Stara Gradiška concentration camp
| Stara Gradiška concentration camp | |
|---|---|
| Concentration and extermination camp | |
View of the Stara Gradiška concentration camp at the site of the Stara Gradiška prison. | |
| Coordinates | 45°15′N 17°25′E / 45.250°N 17.417°E |
| Location | Stara Gradiška, Independent State of Croatia (now Croatia) |
| Operated by | Ustaše Supervisory Service (UNS) |
| First built | August 1941 |
| Operational | August 1941 – 21 April 1945 |
| Inmates | Mainly Serbs, Jews, Roma, and dissident Croats and Bosnian Muslims (i.e. communists and anti-fascists) |
| Killed | 12,790+ |
| Liberated by | Yugoslav Partisans |
| Notable inmates | Nada Dimić |
| Website | www |
Stara Gradiška was a concentration and extermination camp in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) during World War II. The camp was specially constructed for women and children of Serb, Jewish and Romani ethnicity. Victims also included communist and anti-fascist Croats and Bosniaks. It was established by the Ustaše regime in 1941 at the Stara Gradiška prison near the eponymous village as the fifth subcamp of the Jasenovac concentration camp.
According to the list of victims by name of KCL Jasenovac, the Jasenovac memorial site, which includes research as of 2007, the names and data for 12,790 victims of the camp have been established.