Alternate names: Ðakovo [Croa], Diakovár [Hun], Djakowar [Ger], Djakovár, Djakovo, Deakovár. Ђаково (Serbian). 45°19' N, 18°25' E. in Slavonia, E Croatia, 21 miles SW of Osijek. 1931 Jewish population:: 329 .
Đakovo is a town in the region of Slavonia, 37 km to the SW of Osijek and 34 km SE of Našice. 2001 population of town was 20,912 with a total of 30,092in the municipality.
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- Pinkas HaKehilot, Yugoslavia (1988), p. 86: "Djakovo".
- Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), p. 312: "Djakovo".
- See: Gruber, Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel: A Guide to East-Central Europe. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1992. (page 244) [1999] A WWII transit camp for Jews,
Synagogue was built in 1869, abandoned in 1941, and the building sold in 1948. The Jewish Community established in 19th century ended in 1941. Jewish Population: 1925/26- 548; 1930- 289; 1931- 329; 1937/38- 222; 1941- 172; 1947- 22; 1994-0."
Jewish Guide to Croatia [July 2014]
Djakovo was set up in a local mill and operated from December 1941 to Summer 1942. Initial transports from Sarajevo brought more than 1,800 women and children. February and March 1942 transports brought more than 1,100 women and children from the at
CEMETERY:
The Djakovo camp was initially run by the Jewish community of Osijek., but at the end of March 1942, the camps administration was transferred to the Ustasa. The next three months saw a drastic deterioration of the conditions. The guards employed violence towards the inmates and the sanitary conditions worsened, resulting in a sharp increase in the mortality rate. The Jewish committee, now under direct control of the Ustasa, was forced to deal with the spiraling amount of burials and they approached Stephan Kolb, the Jewish cemetery's gravedigger to make the arrangements. According to Kolb's meticulous records, on the 9th of December 1941 the first victim buried was Mazlata Katan, aged 65 from Sarajevo. Kolb transferred the body to the Jewish cemetery for burial. He continued from then on to record each burial spot carefully along with the date of burial and details of the deceased. He did so until the dismantling of the camp. The camp was dismantled in July 1942. The 2,400 women and children who remained alive were sent in three separate transports to Jasenovac camp where they were murdered upon arrival. Source. photo. [July 2014]
- Photo of entrance to cemetery [date?]
- Lea Maestro and I recorded about 600 names of Djakovo victims from 1941-1945 for the memorial boards. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [July 2010]
- Grave markers inscribed with the names of Jewish women and children who were victims of Djakovo camp in Croatia [July 2014]
- Video. [July 2014]
- Photos by Charles Burns [February 2016]