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Jasenovac concentration camp

Concentration camp run by the Ustaše in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II Jasenovac concentration campConcentration and extermination campArriving prisoners being robbed by Ustaše guardsLocation within NDHOther namesLogor Jasenovac / Логор Јасеновац, pronounced [lôːgor jasěnoʋat͡s]Known forMass murder of Serbs, Romani people, Jews, and political opponents in the Independent State of CroatiaLocationJasenovac, Independent State of CroatiaOperated byUstaše Supervisory Service (UNS)First builtAugust 1941Operational21 August 1941 – 22 April 1945InmatesMainly Serbs, Roma, and Jews; also Croat and Bosnian Muslim political dissidentsKilled83,000–100,000 consisting of:Serbs 45,000–52,000Roma 15,000–27,000Jews 12,000–20,000Croats and Bosnian Muslims 5,000–12,000Liberated byYugoslav PartisansNotable inmatesList of prisoners of JasenovacWebsitejusp-jasenovac.hr Part of a series onThe HolocaustJews on selection ramp at Auschwitz, May 1944 Responsibility Nazi Germany People Major perpetrators Adolf Hitler Heinrich Himmler Joseph Goebbels Heinrich Müller Reinhard Heydrich Adolf Eichmann Odilo Globocnik Theodor Eicke Richard Glücks Ernst Kaltenbrunner Rudo