Stradanje Jevreja u Prijedoru 1941/1942.

Abstract

Danas u Prijedoru ne živi ni jedna jevrejska porodica. Jevrejsko pitanje u Prijedoru riješeno je nakon ofanzive na Kozari („Operacija zapadna Bosna") u periodu jun-avgust 1942. godine. Zbog samog položaja grada i partizanske blokade u kojoj se nalazio, Jevreji nisu bili odmah deportovani. U Ilindanskom pokolјu 1941. godine ostali su pošteđeni, jer su bili taoci generala Rumlera. Svu jevrejsku imovinu odmah su preuzeli povjerenici NDH, s cilјem uništenja ekonomskih pozicija Jevreja. Prvo oslobođenje grada, 16. maja 1942, dočekali su zatvoreni u dvije jevrejske kuće. Nakon ofanzive, svi preostali prijedorski Jevreji su pohapšeni i deportovani u logore u okruženju. Znatan dio njih završio je u redovima NOP-a. Prema izvještaju Župske redarstvene oblasti od 5. septembra 1942. godine, na području Velike župe Sana i Luka, nema više Jevreja.

Today, there is not a single Jewish family residing in Prijedor. The “Jewish question” in this town was dealt with after the Axis Kozara Offensive (or the "Western Bosnia Operation”) between July and August of 1942. Because of its specific position and the blockade by the partisan resistance guerilla, Prijedor's Jews were not immediately deported. They were spared during the "St. Elijah's Day Massacre” of 1941 because they were all treated as General Rumler's hostages. All of the Jewish property was immediately seized by the appointees of the Independent State of Croatia. The aim of this seizure was an effective destruction of Jewish economic vitality. The first liberation of Prijedor on 16 May 1942 found most of them trapped in two Jewish houses. After the Axis offensive, the remaining Jews were arrested and deported to the surrounding camps. Many of the freed ones joined the ranks of the People's Liberation Movement (NOP). According to the report issued by the County Police on 5 September 1942, by that time, there were no more Jews in the Great Parish of Sana and Luka.