LOCATION | HOLOCAUST |
WHAT TYPE OF CAMP | CONCENTRATION CAMP & EXTERMINATION CAMP |
BUILT | AUGUST 1941 |
JASENOVAC, INDEPENDENT STATE OF CROATIA | NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMP |
KNOWN FOR | MASS MURDER OF SERBS, ROMANI PEOPLE, AND POLITICAL OPPONENTS IN THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF CROATIA |
OPERATIONAL | 21 AUGUST 1941 – 22 APRIL 1945 |
INMATES | MAINLY SERBS, ROMA, AND JEWS; ALSO, CROATIA AND BOSNIAN MUSLIM POLITICAL DISSIDENTS |
NUMBER OF INMATES | 80,000 AND 100,000 PEOPLE |
KILLED | 83,000–100,000 CONSISTING OF SERBS 45,000–52,000 ROMA 15,000–27,000 JEWS 12,000–20,000 CROATS AND BOSNIAN MUSLIMS 5,000–12,000 |
LIBERATED BY | YUGOSLAV PARTISANS |
UNKOWN FACT | N/A |