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Background
Kerestinec concentration camp was a prison that served as a concentration camp in Kerestinec, Independent State of Croatia during World War II. It was located in the Erdödy castle overlooking the village.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
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Facility profile
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Death-row facility
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Mailing
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Practical info
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Known issues
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Notable inmates
August Cesarec1893–1941 · journalistAugust Cesarec (4 December 1893 â 17 July 1941) was a Croatian writer and communist activist from the interwar period. Cesarec was born in Zagreb, then part of Austria-Hungary.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
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Data completeness
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Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q12754621)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Kerestinec prison. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/kerestinec-prison
Chicago
"Kerestinec prison." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/kerestinec-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-kerestinec-prison,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Kerestinec prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/kerestinec-prison},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}