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Jasenovac was the biggest camp in the Independent State of Croatia, a
quisling state. It was said that almost all of Croatia was strewn with
these camps. Jasenovac devoured about 700,000 people: 25,000 Jews, some
Gypsies and 650,000 Serbs. They were all innocent people who were taken
there solely based on their origins. They say that it was one of the
cruelest camps because the killing was done manually. The Ustashe killed
people in the most bestial manner. They left the people without food so
that they were weak, to ensure that resistance was impossible. They killed
with knives, hammers and wooden axes, like the ones used to chop wood in
the forest. People fell from hunger and exhaustion. The worst was when the
Ustashe would grab someone in front of all of us, put his hand behind his
back and slaughter him. I saw with my own eyes how one Ustashe, after
slaughtering someone, licked the knife on both sides and said: "Oh how
sweet Jewish blood is.
quisling state. It was said that almost all of Croatia was strewn with
these camps. Jasenovac devoured about 700,000 people: 25,000 Jews, some
Gypsies and 650,000 Serbs. They were all innocent people who were taken
there solely based on their origins. They say that it was one of the
cruelest camps because the killing was done manually. The Ustashe killed
people in the most bestial manner. They left the people without food so
that they were weak, to ensure that resistance was impossible. They killed
with knives, hammers and wooden axes, like the ones used to chop wood in
the forest. People fell from hunger and exhaustion. The worst was when the
Ustashe would grab someone in front of all of us, put his hand behind his
back and slaughter him. I saw with my own eyes how one Ustashe, after
slaughtering someone, licked the knife on both sides and said: "Oh how
sweet Jewish blood is.
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Location
Croatia
Interview
Cadik Danon