On 27 January 2014, the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in London opened an exhibition entitled “Moje Jadovno”, in the observance of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

In his introductory statement, Dr Ognjen Pribicevic, Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia recalled UN General Assembly resolution 2005 which established the International Holocaust Remembrance Day to honor to victims of the Holocaust and called upon member states to preserve the sites of former death camps and actively contribute to educating young generations of the horrors of the Holocaust. He pointed to Serbia’s commitment, despite painful historic facts, to build good relations with its neighbors as the only way forward for future generations.

“Moje Jadovno“ exhibition should promote knowledge within a wider international public of the existence of the Gospić-Jadovno-Pag death camp in the territory of the so-called Independent State of Croatia in which around 40.000 Serbs, Jews and others perished from April to August 1941, as was pointed out in the statements of Dušan Bastašić, President of “Jadovno 1941“ association and historian Predrag Lozo.

Emphasizing the need to learn about the past and accept it, the British historian Rory Yeomans concluded that better future can be achieved only by learning the lessons of the past.