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Kerestinec prison

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  • Kerestinec memorial WW2-01.jpg

    Photo by Plamen via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Kerestinec memorial WW2-02.jpg

    Photo by Plamen via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Kerestinec memorial WW2-03.jpg

    Photo by Plamen via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Logor Kerestinec.jpg

    Photo by Unknown authorUnknown author via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Oglas o bjekstvu komunista iz Kerestinec 1941..jpg

    Photo by NDH via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Poruka komunista uhvacenih nakon bijega iz ustaskog logora u Kerestincu, u zatvoru u Zagrebu 1941.jpg

    Photo by Unknown authorUnknown author via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Background

Kerestinec concentration camp was a prison that served as a concentration camp in Kerestinec, Independent State of Croatia during World War II. It was located in the Erdödy castle overlooking the village.

Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.

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Death-row facility

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Practical info

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Known issues

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Notable inmates

  • August Cesarec
    August Cesarec
    1893–1941 · journalist

    August Cesarec (4 December 1893 – 17 July 1941) was a Croatian writer and communist activist from the interwar period. Cesarec was born in Zagreb, then part of Austria-Hungary.

Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Kerestinec prison. Retrieved October 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/kerestinec-prison
Chicago
"Kerestinec prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/kerestinec-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-kerestinec-prison,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Kerestinec prison},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/kerestinec-prison},
  urldate = {2026-10-21}
}