HOLOCAUST COMMEMORATION HELD IN DRENOV BOK INSTEAD OF JASENOVAC

ZAGREB, Apr 8 (Hina) - Delegations of the Zagreb Jewish Community and President Tudjman on Friday set out for the Jasenovac memorial park to mark the Yom Hashoah, the day of remembrance of Holocaust victims who died at the hands of Nazis in World War II. Member of the Jewish Community delegation Jakov Bienenfeld told Hina on Friday evening that both delegations had been told at a UNPROFOR checkpoint near Jasenovac that Serb forces would grant passage to the Jewish delegation only. The Jewish Community delegation then decided not to proceed to Jasenovac, said Bienenfeld. The commemoration ceremony and prayer were held in Drenov Bok, 15 km upstream from Jasenovac. The participants floated wreaths of the Jewish Community and President Tudjman down the Sava River. 082228 MET apr 94