Ključ Brdovečki

Ključ Brdovečki is a naselje (settlement) in the municipality of Brdovec, Zagreb County, Croatia. According to the 2001 census, it has 663 inhabitants[1] living in an area of 3.20 square kilometers (1.24 sq mi).[2]

History

The village became the site of a mass grave from May 23–25, 1945 when Axis soldiers were massacred there by the Yugoslav Partisans.[3] The Wehrmacht had dug anti-tank trenches in the village, which were used to bury the dead.[3] The mass grave was discovered in 2009.[4] It is estimated that there are 4000 bodies in the graves, with many of them being members of the 392nd (Croatian) Infantry Division (Wehrmacht).[4]

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