Kozara, July 1942. The Croatian Ustashi escorting a group of fugitives from Kozara to the collection camps. In the Ustashi massacres of August 1942., more then 5,000 adults and 800 children were killed. One of the most monstrous crimes was done on August 16, 1942., in Slobostina, near Slavonska Pozega when 1,368 children and women were killed. 1,165 were from the Kozara district. Grubisno Polje, November 1991. Towards the end of October 1991, Croatia began an organized elimination of the Serbs in the districts of Grubisno Polje, Moslavina, and Slavonska Pozega. Hundreds of Serbian families fled to Bosnia, on the road to Banja Luka, leaving their villages, homes and all other possessions in Croatia, never to return. Bosnia was only a temporary refuge for them. The same columns of people headed towards Serbia when the war began in Bosnia. Previous Page | Exit | Next Page Copyright © 1997 Serbian Unity Congress. All Rights Reserved.