CROATIAN WW II VETERANS LAY WREATH IN JASENOVAC

JASENOVAC, June 22 (Hina) - On occasion of Croatia's Day of Antifascist Struggle and the anniversary of the establishment of the first unit of Croatian Partisans, a delegation of the association of antifascist war veterans, led by its vice president Vinko Sunjara, on Sunday laid a wreath at the Jasenovac memorial for all victims of the Jasenovac concentration camp. Representatives of Croatian Gypsies' Community, led by Stevo Djurdjevic, also placed a wreath at the memorial site. Sunjara said that they had come to pay their respects to victims of the Jasenovac concentration camp, and said that "In memory and respect to victims, Jasenovac's flower in bloom (the shape of the monument) was erected symbolising life, love and forgiveness on the contrary to crime and death." "Jasenovac and its monument will be a warning in the memory of history and a message to future generations that the evil must not be forgotten and anything similar must not be allowed to occur," he added. (hina) mš 221349 MET jun 97