Bosansko Grahovo massacre
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Location | Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Date | 27 July 1941 |
Target | Croat civilians |
Attack type | War crime |
Deaths | Around 100 |
A massacre of Croat civilians was committed by local Serb rebels on 27 July 1941 in the village of Bosansko Grahovo.
Background[]
On 27 July 1941, a Yugoslav Partisan-led uprising began in the area of Dvar and Bosansko Grahovo (Drvar uprising).[1] It was a coordinated effort from both sides of the Una River in the territory of southeastern Lika and southwestern Bosanska.[2] It succeeded in transferring key NDH territory under rebel control.[2]
Incident[]
On the same day the Trubar massacre occurred, Chetniks and other affiliated Serb rebels, commanded by Branko Bogunović,[3] attacked Croat civilians in Bosansko Grahovo and surrounding villages, killing about 100, of whom 62 were identified. Among those killed were at least 5 women and 9 children.[4] Numerous homes were burned, along with the Catholic church and rectory in Grahovo. A parish priest, Juraj Gospodnetić, was tortured and killed.[5] According to Croatian scholar Blanka Matkovich, the Partisans were responsible for the atrocities against Croatians in Bosansko Grahovo, as well as the Trubar massacre.[6]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Tomasevich, Jozo (2002). War and Revolution in Yugoslavia: 1941–1945. Stanford University Press. p. 506. ISBN 978-0-8047-79241.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Goldstein, Slavko (2013). 1941: The Year That Keeps Returning. New York Review of Books. p. 158. ISBN 978-1-59017-700-6.
- ^ (Vučković & Krstić 2001, p. 82) :"Устаници у западној Босни, под вођством Мане Роквића, заузели су Дрвар, а Брана Богуновић је са својима заузео Босанско Грахово. "
- ^ "27. srpnja 1941. – srpski ustanici izvršili strašan pokolj Hrvata u Drvaru i Grahovu".
- ^ Beljo, Ante (31 July 2009). "Masovni četnički zločini" (PDF). Hrvatsko Slovo. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ^ Matkovich, Blanka (2017). Croatia and Slovenia at the End and After the Second World War (1944–1945): Mass Crimes and Human Rights Violations Committed by the Communist Regime. BrownWalker Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-62734-691-7.
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