The internment of Serb population from Petrinja district in the Jasenovac and Stara Gradiška camps in May 1942

Autor: Radanović, Milan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Tragovi : časopis za srpske i hrvatske teme
Volume 6
Issue 1
ISSN: 2718-3467
2623-8926
Popis: Na osnovu arhivskih izvora rekonstruirana je internacija srpskog stanovništva iz 12 sela s područja kotara Petrinja u logore Jasenovac i Stara Gradiška u drugoj polovici svibnja 1942. Ukazano je da je internacija posljedica namjere ustaškog rukovodstva da izvrši eliminaciju što većeg broja Srba na prostoru Velike župe Gora, a ne posljedica napada partizana na prugu Sisak — Sunja. Naređenje o provođenju racije i interniranju lokalnih Srba izdao je vojskovođa Slavko Kvaternik. Autor polemizira s nekim ocjenama odnosa vojskovođe Kvaternika prema “srpskom pitanju” u NDH. Skrenuta je pozornost na slabo korištene ili nepoznate izvore koji sugeriraju da je Eugen Dido Kvaternik u to vrijeme bio ključna ličnost u donošenju naređenja o interniranju Srba u logore Jasenovac i Stara Gradiška. Većina stanovnika 12 sela uspjela je umaći ustašama i domobranima, zahvaljujući zaštiti partizana. Internacija je obuhvatila oko 1250 stanovnika, od kojih je najmanje 1056 stradalo u ustaškim i, manjim dijelom, nacističkim logorima. Većinu žrtava (741) činili su žene i djeca. Najviše su stradali stanovnici Bestrme, Kinjačke i Blinjskog Kuta. Istraživanje je otkrilo identitete 160 dosad nepoznatih žrtava logora Jasenovac i Stara Gradiška.
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.
Databáze: OpenAIRE