Gornje Dubrave is a village in Karlovac County, Croatia. It is located in the municipality of Ogulin.
History
On 23 May 1941, the Ustaše raided Gornje Dubrave and carried away 29 of its residents, including the priest, railway workers, farmers, teachers and the innkeeper. Only a male and female teacher ever returned. The female teacher was raped in the Ogulin castle and was subsequently sent off to the Psychiatric Hospital "Sveti Ivan" in Stenjevec.[3]: 353
In June 1941, all Serbs employed in Gornje Dubrave received the news from the kotar administration at Ogulin that they were fired. These Serbian employees had been the ones to relay to Dubrave the message to turn in their Yugoslav military uniforms and arms, which only a minority, for example Lazo Janjanin, actually did. In their stead, Croats were hired: a local Croat, Franjo Stipetić, became the new municipal president (Croatian: općinski načelnik), while one from Posavina was chosen as the new notary.[3]: 350
After the mass arrests began, the father of railway worker Miloš Zatezalo fled to the GMS for safety, remaining there the entire war, leaving his wife and children behind.[3]: 358
In late June or early July 1941, the priest in Gornje Dubrave was arrested. In early July, he had not yet been sent away. As of a 15 July document, all he had been sent to a concentration camp.[3]: 359
A 2 July was issued order for all Velike župe, including that of Modruš (with seat in Ogulin), to make room for 2500 Slovenes each, who were to occupy the homes of 2500 Serbs, to be deported to the GMS, prioritising businessmen and merchants. Gornje Dubrave was to accommodate 350 Slovenes. As of mid-July, there were not enough empty Serb homes to accommodate the exchange.[3]: 365
On 30 July, 16 Serb villagers of Gornje Dubrave were arrested at the market in Ogulin, having come there to sell. Beginning with the next market on 6 August, the Serbs stopped coming out of fear that it would happen a third time.[3]: 361
Demographics
| population | 1766 | 1907 | 1145 | 872 | 851 | 786 | 687 | 816 | 430 | 432 | 349 | 287 | 211 | 147 | 119 | 90 | 63 |
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
References
- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f Škiljan, Filip (2011-12-01). "Teror ustaškog režima nad srpskim stanovništvom na području kotareva Vrbovsko, Delnice i Ogulin u proljeće i ljeto 1941. godine" [Terror of the Ustasha Regime against the Serbian Population in the Territory of the Vrbovsko, Delnice and Ogulin Districts in the Spring and Summer 1941]. Radovi Zavoda za hrvatsku povijest Filozofskoga fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu: Radovi Zavoda za hrvatsku povijest Filozofskoga fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu (in Croatian). 43 (1): 343–372. eISSN 1849-0344.