What the records say
- When
- 24 Apr 1945
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 43
- Coordinates
- 45.91° N, 15.74° E
- Description
- 1945 massacre
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Hrastina massacre
Massacre of Roma people in World War II Croatia
The Hrastina massacre was the mass murder of a travelling group of Sinti and Romani circus performers by members of the Ustaše, specifically the luburićevci, in the village of Hrastina on the night of 24–25 April 1945. The crime took place during the final weeks of World War II in Yugoslavia and is considered one of the last major atrocities of the Romani Holocaust in Europe.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article
The source
Nearby in time and place
- Liberation of Zagreb8 May 1945 · Battle
- Gračani massacre1 May 1945 · Massacre · Deaths 295
- Macelj massacreJun 1945 · Massacre · Deaths 1,163
- Barbara Pit6 Jun 1945 · Massacre · Deaths 1,416
- massacre des partisans à Marija Reka25 May 1945 · Massacre · Deaths 2,500
- Kočevski Rog massacreMay 1945 · Massacre · Deaths 10,000
- Tezno trench26 May 1945 · Massacre · Deaths 15,000
- massacre de Leše Mssacre22 May 1945 · Massacre · Deaths 700