| Bosansko Grahovo massacre | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Coordinates | 44°10′48″N 16°21′36″E / 44.18000°N 16.36000°E / 44.18000; 16.36000 |
| Date | 27 July 1941 (1941-07-27) |
| Target | Croat civilians |
| Attack type | War crime |
| Deaths | Around 100 |
| Perpetrators | Chetniks |
Bosansko GrahovoTrubarKrnjeušaBrotnjaclass=notpageimage| Locations of massacres in summer 1941
The Bosansko Grahovo massacre was a massacre of Croat civilians was committed by local Chetnik rebels on 27 July 1941 in the village of Bosansko Grahovo.
Background
On 27 July 1941, a Yugoslav Partisan-led uprising began in the area of Dvar and Bosansko Grahovo (Drvar uprising). It was a coordinated effort from both sides of the Una River in the territory of southeastern Lika and southwestern Bosanska. It succeeded in transferring key NDH territory under rebel control.
Incident
On the same day the Trubar massacre occurred, Chetniks and other affiliated Serb rebels, commanded by Branko Bogunović, attacked Croat civilians in Bosansko Grahovo and surrounding villages, killing about 100, of whom 62 were identified. Among those killed were at least 5 women and 9 children. Numerous homes were burned, along with the Catholic church and rectory in Grahovo. A parish priest, Juraj Gospodnetić, was tortured and killed.
See also
References
- Tomasevich, Jozo (2002). War and Revolution in Yugoslavia: 1941–1945. Stanford University Press. p. 506. ISBN 978-0-8047-79241.
- ^ Goldstein, Slavko (2013). 1941: The Year That Keeps Returning. New York Review of Books. p. 158. ISBN 978-1-59017-700-6.
- (Vučković & Krstić 2001, p. 82):"Устаници у западној Босни, под вођством Мане Роквића, заузели су Дрвар, а Брана Богуновић је са својима заузео Босанско Грахово. "
- "27. srpnja 1941. – srpski ustanici izvršili strašan pokolj Hrvata u Drvaru i Grahovu". www.hercegovina.info.
- Beljo, Ante (31 July 2009). "Masovni četnički zločini" (PDF). Hrvatsko Slovo. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
Sources
- Vučković, Zvonimir; Krstić, Uglješa (2001). Ravnogorska istorijska čitanka: povest nacionalnog pokreta otpora u II svetskom ratu kroz dela učesnika i svedoka : jubilarno izdanje povodom šezdesetgodišnjice, 1941-2001. Bajat.
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