Šakota ( sr-cyr, Шакота) is a Serbian and Croatian surname, derived from a nickname itself from the word ''šaka'', meaning "hand". On June 2, 1941, Franjo Sudar's

Ustaše The Ustaše (), also known by anglicised versions Ustasha or Ustashe, was a Croats, Croatian fascist and ultranationalist organization active, as one organization, between 1929 and 1945, formally known as the Ustaša – Croatian Revolutionar ...

attacked the

Udrežnje Udrežnje ( sr-cyr, Удрежње) is a village in the municipality of Nevesinje, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 2013 census, there are 189 inhabitants. On June 2, 1941, Franjo Sudar's Ustaše attacked the Udrežnje v ...

village and killed 27 people of the

Vujadinović Vujadinović ( sr-cyr, Вујадиновић) is a Serbian surname, derived from the male given name '' Vujadin'', may refer to: * Borislav Vujadinović (born 1959), Serbian bobsledder * Đorđe Vujadinović (1909–1990), Serbian footballer and m ...

, Vukosav, Draganić, Gambelić, Kljakić, Šipovac and Šakota families. On June 3/4, 1941,

massacred 130 to 180 ethnic Serbs in Korita, Bileća; the local Šakota were one of the victim families. On June 26/27, 1941, Ustaše drove away 130 Serbs of the families of Šakota,

Šotra Šotra ( sr-Cyrl, Шотра) is a Serbian surname. On June 26/27, 1941, Ustaše drove away 130 Serbs of the families of Šakota, Šotra, Ćorluka and Krulj from the villages of Trijebanj and Kozice, Stolac, Kozice. It may refer to: *Zdravko Šo ...

, Ćorluka and Krulj from the villages of Trijebanj and Kozice. 110 of these were killed, at Domanoviće, Bivolja Brda, Pileti and near Kukauš, and those who escaped death were those listed in a proclamation of general Lakse. 70 more locals were killed by the Ustaše on June 29/30. At least 64 individuals with the surname died at the

Jasenovac concentration camp Jasenovac () was a concentration camp, concentration and extermination camp established in the Jasenovac, Sisak-Moslavina County, village of the same name by the authorities of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) in occupied Yugoslavia durin ...

. Several Šakota from

Herzegovina Herzegovina ( or ; sh-Latn-Cyrl, Hercegovina, separator=" / ", Херцеговина, ) is the southern and smaller of two main geographical Regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being Bosnia (reg ...

fought at the

Yugoslav Front World War II in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia began on 6 April 1941, when the country was Invasion of Yugoslavia, invaded and swiftly conquered by Axis powers, Axis forces and partitioned among Nazi Germany, Germany, Fascist Italy (1922–1943), It ...

(Dušan, Ilija, Jovo, Radovan, Slobodan, Sava, Vlado, and others). It may refer to: * Dušan Šakota (born 1986), Serbian-born Greek professional basketball player, son of Dragan * Dragan Šakota (born 1952), Serbian professional basketball coach * Ilija Šakota, * Luka Šakota, Croatian runner ( 2013 European Athletics Junior Championships – Men's 100 metres) * Mirjana Šakota, Serbian writer * Slavko Šakota, * Slobodan Šakota, Yugoslav Partisan * Ranko Šakota, butcher in South Africa

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