During
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
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concentration camps existed in the
Independent State of Croatia
The Independent State of Croatia ( sh, Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH; german: Unabhängiger Staat Kroatien; it, Stato indipendente di Croazia) was a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy (1922–1943), Fascist It ...
. Most of them were operated by the Croatian
Ustaša authorities, but some of them were operated by
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
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Fascist Italy.
Ustaša-operated camps
German-operated camps
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Sajmište concentration camp
The Sajmište concentration camp () was a Nazi German concentration and extermination camp during World War II. It was located at the former Belgrade fairground site near the town of Zemun, in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH). The camp was ...
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Sisak
Sisak (; hu, Sziszek ; also known by other alternative names) is a city in central Croatia, spanning the confluence of the Kupa, Sava and Odra rivers, southeast of the Croatian capital Zagreb, and is usually considered to be where the Posavin ...
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Vinkovci
Vinkovci () is a city in Slavonia, in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. The city's registered population was 28,247 in the 2021 census, the total population of the city was 31,057, making it the largest town of the county. Surround ...
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Jankomir
Jankomir () is a neighborhood in Zagreb, Croatia. It is located in the Stenjevec city district in the western part of the city, and is officially referred to as "Stenjevec - jug", with an area of and a population of 8,072.
Jankomir is regarded c ...
Italian-operated camps
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Kraljevica
Kraljevica (known as ''Porto Re'' in Italian language, Italian and literally translated as "King's cove" in English language, English) is a town in the Kvarner region of Croatia, located between Rijeka and Crikvenica, approximately thirty kilomet ...
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Brač
Brač is an island in the Adriatic Sea within Croatia, with an area of ,
making it the largest island in Dalmatia, and the third largest in the Adriatic. It is separated from the mainland by the Brač Channel, which is wide. The island's tall ...
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Hvar
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Gruž
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Kupari
The Kupari (from pt, compadre referring to the godfather of one's godchild; word derived from ''Kumpari'' and feminine being ''Kumari'' or Portuguese; ''comadre'') consist of Kadodi Christians and Samvedi Christians, whixh are a Roman Cathol ...
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Lopud
In annexed territories
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Molat concentration camp
The Molat concentration camp ( it, campo di concentramento di Melada; Croatian: ''Koncentracijski logor Molat''; Hebrew: ''מחנה מולת''; sl, Koncentracijsko taborišče Molat) was an Italian concentration camp, established during World Wa ...
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Rab concentration camp
The Rab concentration camp ( it, Campo di concentramento per internati civili di Guerra – Arbe; hr, Koncentracijski logor Rab; sl, Koncentracijsko taborišče Rab) was one of several Italian concentration camps. It was established during World ...
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List of massacres in the Independent State of Croatia
The following is a list of massacres and mass executions that occurred in Yugoslavia during World War II. Areas once part of Yugoslavia that are now parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovenia, North Macedonia, and Montenegr ...
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The Holocaust in the Independent State of Croatia
The Holocaust in the Independent State of Croatia ( hr, Holokaust u Nezavisnoj Državi Hrvatskoj; he, השואה במדינת קרואטיה העצמאית) involved the genocide primarily of Jews, and also the genocide of Serbs (the Genocide o ...
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