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    Goli Otok - Wikipedia

    • Goli Otok is a barren, uninhabited island that was the site of a political prison which was in use when Croatia was part of Yugoslavia. The prison was in operation between 1949 and 1989. The island is located in the northern Adriatic Sea just off the coast of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia with an area of approximately 4.5 square kilometers (1.7 … See more

    Prison

    Despite having long been an occasional grazing ground for local shepherds' flocks, the barren island was apparently never permanently settled other than by the prisoners during the 20th century. Throughout … See more

    Literature

    • 1981: Noč do jutra ('Night till Morning Comes') ‒ novel by Slovenian author Branko Hofman.
    • 1981: Herezia e Dervish Mallutes – allegorical novel by Kosovar author Teki Dervishi.… See more

    Population0
    EtymologyCroatian: goli otok, lit. 'barren island'
    Adjacent toAdriatic Sea
    Area4.54 km² (1.75 sq mi)
    Film and television

    • 1996: The Seventh Chronicle (Sedma kronika) – Croatian feature film about a Goli Otok inmate who escapes by swimming to the island of Rab, based on a novel by Grgo Gamulin
    • 2002: Eva ‒ documentary film told in … See more

    External links

    www.goli-otok.hr
    www.goli-otok.com
    Comparative criminology | Europe - Yugoslavia
    • Goli Otok: Hell in the Adriatic is the true story of Josip Zoretic's tragic experience and survival as a political prisoner of … See more

     
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  5. Goli Otok – Lopar, Croatia - Atlas Obscura

    Jan 26, 2010 · Goli Otok was a prison for political dissidents and enemies of the state in Yugoslavia, run by Marshal Tito. Learn about its history, torture, propaganda and decay on this obscure island.

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  7. Goli Otok: the abandoned prison in the Croatian sea

    Goli Otok was a top-secret political prison in Croatia where Tito sent his enemies to be 're-educated'. Now it is a haunted and neglected place, with crumbled buildings and a sinister past.

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    Goli Otok is one of the sites of the greatest symbolic importance in the contemporary history of Croatia and former Yugoslavia – a place marked by the Yugoslavian Communist regime’s repression against the thousands of …

  9. Inside the forgotten hell of Tito’s prison island

    Mar 20, 2024 · A three-kilometre road made up of tiny, neat stones, leading nowhere. It could be the perfect symbol of Goli Otok (Barren Island), which became a prison and torture camp for the political opponents of Josip Broz …

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