Rakov Potok is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capit ...

. It is connected by the D1 highway. The area is known to have several mass graves from

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 vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. In 2011, it emerged that the area likely contained the remains of the last

government of the Independent State of Croatia The Croatian State Government ( hr, Hrvatska državna vlada) was the government of the Independent State of Croatia from 16 April 1941 until 8 May 1945. On 11 April 1941, after the proclamation of the Independent State of Croatia, Slavko Kvatern ...

executed in 1945.

References

Populated places in Zagreb County {{ZagrebCounty-geo-stub