List of massacres in Croatia
The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Croatia (numbers may be approximate).
Note that it does not include all massacres that occurred on territory once covered by all historical states called Croatia. See also: list of massacres in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
| Name |
Date |
Location |
Deaths |
Notes |
| Baćin massacre |
October 21, 1991 |
Baćin, near Hrvatska Dubica |
110 |
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| Bruška massacre |
December 21, 1991 |
Bruška |
10 |
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| Dalj massacre |
August 1, 1991 |
Dalj |
112-135 |
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| Gata massacre |
October 1, 1942 |
Gata |
100+ |
Chetniks kill civilians for their pro-Yugoslav Partisan sympathies and for the destruction of the Split-Omiš road.[1] |
| Glina massacre |
August 1941 |
Glina |
500+ |
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| Gospić massacre |
October 16-18, 1991 |
Gospić |
23-100 |
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| Gudovac massacre |
April 27-28, 1941 |
Gudovac, near Bjelovar |
196 |
The Ustaše committed their first mass atrocity and kill 196 Serbs.[2] |
| Lovas massacre |
October 10, 1991 to end of 1991 |
Lovas and Opatovac |
75 |
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| Metković massacre |
June 25, 1941 |
Metković |
280 |
280 Serbs killed by the Ustaše after decree on the defense of the people and state is issued by the Independent State of Croatia on April 17, 1941.[3] |
| Škabrnja massacre |
November 18, 1991 |
Škabrnja |
86 |
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| Vukovar massacre |
November 20-21, 1991 |
Vukovar |
264 |
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References
- ^ Tomasevich, Jozo (2001). War and Revolution in Yugoslavia, 1941-1945: Occupation and Collaboration. Stanford University Press. pp. 258–259. ISBN 0804708576.
- ^ Ramet, Sabrina P. (2006). The Three Yugoslavias: State-Building and Legitimation, 1918-2004. Indiana University Press. p. 119. ISBN 0271016299.
- ^ Ramet, Sabrina P. (2006). The Three Yugoslavias: State-Building and Legitimation, 1918-2004. Indiana University Press. p. 120. ISBN 0271016299.
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