The German and Croatian authorities operated two camps at Sisak, near the confluence of the Kupa and Sava Rivers. Sisak is located more than 48 kilometers (30 miles) southeast of Zagreb and almost 330 kilometers (205 miles) northwest of Belgrade. The first camp, Sisak I, served as a transit camp for thousands of captured Serbs, Bosniaks, and Roma, who performed forced labor for the Reich. The second camp, Sisak II, was reserved for those taken in German-Croatian “cleansing” operations who were deemed unfit for forced labor. It became a site of catastrophic conditions for Serbian women and children. According to a report submitted to the International Tracing Service (ITS) by the Republic of Yugoslavia in 1976, the camps had two official, but deceptive names: the “transit camp for refugees” and the “reception center for children and refugees.”1 Established on August 3, 1941, the camps originally had a joint administration: the German Commissioner in Croatia (Deutscher Bevollmächtigte...