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by rospaya 5721 days ago
> Anyway, we weren't allowed to visit again until '01. When we did, we attempted to visit Jasenovac, but the police had road blocks on every road approaching the site in a wide radius. We were blocked from approaching the site from two different directions, and on the second attempt were essentially told to go away and that there was 'nothing to see here'.

This isn't likely. Croatia got a progressive government in 2000., that openly endorsed visiting Jasenovac and fought right-wing elements that wanted to forget that shameful period.

Tudman was an autocrat, but Jasenovac only suffered in funding and public events there, you could visit any time you wanted and I learned about Jasenovac in school during the 90's, about the same what says in the article.

Also, Tudman had the crazy idea to mix both Partisan and Ustase (Nazi collaborators) victims and soldiers. Luckily that didn't happen.