Massacre

Prebilovci massacre

6 Aug 1941 · 43.09° N, 17.75° E

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When
6 Aug 1941
Kind
Massacre
Deaths
5,000
Coordinates
43.09° N, 17.75° E
Description
1942 atrocity in Croatia during World War II

Prebilovci massacre

1942 atrocity in Croatia during World War II

The Prebilovci massacre was an atrocity and war crime perpetrated by the Croatian Ustaše in the Independent State of Croatia during the World War II genocide of Serbs. On 6 August 1941, the Ustaše killed around 600 women and children from the village of Prebilovci, Herzegovina, by throwing them into the Golubinka pit, near Šurmanci.

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