Jasenovac, the largest concentration and extermination camp in Croatia. some seven hundred tousand people were murdered at jasenovac, mostly Serbs and Jews, The living conditions in the camp were extremely severe The acts of murder and of the cruelty in the camp reached their peak in the late summer of 1942, when tens of thousands of Serbian villagers were deported to Jasenovac from the area of the Kozara Mountains It is estimated that a total of about 200,000 people met their death in Jasenovac during 1941-1942 alone. Crowds of Jewish children were burned alive in the old brick ovens, transformed into crematories. Bets were made as to who could liquidate the largest number of inmates. Peter Brzica cut the throats of 1,360 prisoners with a specially sharp butcher's knife. Having been proclaimed the prize-winner of the competition, he was elected King of the Cut-troats. A gold watch, a silver service, and a roasted sucking pig and wine were his other rewards... Jasenovac Concentration Camp distinguished itself because of the number of young inmates sent there. In 1942 the camp held over 24,000 Serb youngsters. Twelve thousand of them were murdered in cold blood.