Antun Najžer, or Nadžer in some sources, [1] was a Croatian physician and member of the fascist Ustaše movement who served as the commander of the Sisak children's concentration camp in the Independent State of Croatia during World War II. [2] He was dubbed the "Croatian Mengele" by survivors [3] due to conducting medical experiments on his victims. [4] For these crimes, in September 1946 he was sentenced to execution by a firing squad. [5]
"We had a similar treatment [in Auschwitz] as children in the Ustasa-German camp in Sisak," said the Croatian-born Lustig. "They had doctor [Antun] Najzer [the camp's commander], we had the infamous doctor Mengele," he said.
Antun Najžer, or Nadžer in some sources, [1] was a Croatian physician and member of the fascist Ustaše movement who served as the commander of the Sisak children's concentration camp in the Independent State of Croatia during World War II. [2] He was dubbed the "Croatian Mengele" by survivors [3] due to conducting medical experiments on his victims. [4] For these crimes, in September 1946 he was sentenced to execution by a firing squad. [5]
"We had a similar treatment [in Auschwitz] as children in the Ustasa-German camp in Sisak," said the Croatian-born Lustig. "They had doctor [Antun] Najzer [the camp's commander], we had the infamous doctor Mengele," he said.