Daksa executions (1944)

Daksa executions
Part of World War II
Island of Daksa
Daksa
Daksa (Croatia)
Location of Daksa on the map of Croatia
Location Daksa, Croatia
Coordinates 42°40′05″N 18°03′28″E
Date 24 October 1944 (1944-10-24)-
25 October 1944 (1944-10-25)
Target Pro-Ustaše collaborationists
Attack type
 Mass shootings
Deaths 48 or 53 (according to various sources)
Perpetrators Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslav Partisans

The Daksa massacre,[1][2] also called the Daksa executions, refers to the summary execution of either 53[2] or 48[1] men, accused of collaboration, by Yugoslav Partisans on 24–25 October 1944 during World War II on the Croatian island of Daksa, near Dubrovnik.

After the Partisans entered Dubrovnik on 18 October 1944, they arrested more than 300 citizens.[3] 48 men suspected of being Nazi sympathizers[1] were executed on Daksa without trial. Exhumation and DNA analysis have confirmed the identities of 18 of these, while 35 remain unknown. The Partisans later published and distributed flyers through Dubrovnik with the words: "In the name of peoples of Yugoslavia" and "Judicial Council of the Court Martial of the Command of South Dalmatian region". The flyers contained the names of 35 people killed on that date.

On 19 June 2010, the remains of the executed men were re-interred.[4] The victims included a Catholic priest, Father Petar Perica (who composed the song "Djevo Kraljice Hrvata"), and Niko Koprivica, Dubrovnik's mayor. No one was ever tried for the executions.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Pleasance, Chris, "Would You Pay £1.7m for the Island of Death?", Mail Online; accessed 4 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 "6 Uninhabited and Mysterious Islands with Bizarre Pasts", The Daily Star, 28 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Kačić, Hrvoje. "Partizani pogubili hrvatske antifašiste". Glas Koncila (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2010-11-02. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  4. ↑ Peko, P. (19 June 2010). "Dostojno pokopani nakon 66. godina mučkog smaknuća". Dubrovački vjesnik (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  5. ↑ Crnčević, Lidija (8 April 2009). "Zašto se šuti o zločinu na Daksi?!". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). Retrieved 26 February 2012.


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