| Danica concentration camp | |
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| Concentration and extermination camp | |
 The memorial museum andguard tower of Danica Memorial Area | |
 Interactive map of Danica concentration camp | |
| Coordinates | 46°9′36″N16°49′48″E / 46.16000°N 16.83000°E /46.16000; 16.83000 |
| Location | Koprivnica,Independent State of Croatia (nowCroatia) |
| Built by | Mijo Babić, the first commander of allconcentration camps in the Independent State of Croatia |
| Operated by | Independent State of Croatia |
| Operational | April 1941–1945 |
| Number of inmates | 5,000 most of them beingSerbs followed by Croat communists, Jews andRomani people |
| Notable inmates | |
Danica was the firstconcentration andextermination camp established in theIndependent State of Croatia duringWorld War II.[2] It was established inKoprivnica (located in modern-dayCroatia) on 15[3] or 20 April 1941[4] in the deserted building of former fertilizer factory "Danica".[5]Mijo Babić participated in preparations for the establishment of Danica concentration camp.[6] The first individual inmates were brought to Danica on 18 April 1941 while first groups arrived at the end of April 1941.[7]
TheJews fromZagreb were transported to Danica andJadovno early in May 1941. Those transported to Danica were all killed by July 1941, while those transported to Jadovno were all killed by August 1941.[8] Already in June 1941 there were 2,000 inmates in Danica, most of them beingSerbs followed by Croat communists, Jews andRomani people.[9] The number of inmates reached 5,000 including 500 Jews.[10]
Four hundredRomani were transported to Danica camp, some of them executed in the camp.[11]
The first Ustasha concentration camp in the Independent State of Croatia, Danica, was founded on 15 April 1941 near Koprivnica.
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Nevertheless, four hundred Gypsies had apparently been deported to the Danica concentration camp in northern Croatia, where a part of them were executed
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