Ћирилица By Nikola Salapura BANJA LUKA – Dušan Bastašić, President of the Citizens Association “Jadovno 1941” from Banja Luka, is bitter because of the attitude of Croatian authorities towards the Second World War execution sites and warns that Zrće beach on the island of Pag, called “Croatian Ibiza” and a place to have fun, is located not far from former camps. Thousands of tourists from Croatia, Serbia, B&H, Europe and the world visit Zrće every year, however, most of them do not know that on that very island, near the beach, were concentration camps in the Second World War. “What people don’t know is that Zrće is about eight kilometres

Ћирилица In organisation of the Association of Descendants and Supporters of the Victims of the Complex of Ustasha Camps Gospić-Jadovno 1941, and in co-organisation of the Institute for Contemporary History from Belgrade and the Academy of Arts and Sciences of Republika Srpska, the First International Conference on the Complex of Ustasha Camps Gospić-Jadovno 1941 was held on 23 and 24 June, 2011 at the Conference Hall of the Banski Dvor in Banja Luka. With around fifty participants in this important event from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Israel, United States of America, Italy, Germany, Russia, Austria and other countries, I participated in the Conference as a representative of the Mergel

Ћирилица The first international conference commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Jadovno concentration camp signals the advent of a new field of research into the history of the Holocaust in Bosnia. The first international conference commemorating the 70th anniversary of the suffering of Serbs, Jews and Roma in Jadovno concentration camp was held in Bosnia this past June. The ceremony was attended by Serbian President Boris Tadic and representatives of the Republika Srpska’s and of Croatia, in addition to thousands of descendents and supporters of those exterminated by the Ustashe Nazi collaborators in 1941. The conference itself, which was held in Srpska’s capital of Banja Luka, delved into the various

Српски | English | Руски Von 23. Juni bis 25. Juni, fand in der Stadt Banja Luka, der Hauptsadt der Republik Srpska die erste internationale Konferenz “Jadovno 1941” und wurde von einem Vertreter des Holocaust Center, Dr. Cyril Feferman besucht. Der Name der Konferenz zeigt, dass sich eine Reihe von Lagern im heutigen Kroatien befanden. Sie wurden im April und Mai 1941 unter dem Pro-Nazi-Ustascha-Regime, eine ultra-nationalistischen kroatischen Bewegung, die die Kontrolle über das Gebiet des heutigen Kroatien und Bosnien-Herzegowina inne hatte, Camps erbaut. In diesen Lagern wurden tausende von Juden und Serben getötet. Die Zerstörung fand vor Mitte August 1941 statt, als Italien das Gebiet des NDH behauptet, und

Српски В конце июня, в то самое время, когда Хорватия праздновала День независимости (на самом деле дату своего кроваво-насильственного выхода из состава Югославии), в Ядовно, вблизи зловещей Шарановой Ямы, поглотившей десятки тысяч жертв усташеского геноцида, в 70-ю годовщину основания лагеря происходила траурная церемония с участием делегаций из многих стран. БОЛЬШИНСТВО наших сограждан наверняка что-то знают о лагерях смерти Освенцим, Треблинка, но мало кто слышал о такой гигантской «фабрике смерти», как Ясеновац. Между тем, по сведениям немецких источников, в этом усташеском концлагере, расположенном на территории нынешней Хорватии (при непосредственном содействии католического клира!), погибли 700 тысяч сербов, а по данным сербских историков, число жертв достигает миллиона. И уж совсем единицы знают о

Ћирилица At Jadovno and Slana 65 years later The usefulness of Internet search browsers was confirmed when in May 2006 I searched for texts and pictures about Jadovno. I was very surprised when I saw pictures in colour, taken a year before. I found the name of the author and wrote him a short letter. A day later, Dani Novak, an American of Jewish descent replied to my letter. Among other things he wrote. From: Dani Novak Sent: 30. april 2006 16:12 To: Dusan Bastasic Subject: My close relatives were thrown in Jadovno too. “… You cannot even imagine how much your letters mean to me. Everything in the world!

Ћирилица Interview by Nataša Jovanović A historian of the Hebrew University in Israel explains how the Jews, and how the Serbs preserve the memory of genocide committed over them in the Second World War, who conducts revisions of historical facts, why America has double standards for Islam in the Balkans and in the Middle east, and what is his interpretation of the same attitude towards Republika Srpska by the Islamic states and Europe. “Marking the Holocaust anniversary in remembrance of six million Jews that died in the Second World War is the number one topic in Israel and a way of thinking. On that day we call Shoah five out

Ћирилица Yesterday in Kozarska Dubica, with attendance by President of the Association of Second World War Camp Inmates from Republika Srpska Gojko Knežević, President of the Association of Descendants and Supporters of the Victims of the Complex of Camps Gospić – Jadovno 1941 Dr Dušan Bastašić, Rector of Kozarska Dubica Gojko Slijepčević and numerous citizens and guests from other towns and Canada, a memorial room dedicated to children, victims of Ustasha genocide 1941 – 1945 was opened. As a kind of legacy, this memorial room is a present by Boško Jugović, who as a child himself spent a part of his childhood in Jasenovac camp. As a part of the ceremonial

