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ZAGREB, 30 April (Hina)- In an interview for the Zagreb daily,
Vjesnik, Zagreb based author and former head of the local Jewish
community, Slavko Goldstein, described the study "War Casualties,
1941-1954, the 1964 Survey" as "thorough in its discussion of the
victims of the WWII concentration camp Jasenovac".
The survey determined the number of "identified" camp victims as
60,000, Goldstein says.
Based on his own information, Goldstein assesses the number of
Jasenovac camp victims at about 80,000. Croatia and the
international public should be informed about that assessment, as
well as about another, which sets the total number of victims of
WWII in the former Yugoslavia at 600,000, because they are
relevanst and can be proved, Goldstein thinks.
Goldstein sticks by his assessment of 80,000 victims, allowing for
an error margin of five per cent. Similar assessments had been made
earlier by Croatian demographer Vladimir Zerjavic and Bosnian Serb
Bogoljub Kocovic, who made it based on his insight into Italian and
German archives.
Croatian State Archives recently offered the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia Archives money to supply it with a copy of the study,
"Victims of the war, 1941-1945, the 1964 Survey". The offer was
turned down, with an explanation that the study "was not
comprehensive and as such cannot meet Croatia's expectations".
The extensive study does not account for victims in the Gypsy
community, although entire Gypsy families were taken away from
their homes and executed. Namely, Gypsies were never thoroughly
registered in Yugoslav census' between the twe world wars.
Goldstein claims that he saw copy of a form that was filled out by
families of the victims. The form comprised 27 precise and
analytical questions about the victims.
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