Stara Gradiška was one of the most notorious concentration and extermination camps in Croatia during World War II, mainly due to the crimes which were committed there against women and children. The camp was specially constructed for women and children of Serb, Jew, and Romani ethnicity. It was established by the Ustaše (Ustasha) regime of the Independent State of Croatia ("NDH") in 1941 near the village of Stara Gradiška. as the fifth subcamp of...
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Stara Gradiška was one of the most notorious concentration and extermination camps in Croatia during World War II, mainly due to the crimes which were committed there against women and children. The camp was specially constructed for women and children of Serb, Jew, and Romani ethnicity. It was established by the Ustaše (Ustasha) regime of the Independent State of Croatia ("NDH") in 1941 near the village of Stara Gradiška. as the fifth subcamp of the Jasenovac concentration camp
According to the list of victims by name of KCL Jasenovac, the Jasenovac memorial site, which includes research from as recently as 2007, the names and data for 12,790 victims of the camp have been established.
The camp was guarded by the Germans' allies, the Croatian Ustaše and a few female Croatian troops. Inmates were killed using different means, including firearms, mallets and knives. At the "K" or "Kula" unit, Serbian and Jewish women, with weak or little children, were either starved and tortured at the...
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