Friday, March 5, 2021

Dara of Jasenovac

Dara of Jasenovac is a 2021 historical Drama film directed by Predrag Antonijevic. Based on the testimonies of survivors, it deals with war crimes and atrocities that took place at Jasenovac concentration camp. The Croatian Ustaša regime existed during World War 2 from 1941-1945 and it targeted Serbs, Jews and Roma as part of a large-scale campaign of genocide. 22 concentration camps existed inside the territory controlled by the „Independent State of Croatia“ (NDH), two of which (Jastrebansko and Sisak) housed only children and the largest of which was Jasenovac. According to the Tito regime in former Yugoslavia approximately 600000 people were killed im Jasenovac, mostly Serbs, but because of the Yugoslavian slogan "Brotherhood & Unity" (Bratstvo i Jedinstvo) there was never a public discussion about this topic, to avoid tensions between Serbs & Croats. Some sources say that more than 800000 Serbs were killed in Jasenovac.