SOSICE, June 22 (Hina) - A commemoration was held on Tuesday at the Jazovka pit, about 30 kilometres west of Zagreb, for members of Independent State of Croatia's (NDH) military units and Croatian civilians who, at the end of World
War Two, had been executed by partisans and thrown into the pit. The head of a committee in charge of organising annual visits to Jazovka, Zvonimir Trusic, said the visit was organised to warn that nobody was held accountable for the crimes committed at Jazovka. The president of the Croatian Association of Former Political Prisoners, Kaja Perekovic, also insisted that persons responsible for "several hundreds of thousands of victims" be named. According to Perekovic, those criminals are enjoying freedom in Croatia and other parts of the former Yugoslavia, even though their names are known to the public. The president of the Croatian Pure Party of Rights (HCSP), Ivan
SOSICE, June 22 (Hina) - A commemoration was held on Tuesday at the
Jazovka pit, about 30 kilometres west of Zagreb, for members of
Independent State of Croatia's (NDH) military units and Croatian
civilians who, at the end of World War Two, had been executed by
partisans and thrown into the pit.
The head of a committee in charge of organising annual visits to
Jazovka, Zvonimir Trusic, said the visit was organised to warn that
nobody was held accountable for the crimes committed at Jazovka.
The president of the Croatian Association of Former Political
Prisoners, Kaja Perekovic, also insisted that persons responsible
for "several hundreds of thousands of victims" be named.
According to Perekovic, those criminals are enjoying freedom in
Croatia and other parts of the former Yugoslavia, even though their
names are known to the public.
The president of the Croatian Pure Party of Rights (HCSP), Ivan
Gabelica, said that today's visit had been intentionally organised
on June 22, the Day of Anti-Fascist Struggle in Croatia.
Gabelica believes the date does not represent "the beginning of a
national uprising, but the beginning of the most brutal crime
against Croats".
Over 700 people participated in this year's visit, which was
organised by the HCSP, Croatian Association of Political
Prisoners, and nine associations of WWII and Homeland War
veterans.
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