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Jadovno concentration camp

Concentration campClosed 1941High
Verified 16 Jun 2026
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Photo via Wikimedia Commons

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  • Jadovno 1941. Association.jpg

    Photo by Bastasic via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • Jadovno na Velebitu.jpg

    Photo by Marijan via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • Saranova jama.jpg

    Photo by Bastasic via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • Спомен-плоча у Јадовну, 1.07.2017. Фотографија -Дања Дорошки.JPG

    Photo by Дања Дорошки via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Шематски приказ концентрационог логора Јадовно.jpg

    Photo by Др Ђуро Затезало via Wikimedia Commons (FAL)

Operational period: 1941–1941.

Capacity

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1941

Closed 1941

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

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Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Notable inmates

  • Vojislav Besarović
    Vojislav Besarović
    1883–1941 · politician
  • Ivica HirÅ¡l
    1905–1941 · politician

    Ivica "Ivina" Hiršl (1905 – 1941) was a Croatian communist and Mayor of Koprivnica who was killed during the Holocaust. Hiršl was born in Koprivnica to a Jewish family.

  • Aleksandar Savić
    1923–1941

    Aleksandar Savić (born Alel Schwarz; 1923 – 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. Savić was born in Zagreb to a Jewish family, the son of Miroslav Savić and Ina Juhn-Broda.

Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

Contact & address

Official site

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Data completeness

32%

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