Museum of
Family History

 

   
  Home   Visit   What's New   The Museum   Education and Research  

 Help Us Grow

 

 
        Home  >  What's New  > Current Exhibitions  Never Forget

                                       

 

NEVER FORGET
VISIONS OF THE NAZI CAMPS


Jasenovac

   
           

Extermination Camp Jasenovac
Woman's Concentration Camp Stara Gradiška

The Ustashe fascists of Croatia were as cruel to their enemies as German Nazis were to theirs. Jasenovac, the largest concentration camp complex in Croatia, opened in August 1941. Located one hundred kilometers south of Zagreb, it included a number of subcamps. Of 600,000 victims murdered at Jasenovac, more than 20,000 were Jews. After August 1942, the remaining Croatian Jews were shipped to Auschwitz, while killing of Serbs, Sinti and Roma, and Croatian anti-fascists continued here. In April 1945, as Partisan forces approached the camp, the Ustashe killed the remaining prisoners and blew up all the structures in an attempt to destroy evidence of their atrocities.

Below: Stara Gradiška, origin of this May 23, 1944, formular prisoner's post card, was the subcamp of Jasenovac where women were imprisoned. Camp administration censorship.

 


 


next stop: Les Milles ►►

 

Courtesy of The Florence and Laurence Spungen Family Foundation. Ex-Ken Lawrence exhibit.

 


Copyright © 2009-10. Museum of Family History.  All rights reserved.  Image Use Policy.