Jastrebarsko concentration camp

Jastrebarsko concentration camp was a concentration camp that housed Serbian children between the ages of one month to fourteen years during World War II, located in Jastrebarsko, Croatia. It was open for two months in 1942. The camp was set up specifically for children from Kozara and from Croatia. During its operation 1,018 children died in the camp. Ilovara Francis, a gravedigger who was paid "per piece", buried 768 children in a six-week period. About 1,300 prisoners were transported to Jasenovac. On August 26, 1942, the partisans freed 700 children from the camp.

The camp was situated in a castle that belonged to Hungarian noble family Erdoedy until 1922, and in a former monastery near the town. The last owner of the castle was Stjepan Erdoedy. The merchant Ehrman bought the castle in 1922 and after his bankruptcy in 1936 the castle was turned into an orphanage. During World War II, the Croatian Ustasha government, being an ally of Nazi Germany, implemented the same methods of genocide. Only Serbian children were kept in the concentration camp. Catholic nuns of the Holy Congregation were the guards in the camp.