Institute for Modern History, Belgrade BLOODY SUMMER IN LIKA OF 1941 – ROMAN CATHOLIC INSTIGATORS AND PERPETRATORS OF GENOCIDE The paper gives a reconstruction and analysis, on the historic micro area of Lika, of the phenomenon of overt hatred towards the Serbs, which appeared already when the Croatian nation was created in the second half of 19th century, and especially with the anti-Serbian demagogy of the Vatican and Roman Catholic Church. It also analyses “secular” instigators, i.e. anti-Serbian ideologists from Lika (Ante Starčević, Andrija Artuković (served in Gospić), Mile Budak), as well as perpetrators of numerous crimes in the Gospić system of death camps, from Gospić, Jadovno, Tribanj, Šibuljina all

Ћирилица BRUSSELS, 23 MAY/SRNA/ – First Vice-President of the European Parliament Gianni Pittella said that among issues still not defined in the accession negotiation between the EU and Croatia are some sensitive concerns, such as war crimes and full cooperation with the International Crimes Tribunal, return of refugees and the full application of the non-discrimination law. “I am sure that the European Parliament will take into serious consideration the outcome of the negotiations in these areas before delivering its final conclusion”, said Pittella in a reply to a letter from President of Association “Jadovno 1941” Dušan Bastašić in which he informed Pittella that in Croatia there is no respect to

From August 1941 to April 1945, hundreds of thousands of Serbs, Jews, and Romas, as well as anti-fascists of many nationalities, were murdered at the death camp known as Jasenovac. Estimates of the total numbers of men, women and children killed there range from 300,000 to 700,000. And yet, despite the scale of the crimes committed there, most of the world has never heard of Jasenovac. Following the Nazi invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia in April 1941, the “Independent State of Croatia” was established as a pro-Nazi government. It was dedicated to a clerical-fascist ideology influenced both by Nazism and extreme Roman Catholic fanaticism. On coming to power, the Ustashe

Ћирилица Former Knesset speaker Dan Tichon hands chairmanship to Dutch ambassador; Croatia seeks to block Serbia’s inclusion in 28-nation member organization. BERLIN – Dan Tichon, a former Knesset speaker, handed over the chairmanship of the International Holocaust Task Force to Ambassador Karel P.M. de Beer of the Netherlands in Berlin on Tuesday. The ITF, whose full name is the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research, seeks to expand Holocaust education as a global project. Meanwhile, The Jerusalem Post learned from an official with access to the membership application process that Croatia has blocked Serbia’s efforts to join the ITF. Daniel Gluncic, a spokesman for the

Ћирилица  A group of Bosnian-Muslim activists in Canada (the self-styled “Institute for the Research of Genocide”)  issued a press release on March 4 which claims that “facts show that Serbia was the first to use gas vans during the Second World War in Nazi Europe to kill Jewish civilians so that Belgrade and Serbia would be cleared of Jews.” This is the exact factual and moral equivalent of claiming that “facts show that Poland was the first to use gas chambers to kill Jewish civilians so that Warsaw and Poland would be cleared of Jews.” It is curious that such eccentric claims should come from the self-appointed spokesmen for the ethnic group

Ћирилица Conspiracy of silence Po prvi put je italijanskoj i svetskoj javnosti dostupna knjiga štampana i objavljena pre više od 60 godina. Vest ne bi bila senzacija, da se ne radi o zvaničnom dokumentu italijanske vlade pripremljenom i prezentiranom na Mirovnoj konferenciji u Parizu 1947. godine, nepobitnom svedočanstvu i prijavi zločina Maršalovih komunističkih trupa nad italijanskim stanovništvom u Istri i Dalmaciji. The crime is even more terrifying because of the fact that it was committed in years after the war had ended, in modern terminology known as “ethnic cleansing”, and the result was “disappearance” of several dozens of Italian civilians which was followed by an exodus of 350,000 Italians, who

Ћирилица Based on Article 108, item 3 of the Constitution of the Serbian Orthodox Church, and according to a need brought to the attention we reach the following DECISION with which, at the Eparchy of Gornji Karlovci, we establish a Board for marking and cherishing the memory on the victims of the complex of Ustasha camps Jadovno 1941. The members of the Board are: His Holiness Bishop of Gornji Karlovci Gerasim, President Mr Dušan Bastašić, Doctor of Dental Medicine from Banja Luka, Vice President Archimandrite Mihailo, Prior of the Monastery Gomirje Archpriest-stavrophore Mićo Kostić, Parish-rector of Rijeka Archpriest Dalibor Tanasić, Parich-rector of Korenica Mr Đuro Zatezalo, historian Mr Rade Kosanović, Head of