The slaughter in Šušnjar is a name for mass crimes against Serbian civilians in early August 1941, in the northwestern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, committed by Ustasha units (Volunteers in the Croatian army in the time of the Independent State of Croatia ) and members of the Muslim police, loyal to coat lieder Anta Pavelic.
In the terrible massacre that occurred on the day of St. Elijah on August 1 and 2, 1941, the village of ŠuŠnjar, in Sanski Most, killed 5,500 Serbs and 40 Jews. Scientific teams in recent years have estimated that more than 7,000 people go to the brunt of the death of Serb victims.
Until recently, this horrific massacre was not widely known; the Yugoslav communist authorities did not want to talk about the criminals and violate the "brotherhood and unity" that laid the foundation of socialist Yugoslavia.