Danica concentration camp
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Operational period: 1941–1942.
Background
Danica was the first concentration and extermination camp established in the Independent State of Croatia during World War II. It was established in Koprivnica (located in modern-day Croatia) on 15 or 20 April 1941 in the deserted building of former fertilizer factory "Danica". Mijo BabiÄ participated in preparations for the establishment of Danica concentration camp. The first individual inmates were brought to Danica on 18 April 1941 while first groups arrived at the end of April 1941. The Jews from Zagreb were transported to Danica and Jadovno early in May 1941. Those transported to Danica were all killed by July 1941, while those transported to Jadovno were all killed by August 1941.
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1941
Closed 1942
Facility profile
Operator
Independent State of Croatia
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1941
Region
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Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
- Aleksandar SaviÄ1923–1941
Aleksandar SaviÄ (born Alel Schwarz; 1923 â 1941) was a Croatian communist activist and member of the partisan resistance movement in Croatia, murdered during the Holocaust in the Independent State of Croatia. SaviÄ was born in Zagreb to a Jewish family, the son of Miroslav SaviÄ and Ina Juhn-Broda.
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Contact & address
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Data completeness
32%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- EHRI Authority Record
- Wikidata entity
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- EHRI Authority List of Camps and Ghettos / USHMM Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos — European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) / United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM)
- Wikidata (Q11295127)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.