Jewish Zagreb

Trg žrtava fašizma: Interwar Zagreb and its Jews

Trg žrtava fašizma: Interwar Zagreb and its Jews


Trg žrtava fašizma is one of Zagreb's squares that changed its name several times: Trg N (1920s), then Trg Kralja Petra I. Oslobodioca (1927–1941), Trg III. (1927–1941), and from 1942 the square was named after Kulin Ban. In the interwar period, a large number of buildings on it were owned by Jews and had a large number of Jewish residents. As an important part of modern architecture, it was also a kind of symbol of the Jewish understanding of space and urbanization and the continuous development of civil society, where Jews participated in the urban development and settled in the new buildings. Several institutions connected to the system of terror during World War II and the Holocaust were located in the square or in its immediate vicinity. Decisions on sending to the camps were signed here. Only in the camps of the Jasenovac system, in the 1,337 days of its existence, 13,116 Jews were listed by name. This is precisely why this square bears its name today.

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