Gračani massacre

Gračani massacre
LocationGračani, Zagreb, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia (modern-day Croatia)
DateMay 1945
TargetHOS prisoners of war and civilians
Attack type
Mass murder
Deaths295
PerpetratorsYugoslav Partisans

The Gračani massacre was the killing of several hundred prisoners of war of the Croatian Armed Forces and civilians in May 1945 in Gračani, a neighborhood of Zagreb, Croatia. The massacre was perpetrated by the Yugoslav Partisans after the end of World War II in Yugoslavia. As of September 2018, bodies of 295 victims were exhumed from the site.