Lepoglava prison
Lepoglava prison (officially Lepoglava penitentiary,
History
Lepoglava prison was formed in 1854 in a monastery formerly owned by the
In 1878, Lepoglava warden Emil Taufer introduced the Irish rehabilitation system and opened a number of workshops for penal labor. Literacy classes were provided for younger offenders. Over time, the system largely turned into a direct exploitation of inmates' nearly free labor. This was particularly pronounced during World War I, when working up to 15 hours a day in an unsafe working environment and poor overall conditions contributed to high mortality among the prisoners.[1]
During the twentieth century, the prison was a home for numerous "unwanted" groups and political prisoners.[
The Independent State of Croatia (1941–45) held dissidents at the prison, including
Following World War II, notable prisoners included suspected Axis collaborationists such as Aloysius Stepinac and Ivo Tartaglia. On 5 July 1948, three prisoners were killed by prison authorities after a failed escape attempt.[5] After the Croatian Spring, prisoners included Šime Đodan, Dražen Budiša, Vlado Gotovac, Marko Veselica, Dobroslav Paraga and Franjo Tuđman. A memorial to the victims was erected in 2005.[2]
References
- ^ Kolar-Dimitrijević 1989, pp. 181–183.
- ^ a b History of the Penitentiary Archived 2007-06-13 at the Wayback Machine; accessed 4 March 2014.
- ^ Djilas: "Memoir of a Revolutionary"[permanent dead link], osa.ceu.hu; accessed 4 March 2014.
- ^ Škiljan 2012, pp. 100–101.
- ^ "Lepoglava: Spomen-obilježje političkim uznicima". ika.hkm.hr (in Croatian). IKA. 9 July 2005. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
Bibliography
- Kolar-Dimitrijević, Mira (1989). "Radnička kretanja u lepoglavskom i ivanečkom području u međuratnom razdoblju" (PDF). Radovi Zavoda za znanstveni rad Varaždin (in Croatian) (3): 175–194. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- Škiljan, Filip (2012). Hrvatsko Zagorje u Drugom svjetskom ratu 1941.-1945 (in Croatian). Plejada & Muzeji Hrvatskog zagorja.