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'''Keva's pit cave''' ([[Croatian language| |
'''Keva's pit cave''' ([[Croatian language|Croatian]]: ''Kevina jama'') is a [[pit cave]] located in the village of [[Radošić, Lećevica|Radošić]] in the municipality of [[Lećevica]], part of [[Split-Dalmatia County]], Croatia.<ref name="tportal">{{cite news |last1=Nikolić |first1=Leo |title=Gdje je i što je to Kevina jama? |url=https://www.tportal.hr/vijesti/clanak/gdje-je-i-sto-je-to-kevina-jama-20140227 |work=Tportal |date=28 February 2014 |language=Croatian}}</ref> |
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The pit cave is infamous as a site where during and after [[World War II]], the [[Yugoslav Partisans]] used for the disposal of bodies of thousands of local Croatian civilians that they executed.<ref name="tportal" /><ref name="kastela">{{cite web |last1=Ugrin |first1=Ivan |title=Kevina jama puna žrtava komunizma |url=https://kastela.org/novosti/aktualnosti/2713-kevina-jama-puna-zrtava-komunizma |website=kastela.org |date=7 August 2006}}</ref> Those executed were deemed to be Axis collaborators or enemies of the Communist regime.<ref name="tportal" /> |
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This pit cave is infamous for its historical value: during and after [[World War II]], [[Yugoslav Partisans]] used this pit cave for [[torture]] of locals and Italian soldiers. |
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The pit cave has a funnel form, which, at the widest part, is about 30 metres wide.<ref>{{cite web |title=Strašni partizanski zločini na Kozjaku o kojima se predugo moralo – šutjeti! |url=http://portal.braniteljski-forum.com/vijesti/strasni-partizanski-zlocini-na-kozjaku-o-kojima-se-predugo-moralo-sutjeti |website=portal.braniteljski-forum.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612121446/http://portal.braniteljski-forum.com/vijesti/strasni-partizanski-zlocini-na-kozjaku-o-kojima-se-predugo-moralo-sutjeti |archive-date=12 June 2015}}</ref> In the middle of the pit cave there is carbonated "skittle" made of [[limestone]] and other materials of [[karst]]. |
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| ⚫ | On 22 August 2015, a [[European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism]], a county commemoration for victims of all anti-fascistic and communistic crimes in Croatia, was held here.<ref name="Nacional">{{cite news |title=Kevina jama: Počast žrtvama komunističkog totalitarizma |url=https://www.nacional.hr/kevina-jama-pocast-zrtvama-komunistickog-totalitarizma/ |work=Nacional.hr |date=22 August 2015}}</ref> |
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During archeological and historical research between 2013 and 2015, scientists discovered that [[Anti-fascism|anti-fascistic]] Serb soldiers killed Vladimir Studa and a group of very young civilians in September 1943, because of their [[prejudice]] to [[catholic]]s and Croats, who live in this area. |
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* [http://narod.hr/hrvatska/odana-pocast-zrtvama-komunistickog-rezima-kod-kevine-jame Narod.hr, ''Commemoration for victims of anti-fascistic regime in Keva's pit cave''], 2 August 2015, accessdate 22 August 2015 {{hr icon}} |
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* [http://kastela.org/novosti/aktualnosti/2713-kevina-jama-puna-zrtava-komunizma Kaštela City Portal, ''Keva's pit cave full of communist regime victims''], author: Ivan Ugrin, 7 August 2006, accessdate 7 August 2006 {{hr icon}} |
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* [http://portal.braniteljski-forum.com/vijesti/strasni-partizanski-zlocini-na-kozjaku-o-kojima-se-predugo-moralo-sutjeti Croatia's Defenders Forum, ''Fearsome partizan's crimes in Dalmatia''], author: Filomena Filka Ratković, 12 June 2015, aesdate 12 June 2015 {{hr icon}} |
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[[Category:1943 in Croatia]] |
[[Category:1943 in Croatia]] |
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[[Category:Landforms of Split-Dalmatia County]] |
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Keva's pit cave (Croatian: Kevina jama) is a pit cave located in the village of Radošić in the municipality of Lećevica, part of Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia.[1]
The pit cave is infamous as a site where during and after World War II, the Yugoslav Partisans used for the disposal of bodies of thousands of local Croatian civilians that they executed.[1][2] Those executed were deemed to be Axis collaborators or enemies of the Communist regime.[1]
The pit cave has a funnel form, which, at the widest part, is about 30 metres wide.[3] In the middle of the pit cave there is carbonated "skittle" made of limestone and other materials of karst.
On 22 August 2015, a European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism, a county commemoration for victims of all anti-fascistic and communistic crimes in Croatia, was held here.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Nikolić, Leo (28 February 2014). "Gdje je i što je to Kevina jama?". Tportal (in Croatian).
- ^ Ugrin, Ivan (7 August 2006). "Kevina jama puna žrtava komunizma". kastela.org.
- ^ "Strašni partizanski zločini na Kozjaku o kojima se predugo moralo – šutjeti!". portal.braniteljski-forum.com. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015.
- ^ "Kevina jama: Počast žrtvama komunističkog totalitarizma". Nacional.hr. 22 August 2015.