Interniranje srpskog stanovništva s područja kotara Petrinja u logore Jasenovac i Stara Gradiška svibnja 1942.
The Internment of Serb Population from Petrinja District in the Jasenovac and Stara Gradiška Camps in May 1942

Summary/Abstract: Based on archival sources, the internment of the Serbian population from 12 villages of Petrinja district in the Jasenovac and Stara Gradiška camps in the second half of May 1942 has been reconstructed. The internment was cosequence of the Ustasha leadership's intention to exterminate Serb population from the area of Gora County, and not the consequence of the Partisan attack on the Sisak — Sunja railway. The order for the raid and internment of local Serbs was issued by Marshal Slavko Kvaternik. The author challenges some existing evaluations of the attitude of Marshal Kvaternik towards the “Serbian question” in the Independent State of Croatia. Attention was drawn to poorly used or unknown sources that suggest that Eugen Dido Kvaternik was at that time a key figure in passing the order on the internment of Serbs in the Jasenovac and Stara Gradiška camps. Most of the inhabitants of 12 villages managed to escape from the Ustasha and Home Guards, thanks to the protection by the Partisans. The internment included about 1,250 inhabitants, of which at least 1,056 perished in Ustasha and, to a lesser extent, Nazi camps. Most of the victims (741) were women and children. The research revealed the identities of 160 previously unknown victims of the Jasenovac and Stara Gradiška camps.

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