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STRUCTURE OF PRISONERS OF THE DANICA CONCENTRATION CAMP, 1941-1942
Zdravko Dizdar
; Hrvatski institut za povijest, Zagreb, Hrvatska
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The concentration camp Danica in the vicinity of Koprivnica was the first such camp established in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH). Order to create the camp was issued on April 15, 1941, and the camp existed until September 1, 1942. The new Ustasha authorities sent all undesirable elements along with persons who were persecuted because of their ethnic or religious background (Jews) to this concentration camp. On July 15, 1941, as many as 2656 prisoners were held in the camp. These prisoners were later sent to other concentration camps where most of them lost their lives. During his post war trial, Martin Nemec, who was the first commandant of the Danica camp, claimed that a total of 5600 prisoners had spent some time in the Danica camp. Most of the prisoners were Serbs (more than 3000), followed by Croats (around 1000), Jews (more than 600) and Gypsies (around 400). Most of the prisoners later lost their lives in other camps, but some were also freed and joined the partisan movement led by the communists. This scientific article, according to the available documents, gives detailed information about the number, ethnical background, age and gender of prisoners held in Danica. Unfortunately, the lack of data did not allow complete information about all the prisoners, which will be possible only if new documents become available.
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161953
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Datum izdavanja:
14.10.2002.
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