The first Ustaše death camp, established as early as June 1941, where over 40,000 Serbs, Jews, and Roma were killed.
The Jadovno camp was established in late June 1941 on the Velebit mountain, only two months after the formation of the NDH. It was one of the first death camps in Europe.
Brief existence, mass death
Although the camp existed for only a few months (until August 1941), over 40,000 people were killed there. The inmates were thrown en masse into pits on the Velebit — the Šaranova pit and Jadovno.
Methods of liquidation
The Ustaše killed the prisoners immediately and threw them into the karst pits. No one was meant to survive — the camp was purely a site of liquidation.
Cover-up
When the Italians took control of the zone, the Ustaše hastily closed the camp and attempted to destroy the traces of the crime.
Sources
Muzej žrtava genocida
Location
Šaranova jama - Jadovno
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