Keva's pit cave
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Keva's pit cave (croatian: Kevina jama) is pit cave in village Radošić in municipality Lećevica, part of Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia.
This pit cave is infamous for its historical value: during and after World War II, Yugoslav Partisans used this pit cave for torture of locals and Italian soldiers.
Pit cave has funnel form, which, on the widest part, is about 35 meters wide. In the middle of the pit cave there is carbonated "skittle" made of limestone and other materials of karst.
During archeological and historical research between 2013 and 2015, scientists discovered that anti-fascistic Serb soldiers killed Vladimir Studa and a group of very young civilians in September 1943, because of their prejudice to catholics and Croats, who live in this area.
On 22 August 2015, a European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism, a county commemoration for victims of all anti-fascistic and communistic crimes in Croatia was held here.
References
- Narod.hr, Commemoration for victims of anti-fascistic regime in Keva's pit cave, 2 August 2015, accessdate 22 August 2015 (in Croatian)
- Kaštela City Portal, Keva's pit cave full of communist regime victims, author: Ivan Ugrin, 7 August 2006, accessdate 7 August 2006 (in Croatian)
- Croatia's Defenders Forum, Fearsome partizan's crimes in Dalmatia, author: Filomena Filka Ratković, 12 June 2015, aesdate 12 June 2015 (in Croatian)