Ilindanski pokolј u Prijedoru 1941. godine

Abstract

Ovo masovno ubijanje Srba 31. jula 1. i 2. avgusta 1941. nazvano je kod naroda Ilindanski pokolј, a bilo je dio planskog i organizovanog stradanja srpskog naroda koje se dešavalo po cijeloj Krajini. Inače, sam događaj tadašnje vlasti nazivaju „pobunom“. On je bio strašno upozorenje Srbima šta mogu da očekuju ubuduće, a i opomena za podizanje ustanka na Kozari. Ubijanje Srba u gradu vršeno je: po ulicama, u njihovim domovima, u parku pred Gimnazijom, u improvizovanim zatvorima, na mostu preko Sane, na pijaci „Žitnici“, dijelovima grada Tukovi i Urije, te na brojnim drugim lokacijama. U okolini grada, u isto vrijeme, masovna ubi janja su se dešavala i u blizini Kozarca - lokacija Zajednice u Trnopolјu i na području Ljubije. Smatra se da je tada na najzvjerskiji način u gradu i okolini ubijeno preko 1.500. srpskih civila. To je posebno upečatlјivo na fotografijama nastalim tokom ta tri dana pokolјa. U ovom zločinu učestvovali su, pored ustaša, i Kvaternikova garda, odred zagrebačke policije, mjesni vatrogasci koje su ustaše naoružale, oružnička „postaja“ i izvjestan broj građana Hrvata i muslimana koji su specijalno za to od ustaša dobili oružje. Mjesta koja svjedoče o genocidu NDH nad Srbima u gradu Prijedoru u lјeto 1941. godine nalaze se na lokaciji Jevrejsko groblјe u naselјu Urije - masovna grobnica za 833 pobijene srpske žrtve i na Gradskom pravoslavnom groblјu - grobnica za želјezničare i građane postradale u danima Ilindanskog pokolјa.

The mass execution of Serbs from July 31 to August 2 of 1941 has been named popularly as the St. Elijah's Day Massacre. It was part of a wider plan for the mass extinction of the Serbian people throughout the region of Bosanska Krajina. The propaganda of the authorities then called the events a “rebellion”. It was a dire warning to the Serbs on what was supposed to come in the future, but also, it was a warning against their uprising in the Kozara mountain near Prijedor. The actual executions of Serbs in the town itself were conducted in the streets, in their homes, in the town park near the lyceum, in the improvised prisons, on the bridge over the Sana river, on the “Žitnica” grain market, the communities of Tukovi and Urije, as well as on other locations. In the suburban and rural areas around town, mass executions were conducted near the township of Kozarac, the villages Trnopolje, and the mining town of Ljubija. The generally established number states that there were around 1.500 Serb civilians executed in the most brutal of ways, which are particularly vivid in the photographs taken during those three days. These crimes were perpetrated not only by the local ustaše, but also by Kvaternik's guards, a police squad from Zagreb, local gendarmes, and local firefighters armed by the ustaše along with some civilians, Croats and Muslims. The localities that stand as physical testimonies today are the Jewish cemetery in Urije - a mass grave of 833 people - and the city's Orthodox cemetery - a mass grave of railway workers and other citizens killed during St. Elijah's Day Massacre.