Stara Kršlja is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

History

In 1941, Ante Špoljarić was designated as its Ustaša ''zbirnik''. With the withdrawal of the Italians, the chances of a successful Serb rebellion increased. Shortly after the

Drvar uprising The Drvar uprising () was the World War II uprising of the Serb population of Bosnian Krajina (modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina). Italy supported it, both politically and in arms, in its struggle against the fascist puppet state of the Independ ...

, Božidar Cerovski, director of the Directorate of the Ustaša Police, arrived in

Slunj Slunj is a town in the mountainous part of Central Croatia, located along the important North-South route to the Adriatic Sea between Karlovac and Plitvice Lakes National Park, on the meeting of the rivers Korana and Slunjčica. Slunj has a popu ...

, on the evening of 29 July 1941, along with an undetermined number of Ustaše from

Zagreb Zagreb ( ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the ...

for the removal of "undesirable elements". In the morning of the 30th, they broke up into several groups and walked through Serb inhabitted settlements with lists of such individuals, including in Stara Kršlja, detaining them and transporting them to

Oštarski Stanovi Oštarski Stanovi is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D1 highway. History In 1941, Dragan Božičević was designated as its Ustaša ''zbirnik''. With the withdrawal of the Italians, the chances of a successful Serb rebellion incre ...

, where they were executed on the order of Cerovski.

Demographics

References

Populated places in Karlovac County {{Karlovac-geo-stub