JASENOVAC INMATES COMMEMORATED JASENOVAC, April 29 (Hina) - The 56th anniversary of the break-out of the last group of inmates from the World War II concentration camp of Jasenovac was marked at the Jasenovac Memorial Area, east of
Zagreb, on Sunday. Wreaths were laid and candles lit in memory of the Jasenovac victims by envoys of the President of the Republic, the Government, Croatian Parliament, the Croatian Army Main Staff, survivors, associations of anti-fascist fighters from Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Coordination of Croatian Jewish Communities, the Croatian Serb People's Council, the Association of the Romany and Sisak County and Jasenovac municipal officials. Slavonija Episcope Sava, Chief Rabbi Kotel Da-Don, a parish priest from nearby Novska, Ivan Nikolic, and the head of the Sisak County Muslim community, Imam Fuad Karaga, conducted services for the Jasenovac victims. After a one-minute silent tribute to the
JASENOVAC, April 29 (Hina) - The 56th anniversary of the break-out
of the last group of inmates from the World War II concentration
camp of Jasenovac was marked at the Jasenovac Memorial Area, east of
Zagreb, on Sunday.
Wreaths were laid and candles lit in memory of the Jasenovac victims
by envoys of the President of the Republic, the Government,
Croatian Parliament, the Croatian Army Main Staff, survivors,
associations of anti-fascist fighters from Croatia, Slovenia and
Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Coordination of Croatian Jewish
Communities, the Croatian Serb People's Council, the Association
of the Romany and Sisak County and Jasenovac municipal officials.
Slavonija Episcope Sava, Chief Rabbi Kotel Da-Don, a parish priest
from nearby Novska, Ivan Nikolic, and the head of the Sisak County
Muslim community, Imam Fuad Karaga, conducted services for the
Jasenovac victims.
After a one-minute silent tribute to the Jasenovac victims, the
gathering was addressed by the president of the Croatian
Association of Anti-fascist Fighters, Ivan Fumic, who called for
the adoption of a law which would prohibit the "Ustasha nostalgia"
and punish those spreading hatred.
The government is making efforts so that crimes committed in this
region in WWII are never forgotten, Culture Minister Antun Vujic
said. The Jasenovac Memorial Museum should become a place where all
documents related to Nazi crimes in Croatia during WWII are filed,
he said.
A former inmate, Sime Klajic, recalled the break-out from the
camp.
The president of the Coordination of Jewish Communities, Ognjen
Kraus, said the Nazi crimes in Croatia could be openly discussed in
today's Croatia. Milorad Pupovac, a representative of the Serb
National Council, said the Jasenovac crime deserved more attention
in textbooks so that young generations could be familiarised with
the horrors of the Nazi ideology.
The gathering was also addressed by Romany representatives Kasum
Cana and Stevan Djordjevic.
The commemoration ended with a song performed by the choir "Lira".
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