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Keva's pit cave (Croatian: Kevina jama) is a pit cave located in the village of Radošić in the municipality of Lećevica, part of Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia.[1]
The pit cave is infamous as a site where during and after World War II, the Yugoslav Partisans used for the disposal of bodies of thousands of local Croatian civilians that they executed.[1][2] Those executed were deemed to be Axis collaborators or enemies of the Communist regime.[1]
The pit cave has a funnel form, which, at the widest part, is about 30 metres wide.[3] In the middle of the pit cave there is carbonated "skittle" made of limestone and other materials of karst.
On 22 August 2015, a European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism, a county commemoration for victims of all anti-fascistic and communistic crimes in Croatia, was held here.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Nikolić, Leo (28 February 2014). "Gdje je i što je to Kevina jama?". Tportal (in Croatian).
- ^ Ugrin, Ivan (7 August 2006). "Kevina jama puna žrtava komunizma". kastela.org.
- ^ "Strašni partizanski zločini na Kozjaku o kojima se predugo moralo – šutjeti!". portal.braniteljski-forum.com. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015.
- ^ "Kevina jama: Počast žrtvama komunističkog totalitarizma". Nacional.hr. 22 August 2015.