Jadovno concentration camp

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Jadovno concentration camp was an early World War II extermination site run by the Ustaše regime in the Independent State of Croatia, where tens of thousands of Serbs, Jews, and others were brutally murdered.

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Jadovno concentration camp canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concentration camp ⓘ
extermination site ⓘ
administeredBy Ustaše Surveillance Service (UNS) ⓘ
causeOfDestruction dismantled after Italian takeover in 1941 ⓘ
closedBy Italian military authorities ⓘ
coordinateLocation approximately 44.6°N 15.3°E ⓘ
country Independent State of Croatia ⓘ
endDate 1941-08 ⓘ
geographicalFeatureNearby Velebit mountain ⓘ
karst pits and ravines ⓘ
historicalContext Axis occupation of Yugoslavia ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
inceptionAsCampSystem Gospić–Jadovno–Pag camp complex ⓘ
linked to: Ustaše camp system
languageOfToponym Croatian ⓘ
locatedIn Lika region ⓘ
modern-day Croatia ⓘ
near Gospić ⓘ
memorialization annual remembrance events for victims ⓘ
commemorative sites in modern Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
namedAfter Jadovno area on Velebit mountain ⓘ
notableFeature one of the earliest extermination sites in World War II Europe ⓘ
victims were often killed and thrown into karst pits ⓘ
numberOfVictimsEstimate approximately 10,000–40,000 ⓘ
tens of thousands ⓘ
operatedBy Ustaše ⓘ
linked to: Ustaše Militia
operationalPeriod summer 1941 ⓘ
partOf Holocaust in the Independent State of Croatia ⓘ
Ustaše concentration camp system ⓘ
genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia ⓘ
persecution of Jews during the Holocaust ⓘ
perpetrator Ustaše authorities of the Independent State of Croatia ⓘ
Ustaše militia ⓘ
linked to: Ustaše Militia
reasonForClosure Italian occupation of the area in 1941 ⓘ
relatedEvent Holocaust ⓘ
genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia ⓘ
startDate 1941-06 ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successorFacility Jasenovac concentration camp ⓘ
Pag concentration camp ⓘ
usedFor ethnic persecution ⓘ
genocide ⓘ
mass murder ⓘ
victimGroup Jews ⓘ
Roma ⓘ
Serbs ⓘ
anti-fascists ⓘ
political opponents of the Ustaše ⓘ

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Ustaše camp system → hasPart → Jadovno concentration camp ⓘ