Dear Visitors,

We are pleased to announce that on 25 June 2026 we will begin the complete reconstruction of the wooden pathway leading to the Flower Monument, one of the most significant infrastructure projects undertaken at the Jasenovac Memorial Site since its establishment.

An assessment of the existing structure has shown that the pathway's supporting framework no longer meets contemporary standards of safety, durability, and functionality. The new walkway will provide safer and improved access to the Memorial Site for all visitors, including school groups and persons with disabilities, in accordance with the European Accessibility Act.

This investment forms part of a broader process of modernizing the Jasenovac Memorial Site. Our goal is to improve conditions for visitors, strengthen our educational and commemorative programmes, and develop infrastructure that will support a lasting culture of remembrance for future generations.

For the safety of visitors, access to the Flower Monument and the outdoor areas of the Memorial Site will be temporarily closed during the reconstruction works, and guided tours of the outdoor locations will be suspended.

The Memorial Museum will remain open throughout the reconstruction according to its regular opening hours. Information about group visits and booking procedures is available in the Group Visits section of our website.

These is the first major reconstruction undertaken at the Jasenovac Memorial Site in sixty years. We thank you for your understanding and will inform the public in a timely manner about the reopening of the outdoor areas and the resumption of guided tours.

Director of the Jasenovac Memorial Site, Ms Nataša Jovičić visited Israel as part of the delegation of the President of the Republic of Croatia, Ms Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, as President's special adviser for Holocaust issues. During her visit to the Yad Vashem she signed a joint statement on cooperation between Yad Vashem and the Office of the President and she took part in organising the arrival of the delegation of the President of the Republic of Croatia to the ceremony on the occasion when Branko Lustig presented his Oscar to Yad Vashem. Branko Lustig donated to Yad Vashem the Oscar awarded to him by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for "Schindler's List", directed by Steven Spielberg. The Oscar is displayed in Yad Vashem's Visual Center.

As President's special adviser for Holocaust issues, Ms Nataša Jovičić was present at the meetings with the President of the State of Israel, Mr Reuven Rivlin, the Prime Minister of the State of Israel, Mr Benjamin Netanyahu and with the Knesset Speaker, Mr Yulij Edelstein.

On 5 September 2013 a historical exhibition “Thanking the People of Norway” was opened in The Defence Museum (Forsvarsmuseet) in Oslo. The author of the exhibition is Nataša Mataušić, museum counsellor in Croatian History Museum. Manager of the documentation research project is Gorana Ognjenović, a scientific researcher at the University of Oslo.

The exhibition and corresponding catalogue were financed by The Fritt Ord Foundation from Oslo, the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Zagreb, Falstad Centre and Jasenovac Memorial Site. The exhibition was opened under the high patronage of the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in Norway and the Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Norway. In August 2012, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the arrival of first detainees from Yugoslavia to forced labour camps in Norway during the Second World War, the exhibition was held in Falstad Centre (Falstadsenteret) near Trondheim.

Based on contemporary works and research, the intention of the exhibition was to try to show, on twenty-one exhibition posters, the circumstances which led to sending a great number of men from the territory of the former Independent State of Croatia to forced labour Nazi camps in Norway, to show the troubles they faced together with other imprisoned men from Yugoslavia until they returned to Yugoslavia after the war ended. The exhibition especially emphasises the help that people of Norway provided to these men in overcoming the difficulties and the importance of that help in making their life during the imprisonment easier.