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Croatia

After the Axis powers invaded Yugoslavia on April 6, 1941, the Croatian fascist organization Ustaša proclaimed an “Independent State of Croatia.” Learn more about Croatia during the Holocaust, including the massacre of ethnic Serbs (1941-1942); the murder, incarceration, and deportation of Jews; and the near elimination of the Roma population of Croatia. 

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A small child stands next to another young child in a pram, or stroller. The standing child has short dark hair and light skin tone and is wearing a heavy coat. Pinned on their lapel is a badge with the six pointed Star of David and the letter Z.
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A child wears the compulsory Jewish badge
A Jewish child wears the compulsory Star of David badge with the letter "Z" for Zidov, the Croatian word for Jew. [LCID: 68289a]
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A Jewish child wears the compulsory Jewish badge
Jews from Macedonia who were rounded up and assembled in the Tobacco Monopoly transit camp before deportation to the Treblinka killing ... [LCID: 79737]
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Axis Invasion of Yugoslavia
Deportation of Slovak Jews. The victims wear tags and are escorted by Slovak guards. [LCID: 77933]
Article
Axis Powers and the Holocaust
View of the brick factory in the Jasenovac concentration camp in Croatia. [LCID: 85692]
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Brick factory in Jasenovac
Bruno Klein [LCID: 3204]
ID Card
Bruno Klein
Cedomir Milan Sorak [LCID: 6314]
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Cedomir Milan Sorak
A dozen small children sit and sleep on the floor with a few blankets and thin pallets. A wooden fence and brick walls keep the children separate from the rest of the room.
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At a concentration camp for children
Media Essay
Collaboration - Photograph
Croatia, 1943 [LCID: cro19030]
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Croatia, 1943
Croatian fascist leader Ante Pavelic [LCID: dap0222c]
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Croatian fascist leader Ante Pavelic
Deportation to the Jasenovac camp. Yugoslavia, probably 1942. [LCID: 85799]
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Deportation to Jasenovac
Deportations from southern Europe, 1942-1943 [LCID: eur78850]
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Deportations from southern Europe, 1942-1943
Djakovo concentration camp, where Croatian Jews were imprisoned and killed, was located in this former flour mill. [LCID: 78483]
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Djakovo camp
Flory (Floritza) Jagoda [LCID: fjz0813f]
Oral History
Flory (Floritza) Jagoda describes anti-Jewish measures following the occupation of Zagreb
Ilija Lemajiþ [LCID: 1466]
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Ilija Lemajiþ

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