Английская Википедия:Boričevac massacre
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The Boričevac massacre was the massacre of Croat civilians in the village of Boričevac, committed by Serb rebels on 2 August 1941, during the Srb uprising.[1]
Prelude
In the weeks prior to the Srb Uprising, local Serb civilians had been the victims of Ustaše atrocities.
Throughout July 1941, Ustaše general, Vjekoslav Luburić, ordered the "cleansing" of Serbs from the Donji Lapac area in Lika and the bordering regions of Bosanska Krajina.Шаблон:Sfn[2] During this time, hundreds of Serb men, women and children were arrested and killed by Ustaše forces. Many of the bodies were dumped into pits and caves, which included a pit near to the village of Boričevac. Other bodies were mutilated and left on display, so as to encourage other Serbs to flee the area. Homes in Serb villages were burned and looted.[3]Шаблон:Sfn
A small number of local Croats, including those from Boričevac and other areas, had been complicit in Ustaše crimes. However, the majority of Croats did not take part in such crimes, many moderate Croats were opposed to them and actively tried to help their Serb neighbours.Шаблон:Sfn
On 27 July 1941, local Serbs launched an uprising against Ustaše authorities.Шаблон:Sfn Throughout July, August and September 1941, Croat and Muslim villages across Lika and Western Bosnia were attacked and massacred by Serb insurgents, such killings were said to have been acts of retaliation for earlier Ustaše massacres against Serbs.[4]
Incident
On 2 August 1941, Serb insurgents entered Boričevac; said to have been angered after discovering the remains of Serb victims killed by the Ustaše,[3] the insurgents killed the remaining Croat civilians, all of whom were elderly, women or children, that had not been able to flee.Шаблон:Sfn The village was burned the ground, the village's Catholic church was looted and destroyed. Surrounding villages were also burned and massacred.Шаблон:Sfn
Sources differ as to whether the Serb insurgents were Chetniks or Yugoslav Partisans.[4][5]Шаблон:Sfn
At least 55Шаблон:Sfn Croat civilians were massacred, but other sources cite up to 179 civilian victims.[6] About 2,000 of Boričevac's residents fled beforehand to Kulen Vakuf.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
Aftermath
Croats that survived the massacre, and those who fled from Boričevac, were eventually settled in the area around Bjelovar. Under the Communist period, they were forbidden to return to Boričevac. Most were able not return to their homes until the end of the Croatian War of Independence.[7]
In contemporary Croatia, the commemoration of the Srb uprising is seen as controversial, with polarising opinions between Croats and Serbs. Serbs see the uprising as a testament to Serb anti-fascist resistance against Ustaše terror, while some Croats see the uprising as a revolt by Serb nationalists who murdered Croat civilians.[8] Max Bergholz argues that due to the controversy surrounding the nature of the Srb Uprising (the involvement of Yugoslav Partisans with the Serb insurgents) and the post-war narrative within Yugoslavia of not confronting the crimes committed between the different Yugoslav ethnic groups, that Croat and Muslim victims of Chetnik and other insurgent massacres have not yet been appropriately commemorated.Шаблон:Sfn
References
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