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MEMORIAL AREA JASENOVAC PUBLISHED A LIST OF VICTIMS
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Memorial Area Jasenovac published a book „List of Names of Victims of Jasenovac Concentration Camp“, edited by Jelka Smreka and Đorđe Mihovilović, Memorial Area custodians. List contains names of 72.193 persons that authors gathered and checked until now. |
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STUDENTS OF BELGRADE THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE VISTED DONJA GRADINA
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Third year students of the St. Sava Theological College from Belgrade visited Republic of Srpska on October 20 and 21. During their stay, they visited permanent exhibit on Jasenovac in National museum of Srpska in Banja Luka and venerated New Martyrs of Jasenovac on the Jasenovac killing ground and grave site, Donja Gradina.
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JASENOVAC MEMORIAL SITE GOT AWARD AS A GARDEN
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In April this year, the jury of the International Carlo Scarpa Prize for Gardens has decided unanimously to dedicate the 2007 award to a vast open space along a bank of the River Sava near the town of Jasenovac in Croatia, until 1941 the site of a brick kiln and from 1941 to 1945 a concentration camp. |
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FOURTH MILETIĆ’S VOLUME OF DOCUMENTS PUBLISHED
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Koncentracioni logor Jasenovac - Knjiga IV, published recently by Gambit from Jagodina, is a long awaited new tome of documents about Jasenovac system of concentration and death camps, compiled by Antun Miletić, former head of the Belgrade based Institute for the Military History. Its three previous volumes from 1986 (I & II) and 1987 (III) still are the basic published source for Jasenovac research. |
CROATIAN ROMAN-CATHOLICS REQUEST STEPINAC TO BE CANONIZED
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Several Roman-Catholic associations from the Archdiocese of Zagreb have made a request to Pope Benedict XVI to canonize late Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac as saint next year, during 110th anniversary of his birth and 10th anniversary of his beatification.
Anyhow, Stepinac and his conduct of Church affairs during the Second World War will continue to be among the most disputed issues in Yugoslav historiography.
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IVO ROJNICA, USTAŠA WAR CRIMINAL DIED UNPUNISHED
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Ivo Rojnica, a former Ustaša high ranking officer for the area of Dubrovnik, suspected of war crimes against Serbs, Jews and Roma in that area during the Second World War, died on the 1st of November in Buenos Aires. Alen Budaj, director of Margel Institute in Zagreb applied a protest note with the Republic of Croatia authorities, concerning the fact that deceased war criminal Rojnica had never been brought to justice. |
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SHULAMIT IMBER IN BELGRADE
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Shulamit Imber, Pedagogic Director of the International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, visited Serbia from 8th through 11th of November. [More »]
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“KRISTALLNACHT” COMMEMORATED IN BELGRADE
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Commemoration of “Kristallnacht” took place at the Central Hall of the Army of Serbia on the 8th November - the International day against fascism and Anti-Semitism, organized by the Ministry of Religions. Topic of the event was “Denial of the Holocaust and genocide today”, and the lecturer was Ms. Shulamit Imber from Yad Vashem. |
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NEW BELGRADE MUNICIPALITY CRITICIZES CONCERTS ON THE PLACE OF STARO SAJMIŠTE (SEMLIN) CAMP
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The head of the New Belgrade Municipality is protesting against organizing concerts at the place of the former death and concentration camp Staro Sajmište (Semlin). British group “Kosheen” is scheduled to play on November 3 in “Poseydon” club which is at the place of the former camp. |
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REMEMBRANCE EVENT IN KRALJEVO
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A thousand people gathered on October 14 in Serbian city of Kraljevo to pay respect to the victims of the German WWII massacre. The clergy of the Diocese of Žiča served a memorial service.
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DELEGATION OF MARGEL INSTITUTE VISITED STIPE MESIĆ
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A delegation of Zagreb-based Margel Institute was recieved by Croatian president Mr. Stipe Mesić on Friday, September 14. [More »]
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CHILDREN OF JASENOVAC IN MILAN
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On May 28, the exhibition on children in the Jasenovac system of concentration camps They Were Only Children, already shown in Bari and Napoli, was open in Milan. After successful opening, the exhibition stayed in Milan until June 8.
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DR. BERNARD KLEIN DECEASED
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Chairman of the International Commission for the Truth about Jasenovac, Dr. Bernard Klein, died on Saturday, August 11.
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HOLOCAUST HISTORIAN RAUL HILBERG DIED AT 81
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Raul Hilberg, one of founders of the Holocaust research and author of the famous book The Destruction of the European Jews died on Saturday, August 4, in Willington, Vermont. His book Perpetrators, Victims, Bystanders (those terms he introduced into the Holocaust terminology) was published in Serbian in 2001.
