in Bosnia. Serbs are so pathetic they can't even acknoledwge their own past.2
Can you be more specific, 'Lucky' Jim? You can make more stuff up if you like but that'll only get you sent back to the nice padded room you came from.
(Damn Strait, 24 April 2014 18:32)
Dean, Jasenovac was used by GermansSS, and Ustashe for political prisoners and Partisans for revenge and political prisoners. A good thing that we have you to tell us whose bones are buried in Jasenovac and whose bones are Serbs. You did not say anything for Baranja and Sjemiste that the Serbs managed and kill and murdered those who were not Serbs and were slaughtered in the most bestial ways…In Jasenovac GermansSS were officers in control and top of the command. I do not know how long one would lived if they said no to GermansSS officer I will not do what you ordered me to do and I will not execute the command and orders.
Your excuse for Srebrenica and Serbia's death camp in Bosnia are so pathetic!!!
(maio, 26 April 2014 18:25)
Jim, your uninformed comments are disappointing. Jasenovac was a bona fide extermination camp, where tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children, mostly Serbs, were slaughtered in the most bestial way. Serbs are not the devils you think they are. They have just grievances based on a century of persecution by others. As for the victims of the Ustashi2W8 genocide, may they rest in peace.
(Dean, 23 April 2014 16:15)
maio, your response is factually wrong. Jasenovac extermination camp was established and run by the Croat fascists, the Ustashi, until the end of WW2, and not by the Germans. The camp commandants were Maks Luburic & Dinko Sakic, both senior officers in the Ustashi movement. Not sure what you are on about in terms of the Partisans as they actually liberated the camp near the end of the war.
If you are referring to Sajmiste camp, this was run by the Nazi German occupation forces and their allies during the occupation. We don't condemn the Poles because the Nazis built & operated Auschwitz on occupied Polish soil, stands to reason that it is misplaced to blame the Serbs for what was done on their soil by occupying forces. Also, many Serb peasants were interned and killed in Sajmiste by the Nazis.
Neither the article, nor I, made any mention of Srebrenica massacre - you did.
(Dean, 30 April 2014 09:40)