The Ottomans conquered Jasenovac in 1536 and that is the first mentioned of the little town Jasenovac. Upon the conclusion of the
Treaty of Passarowitz in 1718, Jasenovac was to be transferred to the
Habsburg monarchy. In the late 19th and early 20th century, Jasenovac was part of the
Požega County of the
Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia. During
World War II, Jasenovac was the site of
Jasenovac concentration camp and
genocidal killing of more than 52,000
Serbs, which was subsequently designated as an act of
genocide by
Raphael Lemkin per the
UN Genocide Convention and the
Nuremberg Trial, perpetrated by the Croatian
fascist Ustaše regime in the
Nazi German puppet state known as the
Independent State of Croatia under
Ante Pavelić. During the
Croatian War of Independence, in 1991, Serb forces destroyed the local
three-way bridge over the
Una and the
Sava linking the town to
Bosnia and Herzegovina. The area was subsequently
mined. During the retreat of
1st Krajina Corps in 1992 from area of Jasenovac looting and burning of Serb houses was recorded and this problem was discussed by regional council of
SAO Western Slavonia. While in May 1993 Government of
Republic of Serbian Krajina was informed by the local residents that 18 corps of
Serbian Army of Krajina which are located in Jasenovac continue with burning of the houses, also they destroyed buildings and documentation of
Jasenovac concentration camp. The town was taken over by Croatian forces as part of
Operation Flash on 1 May 1995. In 2005, a new three-way bridge was opened with financing from Croatia and the
European Commission. Demining operations in the area were ongoing in 2009. Jasenovac is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the
First Category Area of Special State Concern by the
Government of Croatia. ==Demographics==