{"id":2324,"date":"2026-06-11T19:11:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T19:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasenovac.org\/?page_id=2324"},"modified":"2026-06-11T19:19:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T19:19:16","slug":"history-and-statement-of-principles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jasenovac.org\/sr\/history-and-statement-of-principles\/","title":{"rendered":"history and statement of principles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2324\" class=\"elementor elementor-2324\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-56829d31 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"56829d31\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b58c131\" data-id=\"1b58c131\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e9de914 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"5e9de914\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.jri-hp-hero{background:#0a0a0a;padding:120px 60px 80px;position:relative;overflow:hidden;border-bottom:1px solid #272727;}.jri-hp-hero::before{content:'';position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;background:radial-gradient(ellipse at 80% 20%,rgba(139,26,26,0.12),transparent 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Garamond',Georgia,serif;font-size:clamp(1.1rem,2vw,1.5rem);font-weight:300;font-style:italic;line-height:1.6;color:#988f85;max-width:680px;border-left:2px solid #8b1a1a;padding-left:1.5rem;}<\/style><div class='jri-hp-hero'><div class='jri-hp-crumb'><a href='https:\/\/jasenovac.org\/sr\/'>\u041f\u043e\u0447\u0435\u0442\u043d\u0430<\/a><span>\/<\/span>\u041e \u043d\u0430\u043c\u0430<\/div><div class='jri-hp-eyebrow'>About the Institute<\/div><h1 class='jri-hp-h1'>History &amp;<br>Statement of Principles<\/h1><p class='jri-hp-lead'>Founded on the belief that the failure to learn the lessons of genocide rests at the very core of history's most dangerous patterns.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28df396d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"28df396d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-55 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-481ba70c\" data-id=\"481ba70c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71b4e415 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"71b4e415\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style='display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:0.65rem;font-size:0.64rem;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.22em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#c9a84c;margin-bottom:1.5rem;font-family:Jost,sans-serif;'><span style='display:block;width:22px;height:1px;background:#c9a84c;'><\/span>Est. 1997 \u2014 Brooklyn, New York<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d04b5dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d04b5dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u0418\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0438\u0432\u0430\u0447\u043a\u0438 \u0438\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0442\u0443\u0442 \u0408\u0430\u0441\u0435\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0446<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34dfc43f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34dfc43f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Jasenovac Research Institute was founded on the belief that the failure to learn the lessons of the genocide committed against Serbs, Jews and Gypsies during the Second World War rests at the very core of recent events in the Balkans.<\/p><p style='margin-top:1.25rem;'>Jasenovac, which represents the greatest crimes of genocide ever committed in the Balkans, has been largely overlooked by Western scholars, while its legacy has been distorted and its victims have been either ignored or victimized yet again by Holocaust revisionists.<\/p><p style='margin-top:1.25rem;'>Central to the lessons of Jasenovac is the warning <em>&#8220;Never again!&#8221;<\/em> \u2014 a warning that, when ignored, has historically led to the revival of fascism and the deadly, racist demonization of entire peoples.<\/p><p style='margin-top:1.25rem;'>For these reasons, this foundation and all individuals and work connected to it are dedicated both to preserving the memory of Jasenovac and to the search for justice for its victims.