Draksenić
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Draksenić | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 45°12′N 16°54′E / 45.200°N 16.900°E | |
Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Entity | Republika Srpska |
Municipality | Kozarska Dubica |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Draksenić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драксенић) is a village in the municipality of Kozarska Dubica, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]
History
Draksenić was the site of the largest massacre of Serbs in the municipality of Kozarska Dubica during the WWII genocide carried out by the Ustaše. Croatian Home Guard troops burned the village in January 1942, killing more than 200 people.[2]
References
- ^ Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.
- ^ Barić, Nikola (2019). Historiae patriaeque cultor. Slavonski Brod. ISBN 978-953-8102-23-3.
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45°12′N 16°54′E / 45.200°N 16.900°E
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