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A LECTURE ON THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH TOWARDS THE HOLOCAUST IN YAD VASHEM
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As a part of the graduate seminar for thirty one educator from Europe who already studied at Yad Vashem, protosingel Jovan Ćulibrk held a lecture on the relationship of the Orthodox Church towards the Holocaust.
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A COLLECTION OF VIDEO DOCUMENTS ON JASENOVAC HANDED OVER TO THE MUSEUM OF THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
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On Tuesday July 3 Mr. Vladimir Bibić from New York handed over his collection of documents on Jasenovac to the Museum of the Serbian Orthodox Church. [More »] |
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SUMMER SEMINAR FOR EDUCATORS OPENED AT YAD VASHEM
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On Sunday evening July 1, Summer Seminar for Educators from Abroad was open at the Prima Kings hotel in Jerusalem. [More »]
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A NEW BOOK ABOUT WAR LOSSES OF SERBIA
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On Thursday, July 14, a book by Dušan Vrućinić will be presented at the Army of Serbia Center in Belgrade. The name of the book is Demographic Losses of Serbia Caused by Wars in XX Century and it is published recently this year by the Belgrade based Museum of the Genocide Victims. The event will be held at 13:00, and Jovan Mirković, Milovan Radovanović, Mirko Grčić, Dragan Cvetković will participate same as the author. |
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A BOOK OF MILAN BULAJIĆ PRESENTED IN BELGRADE
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On Sunday April 30, a book by Milan Bulajić, Jasenovac i uloga Vatikana u nacističkoj Hrvatskoj was presented at the Writers Club in Belgrade. [More »] |
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MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR THE VICTIMS OF JAJINCI CAMP AND KILLING SITE
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On Sunday April 27 at 16:00 in Memorial park Jajinci a memorial service for the victims of Jajinci camp will be held. |
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JASENOVAC ANNIVERSARY RAISED INTEREST OF BOSNIAN MUSLIMS
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For the first time this years’ Jasenovac anniversary raised interest and various activity from Bosnian Muslim side. As usual with both Jasenovac and Bosnia and Herzegovina, it raised immediately political controversies as well. |
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COMMEMORATION OF THE GENOCIDE AND THE HOLOCAUST DAY
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Commemoration of the Genocide and the Holocaust Day, in Serbian case connected to the uprising of the last Jasenovac camp inmates on April 22nd 1945, began with the liturgy in the Church of Saint Apostles Peter and Paul in Kozarska Dubica held by Archbishop of Banja Luka Jefrem, president of Jasenovac Committee of the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church. [More »] |
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COMMEMORATION OF JASENOVAC DAY ON 22nd APRIL 2007.
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08:00 Kozarska Dubica: Liturgy service in the Church of Saint Apostles Peter and Paul
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CHILDREN OF JASENOVAC IN NAPOLI
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City council of Naples organized an exhibition They Were Only Children prepared by Belgrade-based Museum of Genocide Victims and a conference on Nazi-Fascist Crimes and negation of memory. |
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SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER AGAINST TOMPSON’S CONCERT IN SARAJEVO
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Effraim Zuroff, head of Jerusalem’s Wiesenthal Centre supported the opposing of Thompson holding a concert in Sarajevo. Most famous song of a Croatian singer "Jasenovac i Gradiška Stara" is a praise to murderers in Jasenovac death camp. |
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STRAINED RELATIONS BETWEEN VATICAN AND YAD VASHEM
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The Vatican ambassador to the Holy Land Monsignor Antonio Franco said Thursday that he will not attend the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day state ceremony at Yad Vashem in protest over a caption at the museum that states that Pope Pius XII did not protest the Nazis' mass murder of the Jews during the Second World War. Vatican is actually preparing canonization of pope Pius XII. |
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CHRIST IS RISEN!
LETTER OF GRATITUDE OF YAD VASHEM TO JASENOVAC COMMITTEE OF THE SERBIAN CHURCH
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Yad Vashem – Memorial Authority for the Heroes and Victims of the Holocaust in Jerusalem - sent recently a letter of gratitude to Jasenovac Committee of the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church and its head, His Grace Bishop Jefrem of Banja Luka.
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ASSOCIATION FOR PROTECTION OF THE KILLING GROUND IN JAJINCI FOUNDED IN BELGRADE
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On Sunday April 1, an Association ’Memorial Jajinci’ was founded at the assembly at the local council of Jajinci, Belgrade.
