Barbara Pit massacre

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/barbara-pit-massacre

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the identified perpetrators of the executions?Yugoslav Partisans
2. What is the total number of victims exhumed and reburied?1,416 individuals
3. Why was the mine sealed with concrete?The concrete walls were put in place to hide the killings and stop people from talking about what happened there.
4. When did people start learning about the massacre again?After 1990, when Yugoslavia changed, people could discuss the past, and a memorial chapel was built in 1997.

Ante Pavelić's NDH Armed Forces: The military forces of the Independent State of Croatia, a fascist puppet state during World War II.
Slovene Home Guard (Domobranci): A Slovene anti-communist militia that collaborated with Axis forces during World War II.
Bleiburg Repatriations: The forced return of Yugoslav soldiers and civilians by British forces to Yugoslavia after WWII, leading to widespread executions.
Mass Grave Site: A location where a large number of bodies are buried together, often as a result of conflict or atrocity.