Stara Gradiška prison

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Stara Gradiška prison is a former prison at Stara Gradiška, Croatia.

The prison site was first established in 1799.[1]

During World War II, the former Austro-Hungarian fortress was used by the Ustaša regime as the Stara Gradiška concentration camp, a part of the Jasenovac complex, the largest extermination camp in occupied Yugoslavia.

From 1945 until the late 1980s the prison at Stara Gradiška held political prisoners of the communist regime where they were interrogated, poisoned and tortured.[2][3]

The detention facility was shut down by the Republic of Croatia in 1990, a decision made formal in February 1991.[4] However, from October 1991 until July 1993, the prison was again re-opened by the Krajina Serbs, who captured and detained numerous Croats in the facility during the Croatian War of Independence.[5]

The municipality plans to turn the site into a museum.[6] The Catholic Church plans to build a memorial church in the area.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Marica Karakaš. "Žene u logorima Stara Gradiška i Jasenovac prema svjedočenju logorašica 1946.-1948. godine" (PDF) (in Croatian). Zagreb, Croatia: The political science research centre. Kaznionica/zatvor u Staroj Gradišci, koji kontinuirano djeluje gotovo od 1799. godine kada su u tvrđavu zatvarani francuski vojni zarobljenici, pretvara se u sabirni logor sredinom veljače 1942. godine. bibliography entry
  2. ^ Ramet, Sabrina P. 2006. The Three Yugoslavias: State-Building And Legitimation, 1918-2005. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, p. 307.
  3. ^ Mesić, Stipe. 2004. The Demise of Yugoslavia: A Political Memoir. New York: Central European University Press, p. 62.
  4. ^ 6 13.02.1991 Odluka o ukidanju Kazneno-popravnog doma u Staroj Gradiški, Narodne novine, accessed 2011-12-28
  5. ^ "Prison camps: Nova Gradiška". Final report of the United Nations Commission of Experts, established pursuant to security council resolution 780 (1992), Annex VIII - Prison camps; Under the Direction of: M. Cherif Bassiouni; S/1994/674/Add.2. 1994-05-27. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
  6. ^ Zatvor Stara Gradiška uskoro muzej
  7. ^ Stara Gradiška: Blagoslovljen temeljni kamen spomen-crkve za svećenike žrtve komunizma Archived 2012-02-13 at the Wayback Machine

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