Osijek prison massacre
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Osijek prison massacrewas amassacrewhich was committed by the members ofOZNA.[1]Shortly afterSecond World Warfinished, 25 October 1945, they killed 48 Croatian war prisoners by throwingbombsand shooting them withfirearms.[2]
Prisoners were situated in Osijek prison without water and food in unhygienic conditions. When they referred to theGeneva Convention,members of OZNA came and killed them all.[3]
Seventy-one years after the crime,Dragan Vulin,deputy ofOsijek-Baranja county,Croatian defenders, domobrans and members ofCroatian Army,revealed a memorial plaque on 25 October 2016 in remembrance of this crime.[4]
Croatian presidentKolinda Grabar-Kitarovićsend aletterin which she stressed importance of discovering mass partisan and Yugoslav crimes againstCroatsand other people.[5]
References
[edit]- ^71st anniversary of Osijek prison massacre,Block for united pensioners, accessdate 25 October 2016(in Croatian)
- ^City of Valpovo – memorial plaque opened as a sign of memory on Osijek prison massacre,accessdate 25 October 2016(in Croatian)
- ^Communist crimes against Croats after World War II – Osijek prison massacre,accessdate 25 October 2016(in Croatian)
- ^Memorial plaque for Osijek prison massacre,Glas Slavonije,accessdate 25 October 2016(in Croatian)
- ^Memorial plaque on 71st anniversary of Osijekprisson massacre,HDZ(Osijek-Baranja county), accessdate 25 October 2016(in Croatian)