The Holocaust in Croatia
WWII Children’s Concentration Camp Remembered in Croatia
Survivors joined a memorial ceremony for victims of the concentration camp in Sisak where Serb, Jewish and Roma children were imprisoned by the Nazis and Croatia’s wartime Ustasa regime.
Anti-Fascist Victims of WWII Honoured in Zagreb
A new temporary memorial was unveiled in a park in the Croatian capital to honour thousands of people who were executed there by Zagreb’s wartime Ustasa pro-Nazi regime.
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Croatia Mourns WWII Jadovno Concentration Camp Victims
Officials from the Croatian and Serbian governments joined a commemoration for people killed by the WWII fascist Ustasha regime at the Jadovno concentration camp near the town of Gospic.
Minister honors Croatian WW2 death camp victims
Minister honors Croatian WW2 death camp victims
JADOVNO -- Aleksandar Vulin represented the Serbian government on Sunday at a commemoration held at the grounds of the WW2-era death camp Jadovno in Croatia.
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Vulin pays tribute to Jadovno prison camp victims
JADOVNO - Serbian Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran Care and Social Issues Aleksandar Vulin as the representative of the Serbian government attended the commemoration held in former prison camp Jadovno near Gospic in Croatia, on Sunday.
In 1941, around 40,000 prisoners were killed in Jadovno, most of them Serbs, as well as Jews and the Roma.
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Banned Croatian player a reminder of need to halt hate speech
Banned Croatian player a reminder of need to halt hate speech
Sport officials call for co-operation between all stakeholders to continue efforts to stop hate speech and fan violence.
As Croatia takes to the field in the 2014 World Cup, it does so without one of its veteran players.
Flowers in Ustasha U shape planted in Jasenovac
ZAGREB – Flowers in the colors of the Croatian “Chessboard” flag and shaped in the form of the U symbol of the Ustasha, Croatian pro-Nazi regime responsible for massive killings of Serbs, Jews and Roma in concentration camps during World War II, have been planted at the Jasenovac Memorial Site in central Croatia.
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Croatian footballer to miss World Cup over fascist greeting
Croatian footballer to miss World Cup over fascist greeting
LAUSANNE -- The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has confirmed a sanction imposed by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) against Josip Šimunić.
Thus the Croatian national football team player's suspension remains in place, and he will miss the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Croatia Footballer’s ‘Fascist’ Chant Ban Upheld
Josip Simunic lost his appeal at sport’s highest court against a ten-match ban for leading fans in a chant associated with the WWII fascist Ustase movement at a Croatian international game.
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Croatian Right-Winger Sues WWII Memorial Chief
A Croatian far-right leader said he had been libelled by the director of the memorial park at Jasenovac, a concentration camp where tens of thousands were killed by the fascist Ustasa regime.
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