According to M. Suic ("Pag", Zadar 1953; history of Pag, published for the 510'th anniversary of the new city of Pag), in the Camp has been brutally killed "some thousands of Jews, Serbs and Croats", numbers reaching ten thousand or more in some local accounts in communist times. Interestingly enough, even in the Yugoslavian times, with the regime which was readily using such places to deal with the "internal enemy", there was no any sign about such massacre in the site of the former camp. No usual plate with the names of comrades and unavoidable red star. No concrete flower, like in the site of Jasenovac concentration camp. And, when it comes to that, no any information about it nowhere in Pag island.
In Dec 2004, when pictures I show here were taken, some few remnants of stone buildings, the transport road to the northern coast (Baska Slana) and the "nest" for the guard house above the Camp, do not give any hint of anything other than an interesting tourist site.
It was usual, in communist times, to exaggerate the numbers of victims in such camps. Local people speak about maximum 1000 people killed there, but there is still (2004!) big diversity: high numbers are also repeated. It seems it is appropriate to put the number to 1000-15000 victims. Local opinion is that there were 90% Jews, and the rest were Serbs. It is hard to imagine more than 10000 victims, as they were transported from Karlobag on small boats, load max. 20 people, and the camp itself existed only for three months, until it was closed. In the site of the camp big wholes were dig, and bodies thrown into.
Also interesting is the story about finish of the Camp. In Sep 1941, Italians occupied the island. It occurred despite the agreement with the NDH government in Zagreb that Pag, Brac and Hvar will be part of the NDH, not Italy. After this occupation, it seems that Italians were disgusted with what was happening in the Camp, as it was immediately closed, bodies taken out from the holes and burnt.
What puzzles, as I already mentioned, is that there is no information on this in the site itself, or clear note anywhere. Which one expects should be, if there was even "only" single victim.
Rests of camp barracks 
"Nest" for the guards above the camp 
Road to the northern coast (to the Baska Slana bay) 
Karlobag, mainland where from victims were transported to the camp
Posted Dec. 2004, last updated: Jan. 2010 by Miki. All rights reserved.