Yugoslav-SAO Krajina victory Yugoslav People's Army 1992 1993 1994 1995 The Battle of Jasenovac occurred during the Croatian War of Independence.

[2] During World War II, Jasenovac was the site of a concentration camp operated by the fascist, Croatian nationalist Ustaše movement, in which primarily Serbs, Jews and Romani people, as well as anti-fascists, were interned.

[citation needed] According to Croatian sources, the Jasenovac memorial site was devastated by the Serbian paramilitaries during their occupation of the village.

[7] Simo Brdar, assistant director of the Jasenovac Memorial Area, managed to transport some of the materials and documentations for preservation.

In 1999, the artifacts were housed in Republika Srpska and then to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 before being returned to Croatia.