Hladno sarajevsko jutro

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Hladno sarajevsko jutro ( The cold morning of Sarajevo ) is the name for a mass murder of Serbs that occurred on May 6, 1942 in Sarajevo .

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In 1942, Sarajevo was occupied by fascist Croatia (NDH), a vassal state of the Axis powers , in which ethnic minorities such as Serbs, Jews and Roma were systematically persecuted. On May 6, 1942, a cold day and a high holiday for the Orthodox Serbs, the police carried out the action “Djurdjevdanski Uranak” ( waking up St. George's Day ). At four in the morning, columns of Serb prisoners were brought together from prison camps in the city. At the platform of the Kulin train station they waited for the “train of death” that was to take them from Sarajevo to Jasenovac to the concentration camp there. There were around 3,000 prisoners, mostly young people. The train consisted of around 15 wagons, each with around 40 soldiers assigned. Up to 200 prisoners were transported in one wagon.

During the journey, despite hunger, thirst, abuse and fear, a Serbian prisoner is said to have intoned the song Djurdjevdan , which he himself wrote. Because of the singing, the Ustaša closed the windows of the train.

Of the 3,000 prisoners, only 2,000 survived this trip. In Jasenovac concentration camp , most of those arrested died. The causes of death were illness, hypothermia, dehydration , starvation or torture. Only about 200 prisoners survived.

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