Lepoglava concentration camp

Lepoglava
Concentration camp
Corpses of inmates murdered at Lepoglava.
Lepoglava concentration camp is located in Occupied Yugoslavia
Lepoglava concentration camp
Location of Lepoglava within Occupied Yugoslavia
Lepoglava concentration camp is located in Croatia
Lepoglava concentration camp
Lepoglava concentration camp (Croatia)
Coordinates46°12′38″N 16°02′08″E / 46.2105°N 16.0355°E / 46.2105; 16.0355
CommandantMirko Cvitkovac, Ljubo Miloš, Miro Natijević, and Nikola Gađić
Killedaround 1,000[1]

The Lepoglava concentration camp was a concentration camp in the Independent State of Croatia during World War II. It was located 25 km southwest of Varaždin and operated by Ustaše, a Croatian fascist,(Megargee & White 2018, p. 70)</ref> In July 1943, it was briefly captured by Yugoslav Partisans.

In March and April 1945, about 1,300 Lepoglava inmates were transported to the Jasenovac concentration camps and killed. On 30 April 1945, Ustaše murdered 961 young people, mostly students, near the camp.