Lobor

Lobor is a city and municipality in the Northern Croatia. In 2011 census, there were 357,652 inhabitants in the area, 98.96% of which were Croats.[1] During the first year of the World War II Ustaše established a concentration camp in Lobor, also known as Loborgrad concentration camp, for Jewish and Serb women and children.[2][3] At least 200 of them died in it.[4]

Lobor
Municipality
Lobor
Lobor
Coordinates: 46°9′0″N 16°3′36″E
Country Croatia
CountyKrapina-Zagorje County
Government
 • Municipal MayorLjubica Jembrih
Websitehttp://lobor.hr/

References
  1. "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: Lobor". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
  2. (Centre 1998, p. 41): "Loborgrad was specifically designated for Serb and Jewish women and children;
  3. (Čulinović 1970, p. 316)
  4. (Goldstein & Lengel-Krizman 1997, p. 97): "9 August 1941 - a camp was established in Loborgrad for about 1,700 women and children; over 200 people died in the camp,"

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