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 53 (including Petar Perica and Niko Koprivica)
Perpetrators Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslav Partisans

The Daksa massacre,[1][2] also called the Daksa executions, refers to the summary execution of 53 men, accused of collaborationism, 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] 53 Croatians suspected of being "Nazi sympathisers"[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 Pleasance, Chris, "Would You Pay £1.7m for the Island of Death?", Mail Online; accessed 4 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "6 Uninhabited and Mysterious Islands with Bizarre Pasts", The Daily Star, 28 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Partizani pogubili hrvatske antifašiste". Glas Koncila (in Croatian). Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  4. ↑ Peko P. (19 June 2010). "Dostojno pokopani nakon 66. godina mučkog smaknuća". Dubrovački vjesnik (in Croatian). 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.

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, December 24, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.