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Jazovka
Jazovka is a pit in the Žumberak Mountains area of Croatia, known as a site of mass executions and burials associated with Partisan activities during and after World War II. Hundreds of wounded Croatian soldiers from Zagreb hospitals and civilians were dumped in the pit. Some were already dead, but others died of exposure and injuries. Since the site was rediscovered in 1990, when more 800 skeletons were found, an annual pilgrimage has been organized.
The first victims are believed to have been soldiers of the fascist puppet state Independent State of Croatia, captured by Partisan forces after a battle near Krašić in January 1943. Some were likely shot before being dumped into the pit; others might have been thrown in alive.
Later in 1945 the Partisans used the pit to dispose secretly of bodies of prisoners of war following the Bleiburg repatriations. They also dumped wounded Croatian soldiers, medical staff, and Catholic nuns.
While local people retained the memory of these events, the communist government suppressed any acknowledgement of these wartime murders by the Partisans. In 1990, after the fall of socialism in Croatia, the pit was rediscovered. At a depth of around 40 metres (131 ft), the remains of more 800 skeletons were found. When the SO of HPD Željezničar explored the cave in 1990, they found garbage deposits alongside the human remains.
Since this period, the Catholic Church in Croatia has organised an annual pilgrimage to the site, held on June 22. The Church has lined the path to the pit from a nearby village with images of Stations of the Cross. The event was critised by left-oriented journalists and media.
The Ministry of Croatian Veterans carried out the exhumation of the victims from the Jazovka pit in July 2020, and it was determined that there were at least 814 skeletons there. Further anthropological processing of the remains was carried out at the Institute of Forensic Medicine and Criminalistics in Zagreb.
From July 13 to July 17, 2020, the Ministry of Croatian Veterans conducted speleological research and exhumation of remains from the Jazovka pit, as well as test excavations with the aim of clarifying the second Jazovka pit.
The exhumation of the remains from Jazovka was carried out on the basis of the Law on research, arrangement and maintenance of military cemeteries, cemeteries of victims of the Second World War and the post-war period and a court order issued by the County Court in Zagreb. For the first time since the discovery of the existence of the Jazovka pit, the exhumation of the remains of the victims was systematically started.
Jazovka
Jazovka is a pit in the Žumberak Mountains area of Croatia, known as a site of mass executions and burials associated with Partisan activities during and after World War II. Hundreds of wounded Croatian soldiers from Zagreb hospitals and civilians were dumped in the pit. Some were already dead, but others died of exposure and injuries. Since the site was rediscovered in 1990, when more 800 skeletons were found, an annual pilgrimage has been organized.
The first victims are believed to have been soldiers of the fascist puppet state Independent State of Croatia, captured by Partisan forces after a battle near Krašić in January 1943. Some were likely shot before being dumped into the pit; others might have been thrown in alive.
Later in 1945 the Partisans used the pit to dispose secretly of bodies of prisoners of war following the Bleiburg repatriations. They also dumped wounded Croatian soldiers, medical staff, and Catholic nuns.
While local people retained the memory of these events, the communist government suppressed any acknowledgement of these wartime murders by the Partisans. In 1990, after the fall of socialism in Croatia, the pit was rediscovered. At a depth of around 40 metres (131 ft), the remains of more 800 skeletons were found. When the SO of HPD Željezničar explored the cave in 1990, they found garbage deposits alongside the human remains.
Since this period, the Catholic Church in Croatia has organised an annual pilgrimage to the site, held on June 22. The Church has lined the path to the pit from a nearby village with images of Stations of the Cross. The event was critised by left-oriented journalists and media.
The Ministry of Croatian Veterans carried out the exhumation of the victims from the Jazovka pit in July 2020, and it was determined that there were at least 814 skeletons there. Further anthropological processing of the remains was carried out at the Institute of Forensic Medicine and Criminalistics in Zagreb.
From July 13 to July 17, 2020, the Ministry of Croatian Veterans conducted speleological research and exhumation of remains from the Jazovka pit, as well as test excavations with the aim of clarifying the second Jazovka pit.
The exhumation of the remains from Jazovka was carried out on the basis of the Law on research, arrangement and maintenance of military cemeteries, cemeteries of victims of the Second World War and the post-war period and a court order issued by the County Court in Zagreb. For the first time since the discovery of the existence of the Jazovka pit, the exhumation of the remains of the victims was systematically started.
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