Mlaka, Croatia

Mlaka is a village in central Croatia, in the municipality of Jasenovac, Sisak-Moslavina County. It is a new territorial organization that has been formed from the former large municipality of Novska.

Mlaka
Village
Mlaka Location in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°14′06″N 17°01′26″E
Country	Croatia
Region	Continental Croatia
County	Sisak-Moslavina
Municipality	Jasenovac
Elevation	94 m (308 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	58
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	44324 Jasenovac
Area code(s)	(+385) 44

History

Mlaka was the location of a Croatian concentration camp during World War II in this area.[2] Mlaka and the nearby village of Jablanac Jasenovački were locations of forced labor of inmates of the Jasenovac concentration camp, after the population of the villages themselves was interned in the camp or forcibly transferred elsewhere.[3] Inmates were also executed there, and five mass graves have been identified in and around Mlaka.[4]

Demographics

According to the 2011 census,[1] the village of Mlaka has 58 inhabitants. This represents 16.76% of its population prior to the Croatian War of Independence (1991-95).

According to the 1991 census, 304 residents were ethnic Serbs (84.91%), 10 ethnic Croats (2.79%), 10 Yugoslavs (2.79%), 2 Muslims (0.55%), and others (8.92%).

Population change 1857-2011 [1][5]

Sights

• Monument and memorial to the victims of the Jasenovac concentration camp

References

1. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Mlaka". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
2. Oral history interview with Jovanka Stojnić, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; accessed 11 March 2016.
3. "Jablanac" (in Croatian). Jasenovac Memorial Area. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
4. "Jablanac" (in Croatian). Jasenovac Memorial Area. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
5. Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857-2001, www.dzs.hr