It is very strange, among other things, when for example Nada Feureissen says: “From Metajna we went to Slana on trabaccolo cargo ships. After that we boarded a sail ship and after half an hour reached a bay…” (Slana, Suha bay). For people who know this distance, it is clear that this is probably poor memory, because if you board a ship heading to Slana, it is unnecessary to change vessels since it is not a long distance. It is more interesting that she said they went into trabaccolo ships, so more than one. But if they changed vessels (from trabaccolos to a sail ship, although the trabaccolo is also

Radomir Vidas from Novalja on Pag as a witness gave the following statement in the Pag Town Command in 1945: “In July 1941 I was on my way home for a leave as a Domobran (soldier of the territorial army). From Otočac I went to Pag via Gospić. I wanted to travel to Karlobag in a post bus. Since the bus was not scheduled for that day I had to find another transport. While I was looking for transport I found out that an Ustasha truck is transporting prisoner to a camp on Pag. Several days before I found out there was a camp on Pag, but I had never

Rijeka Archives and Croatia Archives in Zagreb I wanted to title this section YELLOW LEAVES OF DOCUMENTS, but something led me to name it: golden documents. Both of them would be suitable as I see it. It is difficult to keep a cool head when we read in them about all the horror. But it is necessary to keep a cool head, more then anything in order to rummage through the piles of (seemingly) unnecessary things and dig out the solid truth. All of the documents that we came across were mostly written several years after the crime. All of the witnesses were registered either by the Commission (or commissions)

The date on the order to get “sand”, June 20, 1941 shows us that the coordination between Pag and Zagreb, i.e. between local Ustashas and those in the capital, was excellent. As we said before, the Jews in Zagreb were arrested on June 21 and brought to Slana on June 24. Oguić had sent the ship to get “sand” three days before. Don’t be surprised because I mention these dates several times. These dates and activities that happened before the Jews in Zagreb were arrested tell us that this was an organised activity of the Ustasha headquarters in Pag, going forward full power while hiding it from the people who

There is one question to which Canon J. Felicinović answered, although vaguely. If you read “Personal Memories” on page 4 you can read about the arrest of Janko Rausavljević and Lazo Rakić (clerks from Pag) where you can find out that Felicinović had to renounce his superior and young associate, the Camp Commander of the Ustasha Headquarters in Pag. I quote: “In the town of Pag lived Martin Rudelić from Brašani near Gospić who worked as a post office clerk. On July 1, 1941 he illegally and without a cause arrested customs officer Janko Rausavljević and Lazo Rakić who were Orthodox Christians. He found a ship on which he planned

Supporting the survey by “Novi list” from Rijeka in 1975, I would certainly like to ask questions that I have been waiting to be answered by someone who wants to help the truth with honest words. Many unclear questions wait for these answers. Who gave the order and who executed Yugoslav officer Benić “while he was escaping” and where is he buried? What was the behaviour of the Ustasha political camp in Pag regarding the forming of the concentration camp in Slana? Who decided on the aid being sent to Ustashas in Slana, whether by providing manpower, helping with the organisation, materials or transportation? Who gave orders to the Salt

Nameless line Flocks of seagulls disturbed Circle over rocky capes All day Impatiently – Because they see us in columns – Hoping to descend to where we occupied their nests They do not suspect that the dead do not leave Assigned execution sites When they get closer In the line Namelessly Edge of the cape Sharp stab of a rock Into the bright sea Rushing Wave and thought Suppressed Strongly One with a knife Is placed on the cape Important And rules Nobody can get close to the cape! It becomes sharper They sharpen it – Who dares to get close will get impaled. The flag of death screams over

When approaching the Suha beach (Slana camp) on the right and left rise tall cliffs and caves. The people managed to collect some of their scarce money and place a marble plaque on one of those cliffs. Every year next to the plaque a history class is held and wreaths are laid. For the memorial area of Slana, the Pag Municipal Committee ordered a project documentation which will include the whole area of the former camps and gravesites. In 1988 there is already a project to build a road which will go from the village of Metajna to Slana. It will go parallel to the road built by the inmates