Blagaj massacre

The Blagaj massacre refers to the May 1941 mass killing of 400 Serbs by members of the Ustaše in the village of Blagaj in the Kordun region of the Independent State of Croatia during World War II.^[1] The victims were drawn from the village of Veljun and its surroundings. This massacre was the second mass crime committed by the Ustaše after they came to power.^[2] The massacre was committed by a group under the direct command of Vjekoslav Luburić.^[3]

See also

• List of massacres in the Independent State of Croatia
• Gudovac massacre
• Glina massacre

Notes

References

• Goldstein, Ivo (2007). "The Independent State of Croatia in 1941: On the Road to Catastrophe". In Ramet, Sabrina P. The Independent State of Croatia 1941–45. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-13886-811-3. 
• Goldstein, Slavko (2012). 1941: The Year That Keeps Returning. Translated by Michael Gable (2nd ed.). New York: New York Review Books. ISBN 978-1-59017-673-3. 

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