The Directorate for Public Order and Security (Ravnateljstvo za javni red i sigurnost, RAVSIGUR) of the Internal Affairs Ministry (Ministarstvo unutrašnjih poslova, MUP) founded Jasenovac III in October 1941 following the takeover of the Bačić & Co. industrial complex, located 2 kilometers (1 mile) east of the town of Jasenovac. Jasenovac is 100 kilometers (62 miles) southeast of Zagreb. Called the “Labor Service of the Ustaša Defense Detention Camp No. III” (Radna služba Ustaške obrane sabirni logor Br. III), Jasenovac III was more commonly known as the “Brickyard” (Ciglana). It was the largest, longest lasting, and deadliest of the five Jasenovac concentration camps. View of the Jasenovac III concentration camp at Ciglana. The camp was constructed on the left bank of the Sava River. With the incorporation of the Bačić & Co. property, the camp occupied a total area of approximately two square kilometers (494 acres). A brickyard, chain factory, sawmill, electrical power plan...