Vajin Vrh

Vajin Vrh is a village in Croatia, under the Josipdol township, in Karlovac County.

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Village
Vajin Vrh
Coordinates: 45°09′N 15°20′E
Country	Croatia
County	Karlovac County
City	Josipdol
Area [1]
• Total	18.9 km2 (7.3 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	17
• Density	0.90/km2 (2.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	47303
Area code	+385 047

History

Around July 8, the Ogulin kotar began the process of deporting the families to the Sisak concentration camp on a list of 55 people marked for moving to make room for Slovene arrivals, from Jasenak, Josipdol, Munjava, Trojvrh and Vajin Vrh. The deportations were never carried out thanks to Pavelić interrupting the process, but thanks to the mass arrests scaring the Serbs off, none of the attempted arrests in this area succeeded, since none of the named could be found at their house. So great was the fear that women would flee at the sound of a suspicious car.^[a] So the kotarski predstojnik of Ogulin proposed to wait 8 to 10 days until the atmosphere was calmer.^[3]: 367

On 5–6 August 1941, the Ustaše of Josipdol placed all the Serbs of Josipdol and its environs under house arrest. The Serbs mostly obeyed, so the arrests the Ustaše made on 6–7 August were mostly successful. On the 6th the arrests were made between 21:00 and 23:00 in Josipdol, Vajin Vrh and Vojnovac. According to witness Branko Sedlar, most of the arrestees were killed in Podveljun near Josipdol. On the 7th, the day the same Ustaše massacred 45 people in Trojvrh, they arrested 41 more in Josipdol, Vajin Vrh and Vojnovac. They intended to kill the new arrestees, but the Italians intervened and they were released. An Ustaša functionary arrived in Josipdol, who released all arrestees and ordered the killing to stop. On the 12th, the mourning Serb women demonstrated in Josipdol, requesting of the Italians to hold a trial for the murderers. While this did not take place, the Croat men fled to Hum, remaining there throughout August.^{[3]: 361, 362}

Demographics

Village of Vajin Vrh: Population trends 1857–2021

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population	490	547	464	584	552	514	395	474	285	240	216	202	168	89	46	22	17
	1857	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1921	1931	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011	2021

Note:Do 1900. iskazivano pod imenom Vajnvrh. Sources:Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

Governance

On 1 January 1894, Vajin Vrh and Trojvrh, until then part of Plaški obćina, were annexed by Josipdol obćina.^[4]: 209

Notes

1. "Zbog učestalih zločina žene budno paze na svaki auto i čim opaze nekakav dolazak sumnjivog automobila, odmah bježe."^[3]