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e76f14b elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"5e76f14b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style='display:flex;gap:1rem;flex-wrap:wrap;'><a href='https:\/\/jasenovac.org\/sr\/victim-list\/' style='background:#8b1a1a;color:#fff;padding:0.85rem 2rem;font-size:0.72rem;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.15em;text-transform:uppercase;border-radius:2px;text-decoration:none;font-family:Jost,sans-serif;display:inline-block;'>Search Victim List<\/a><a href='https:\/\/jasenovac.org\/sr\/conferences-2\/' style='border:1px solid #363636;color:#988f85;padding:0.85rem 2rem;font-size:0.72rem;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:0.15em;text-transform:uppercase;border-radius:2px;text-decoration:none;font-family:Jost,sans-serif;display:inline-block;'>Our Conferences<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-45 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-597c05fa\" data-id=\"597c05fa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11f21be5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"11f21be5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jasenovac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2nd-pic-1997.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-850\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-796fb201 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"796fb201\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style='margin-top:1.5rem;background:#1a1a1a;border:1px solid #272727;border-left:3px solid #8b1a1a;padding:1.5rem 1.75rem;border-radius:2px;'><div style='font-size:0.6rem;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#635c55;font-family:Jost,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.4rem;'>Established<\/div><div style='font-family:Cormorant Garamond,Georgia,serif;font-size:1.2rem;color:#988f85;margin-bottom:0.75rem;'>Brooklyn, New York \u2014 1997<\/div><div style='width:32px;height:1px;background:#272727;margin-bottom:0.75rem;'><\/div><div style='font-size:0.84rem;color:#635c55;font-family:Jost,sans-serif;font-weight:300;line-height:1.7;'>A non-governmental, non-profit human rights organization dedicated to genocide education and justice.<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-21ba570e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"21ba570e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53ef585c\" data-id=\"53ef585c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-152ec8a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"152ec8a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style='display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:0.65rem;font-size:0.64rem;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.22em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#c9a84c;margin-bottom:0.8rem;font-family:Jost,sans-serif;'><span style='display:block;width:22px;height:1px;background:#c9a84c;'><\/span>Guiding Principles<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cd6a8d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2cd6a8d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u0426\u0438\u0459\u0435\u0432\u0438 \u041e\u0441\u043d\u0438\u0432\u0430\u045a\u0430<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0c3142 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0c3142\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The following principles define every aspect of the Jasenovac Research Institute&#8217;s work, advocacy, and mission worldwide.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6045d607 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"6045d607\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.jri-goals{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(2,1fr);gap:2px;background:#272727;border-radius:2px;overflow:hidden;}.jri-goal{background:#141414;padding:2.5rem;display:flex;gap:1.5rem;align-items:flex-start;transition:background 0.2s;}.jri-goal:hover{background:#1a1a1a;}.jri-goal-num{font-family:'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif;font-size:3rem;font-weight:300;color:rgba(139,26,26,0.25);line-height:1;flex-shrink:0;width:52px;}.jri-goal-body{}.jri-goal-title{font-family:'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif;font-size:1.2rem;font-weight:500;color:#ede8e1;line-height:1.35;margin-bottom:0;}.jri-goal-sep{width:28px;height:1px;background:#363636;margin:0.75rem 0;}.jri-goal-text{font-size:0.88rem;color:#988f85;font-family:Jost,sans-serif;font-weight:300;line-height:1.8;}@media(max-width:768px){.jri-goals{grid-template-columns:1fr;}}<\/style><div class='jri-goals'><div class='jri-goal'><div class='jri-goal-num'>01<\/div><div class='jri-goal-body'><div class='jri-goal-title'>Research &amp; Enlightenment<\/div><div class='jri-goal-sep'><\/div><div class='jri-goal-text'>To promote research and activities designed to enlighten the world to the crimes committed at Jasenovac, to learn its lessons, and to pursue the search for justice for the victims.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='jri-goal'><div class='jri-goal-num'>02<\/div><div class='jri-goal-body'><div class='jri-goal-title'>Genocide in Context<\/div><div class='jri-goal-sep'><\/div><div class='jri-goal-text'>To promote research and activities that further knowledge of the genocide against Serbs, Jews and Gypsies in the Balkans during WWII, and to place this within the larger context of the Holocaust and other genocides in history.