Krnjeuša massacre

Krnjeuša massacre
Memorial cross in Krnjeuša
Location Krnjeuša, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date August 9, 1941 (1941-08-09)
Target Croatian Catholic civilians
Attack type
 war crime, mass killing, ethnic cleansing
Deaths 240 (identified)
Perpetrators Chetniks

The Krnjeuša massacre was a massacre of civilians committed by Chetniks on 9-10 August 1941. It was part of the massacres in the southwestern Bosnian Krajina and eastern Lika aimed at ethnic cleansing of the Croat and Catholic population.

The Roman Catholic parish of Krnjeuša, established as Parish of Zelinovac in 1892, was a parish of the Diocese of Banja Luka which encompassed 10 settlements (Krnjeuša, lastve, Vranovina, Risovac, Vođenica, Vrtoče, Bjelaj, Teočak, Prkose and Cimeše) in the area near to Bosanski Petrovac[1] numbering around 1300 believers.[2]

The massacre which started on 9 August 1941 caused the total destruction of the parish. The church, the rectory and majority of houses in parish was burned and demolished. So far, the identity of 240 killed civilians is known including a 34-year-old parish priest Krešimir Barišić who was tortured and burned alive.[1][2] Among those killed were 49 children under the age of 12.[2]

After the massacre the Catholic and Croat population disappeared from the area and the communist authorities did not allow the return of exiled population after the war.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Marić, Franjo; Orlovac, Anto (2006). Banjolučka biskupija u riječi i slici od 1881. do 2006 : povodom 125. obljetnice utemeljenja Biskupije. Banja Luka: Biskupski Ordinarijat Banja Luka. pp. 477–483. ISBN 953-97841-5-8.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Biskup Komarica blagoslovio spomen-križ na groblju u Krnjeušu". ktabkbih.net. The Catholic news agency of the Bishops' Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Retrieved 22 August 2017.

Sources

  • Anto Orlovac: Hommage uništenom zavičaju, članak iz Hrvatskog slova od 6. travnja 2007., str. 22.
  • Ana Došen: Krnjeuša u srcu i sjećanju, Matica hrvatska, ogranak Rijeka, Rijeka, 1994; ISBN 953-6035-01-4
  • Ana Došen: To je bilo onda, Vlastita naklada, Zagreb, 2007; ISBN 953-95354-0-9
  • Josip Jurjević: Pogrom u Krnjeuši 9. i 10. kolovoza 1941.', Vikarijat Banjalučke biskupije, Zagreb, 1999; ISBN 953-97841-0-7

Coordinates: 44°41′N 16°14′E / 44.69°N 16.23°E / 44.69; 16.23

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