Daksa (island)

Daksa in 2007

Daksa is a small uninhabited island in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea. It is situated near Dubrovnik in front of the Rijeka Dubrovačka ria. The area of the island is about 0.07 km2 (0.027 sq mi),[1] the highest point is 24 m (79 ft) above sea level.

History

The Daksa's Franciscan monastery was built in 1281.

Daksa massacre (1944)

The island was the site of the Daksa massacre by Yugoslav partisans entering Dubrovnik in late October 1944.[2] The NDH mayor of Dubrovnik Niko Koprivica was among those executed,[3] as well as Jeusit Petar Perica. In September 2009, authorities discovered the remains of six victims in the area.[4] Soon after, the Daksa 1944/45 Association announced that 48 bodies had been discovered on the island.[5] Association filled criminal charges for war crimes in 2009.[2]

The president of the Croatian Helsinki Committee Ivo Banac called for an investigation into what exactly occurred during the massacre.[6] Members of the Croatian Bishops' Conference visited the site in October 2009.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Duplančić Leder, Tea; Ujević, Tin; Čala, Mendi (June 2004). "Coastline lengths and areas of islands in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea determined from the topographic maps at the scale of 1 : 25 000" (PDF). Geoadria. 9 (1). Zadar: 5–32. doi:10.15291/geoadria.127. Retrieved 2019-12-26. (in Croatian)
  2. 1 2 "Udruga Daksa 1944./1945. podignula kaznenu prijavu za ratne zločine" [The Daksa 1944/1945 Association filed criminal charges for war crimes]. dulist.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2012-05-09. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
  3. ↑ "dulist". DuList.hr (in Croatian).
  4. ↑ "Otočić Daksa: pronađeni posmrtni ostaci" [Daksa Island: remains found] (in Croatian). Slobodna Dalmacija. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Ratne žrtva: na Daksi je život izgubilo 49 ljudi" [War casualties: 49 people lost their lives on Daksa]. Slobodna Dalmacija. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  6. ↑ Administrator. "Na otočiću Daksi kod Dubrovnika ekshumirano 48 žrtava komunizma" [48 victims of communism were exhumed on the islet of Daksi near Dubrovnik]. poskok.info (in Croatian).
  7. ↑ "HRVATSKI BISKUPI POHODILI OTOK DAKSU POKRAJ DUBROVNIKA" [Croatian bishops visited Daksa island near Dubrovnik]. pobijeni.info (in Croatian). Retrieved 12 August 2015. Archived 2012-02-28 at the Wayback Machine

Further reading

42°40′06″N 18°03′25″E / 42.66833°N 18.05694°E / 42.66833; 18.05694

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