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='jri-goal'><div class='jri-goal-num'>03<\/div><div class='jri-goal-body'><div class='jri-goal-title'>International Cooperation<\/div><div class='jri-goal-sep'><\/div><div class='jri-goal-text'>To cooperate with all other groups and individuals who likewise seek justice for the victims of genocide, building a global network of accountability.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='jri-goal'><div class='jri-goal-num'>04<\/div><div class='jri-goal-body'><div class='jri-goal-title'>Cultural Preservation<\/div><div class='jri-goal-sep'><\/div><div class='jri-goal-text'>\u0414\u0430 \u0441\u0435 \u0458\u0435\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e, \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0434\u0430 \u0438 \u043e\u043f\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0430\u043a \u0441\u0440\u043f\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0433 \u043d\u0430\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0430 \u0438 \u045a\u0435\u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0433 \u043a\u0443\u043b\u0442\u0443\u0440\u043d\u043e\u0433 \u043d\u0430\u0441\u043b\u0435\u0452\u0430 \u0448\u0438\u0440\u043e\u043c \u0441\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0430, \u0433\u0434\u0435 \u0433\u043e\u0434 \u0434\u0430 \u0436\u0438\u0432\u0435 \u0438 \u0433\u0434\u0435 \u0433\u043e\u0434 \u0458\u0435 \u0442\u043e \u0443\u0433\u0440\u043e\u0436\u0435\u043d\u043e.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='jri-goal'><div class='jri-goal-num'>05<\/div><div class='jri-goal-body'><div class='jri-goal-title'>Political Mobilization<\/div><div class='jri-goal-sep'><\/div><div class='jri-goal-text'>\u0414\u0430 \u0441\u0435 \u200b\u200b\u043c\u043e\u0431\u0438\u043b\u0438\u0448\u0435 \u0441\u0440\u043f\u0441\u043a\u0438 \u043d\u0430\u0440\u043e\u0434 \u0438 \u0441\u0432\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0435\u0441\u0438\u0432\u043d\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u0447\u043a\u0435 \u0441\u043d\u0430\u0433\u0435 \u0448\u0438\u0440\u043e\u043c \u0441\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0430 \u0443 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u0447\u043a\u043e\u0458 \u0431\u043e\u0440\u0431\u0438 \u0437\u0430 \u043e\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0447\u0430\u045a\u0435 \u0440\u0430\u0442\u0430 \u043a\u043e\u0458\u0438 \u0441\u0435 \u0442\u0440\u0435\u043d\u0443\u0442\u043d\u043e \u0432\u043e\u0434\u0438 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0442\u0438\u0432 \u0421\u0440\u0431\u0430.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='jri-goal'><div class='jri-goal-num'>06<\/div><div class='jri-goal-body'><div class='jri-goal-title'>Against Racism &amp; Fascism<\/div><div class='jri-goal-sep'><\/div><div class='jri-goal-text'>To fight racism, fascism, imperialism, and neo-colonialism in all of its manifestations wherever they appear, and no matter whom its intended victims may be.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='jri-goal'><div class='jri-goal-num'>07<\/div><div class='jri-goal-body'><div class='jri-goal-title'>Peace in the Balkans<\/div><div class='jri-goal-sep'><\/div><div class='jri-goal-text'>To promote cooperation between all peoples in the Balkans in order to seek a lasting, just and equitable peace and a prosperous future in the region.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='jri-goal'><div class='jri-goal-num'>08<\/div><div class='jri-goal-body'><div class='jri-goal-title'>Universal Fellowship<\/div><div class='jri-goal-sep'><\/div><div class='jri-goal-text'>To promote better relations, friendship and understanding between the Serbs and other peoples, cooperating worldwide on the basis of democratic rights, peace and justice.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4783e4b8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4783e4b8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-50acbcb8\" data-id=\"50acbcb8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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auto 2rem;'>&ldquo;The failure to observe the warning <em style=\"font-style:normal;color:rgba(255,255,255,0.6);\">Never Again!<\/em> has reaped the expected consequences of a revival of fascism.&rdquo;<\/div><div style='display:flex;justify-content:center;gap:1rem;flex-wrap:wrap;'><a href='https:\/\/jasenovac.org\/sr\/survivor-testimonies\/' style='background:#fff;color:#8b1a1a;padding:0.9rem 2.25rem;font-size:0.72rem;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.15em;text-transform:uppercase;border-radius:2px;text-decoration:none;font-family:Jost,sans-serif;'>Read Testimonies<\/a><a href='https:\/\/jasenovac.org\/sr\/survivors-testimonies\/' style='border:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.3);color:#fff;padding:0.9rem 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