Slavonska Požega transit camp

Slavonska Požega was a transit camp operated by the fascist, Croatian nationalist Ustaše movement in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) between July and October 1941, during World War II. Located in the town of Slavonska Požega (modern-day Požega, Croatia) the camp was established in July 1941, at a site previously used by the Royal Yugoslav Army, to facilitate the deportation of ethnic Slovenes from German-occupied areas of Slovenia to the NDH and ethnic Serbs from the NDH to German-occupied Serbia. Its establishment was overseen by Slavonska Požega's police chief, Milivoj Ašner. The camp was commanded by Captain Ivan Stiper and guarded by the 14th Ustaše Company. The accommodations were insufficient to handle the large number of detainees, leading to severe overcrowding. Detainees we

Slavonska Požega transit camp

Slavonska Požega was a transit camp operated by the fascist, Croatian nationalist Ustaše movement in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) between July and October 1941, during World War II. Located in the town of Slavonska Požega (modern-day Požega, Croatia) the camp was established in July 1941, at a site previously used by the Royal Yugoslav Army, to facilitate the deportation of ethnic Slovenes from German-occupied areas of Slovenia to the NDH and ethnic Serbs from the NDH to German-occupied Serbia. Its establishment was overseen by Slavonska Požega's police chief, Milivoj Ašner. The camp was commanded by Captain Ivan Stiper and guarded by the 14th Ustaše Company. The accommodations were insufficient to handle the large number of detainees, leading to severe overcrowding. Detainees we