Croatia remembers victims of WWII concentration camp

Croatia has commemorated the victims of a World War II concentration camp where tens of thousands of people perished at the hands of the Nazi-installed puppet regime.

Croatian officials and representatives of Serb, Jewish, Roma and antifascist organisations attended the ceremonies marking 80 years since hundreds of prisoners attempted a breakout on 22 April 1945.

Only 92 people survived the attempt out of some 600 men, according to the Jasenovac memorial centre data.

Prisoners at the camp, known as the Balkan Auschwitz, also included women an...
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