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BAD AROLSEN RESOLUTION SUBMITTED TO THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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Whole year after media announced opening of the SS-archive in Bad Arolsen ( www.jasenovac-info.com),
members of the body controlling the archive still didn’t agreed about it. The Archive contains records on 17 million inmates who passed through the Nazi-German concentration camps. |
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EFRAIM ZUROFF MET PRIME MINISTER KOŠTUNICA AND PRESIDENT TADIĆ IN BELGRADE
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Director of the Jerusalem branch of Simon Wiesenthal Centre Mr. Efraim Zuroff met on Wednesday March 15 with Serbian prime minister Vojislav Koštunica and president Boris Tadić in Belgrade. Zuroff openly satisfied with with words, but expect deeds and offers help in establishing of a memorial center at the place of the WWII Sajmište German death and concentration camp. Zuroff also met Bishop of Bačka Irinej. |
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SERBIAN PATRIARCH RECEIVED WALTER MANOSCHEK
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On Monday, March 12, His Holiness Patriarch received Mr. Walter Manoschek at the Patriarchate in Belgrade.
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CATHOLIC BISHOP WITH HIS CLERGY IN JASENOVAC
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Catholic bishop of Požega Antun Škvorčević led his clergy on Monday, March 12, on pilgrimage to the former concentration and death camps in Stara Gradiška and Jasenovac. It is for the first time in the history of the Roman-Catholic Church in Croatia that such delegation made pilgrimage to the places of crimes. |
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ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION ON RESPOSIBILITY OF THE CROATIAN STATE FOR GENOCIDE
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“The Association of Inmates of Genocide Camps in NDH 1941-1945 and Their Descedants“ organized on Friday, March 9, round table discussion on responsibility of the Croatian state for the genocide against Serbian and other peoples. |
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THE HUNGARIAN COURT DECIDED NOT TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST THE WAR CRIMINAL
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A Budapest court said the 1944 conviction of Sandor Kepiro for the 1941 crimes committed in Novi Sad cannot be enforced. Efraim Zuroff of the Simon Wiesental Center in Jerusalem protests. |
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PRESIDENT OF SRPSKA: TO BUILD AND REGULATE LEGALLY MEMORIAL AREA DONJA GRADINA
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Meeting members of Association and Foundation Jasenovac-Donja Gradina, the President of the Republic of Srpska Milan Jelić underlined a need to build and develop Memorial Area Donja Gradina and to improve legal regulative concerning it. |
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2007 JASENOVAC COMMEMORATIVE ESSAY CONTEST
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An International contest for USA and Canada: Explain how and why Jasenovac was one of the cruelest concentration camps in Europe during World War II. Prizes will be announced and awarded in New York City on April 22, 2007. |
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CONCENTRATION CAMP INMATE DUŠAN MADŽAR SPEAKS
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As a child Dušan Maar from the village Donji Jelovac on the Kozara mountain was inmate of Jasenovac and Sisak camps. Madžar, today citisen of Prijedor, speaks about his war years for Banja Luka based „Glas Srpske“ newspapers. |
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FAR MORE THAN SHAMELESS
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Interview about new exhibition at the Museum of the Memorial Area Jasenovac with Smilja Tišma, president of the Organization of Jasenovac and Stara Gradiška survivors from Belgrade.
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FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON JASENOVAC
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Fourth International Conference on Jasenovac will be held in Banja Luka and Donja Gradina on May 30-31.
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BISHOP IRINEJ HANDED OVER TO THE REPRESENTATIVE OF YAD VASHEM SERBIAN TRANSLATIONS OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
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Ms. Orit Margaliot from the International School for Holocaust Studies of Yad Vashem visited Croatia and Serbia at the end of January on the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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WINTER SEMINAR FOR EDUCATORS HELD IN YAD VASHEM
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January 7-25 a regular Seminar for Educators from Abroad was held at International School for Holocaust Education. The twelfth participant of Jasenovac Committee of the Serbian Orthodox Church at three-week seminar was Mr. Dražen Višnjić from Banja Luka, while hieromonk Jovan (Ćulibrk) participated at the opening of the seminar at Prima Kings hotel in Jerusalem. At the same time, ten days long seminar was held for educators from Croatia. |
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COMMEMORATION OF THE VICTIMS OF ’RACIJA’ – EFRAIM ZUROFF IN NOVI SAD
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On January 23, 65th Anniversary of the ’Racija’ in Novi Sad was commemorated. Bishops Irinej and Porfirije, same as the Rabbi of Belgrade Isaak Asiel held memorial services, Efraim Zuroff of Simon Wiesenthal Center in Jerusalem and mayor of Novi Sad Maja Gojković gave speeches. On January 21-23, 1942, 1246 citizens of Novi Sad, mainly Jews ansd Serbs, were slaughtered by Hungarian gendarmes. |
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РRIME MINISTER OF SRPSKA MET DELEGATION OF THE ASSOCIATION
“JASENOVAC-DONJA GRADINA”
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Prime Minister of The Republic of Srpska Mr. Milorad Dodik met with delegation of The Association ‘Jasenovac-Donja Gradina’ in Banja Luka on January 16. |
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CHRIST IS BORN!
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The Mount of Olives under snow, December 2006 |
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