Editing Sisak (section)

=== Modern history ===
[[File:Spomen park Brezovica.JPG|thumb|Monument to the [[Sisak People's Liberation Partisan Detachment|1st Sisak Partisan Detachment]]]]
From 1929 to 1939, Sisak was part of the [[Sava Banovina]], and from 1939 to 1941, of the [[Banovina of Croatia]] within the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]]. During [[World War II in Yugoslavia|World War II]], the [[Sisak children's concentration camp]] was set up by the [[Independent State of Croatia|Croatian]] [[Axis powers|Axis]] [[Ustaše]] government for [[Serbs in Croatia|Serbian]], [[History of the Jews in Croatia|Jewish]] and [[Romani people in Croatia|Romani]] children. It is estimated that 1,160–1,600 children lost their lives at the camp.<ref>{{cite book|last=White|first=Joseph Robert|editor1-last=Megargee|editor1-first=Geoffrey P.|editor2-last=White|editor2-first=Joseph R.|year=2018|series=The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933–1945|title=Camps and Ghettos under European Regimes Aligned with Nazi Germany|chapter=Sisak I and II|volume=III|publisher=Indiana University Press|location=Bloomington, Indiana|isbn=978-0-25302-386-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8nBTDwAAQBAJ|page=74}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Bartrop|first1=Paul R.|authorlink1=Paul R. Bartrop|last2=Grimm|first2=Eve E. |year=2020|title=Children of the Holocaust|publisher=ABC-CLIO|location=Santa Barbara, California|isbn=978-1-44086-853-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fjz_DwAAQBAJ|page=42}}</ref>
 
On 22 June 1941, the day [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] [[Operation Barbarossa|invaded]] the [[Soviet Union]], the [[Sisak People's Liberation Partisan Detachment]], also known as the 1st Sisak Partisan Detachment, was formed by the outlawed [[League of Communists of Croatia|Croatian Communist Party]] in the Brezovica Forest, near Sisak. It was the first [[Yugoslav Partisans|Partisan]] armed [[Anti-fascism|anti-fascist]] resistance unit formed in [[World War II in Yugoslavia|occupied Yugoslavia]] following the [[invasion of Yugoslavia]] by the [[Axis powers]] in April 1941.<ref name="pavlicevic-2007">{{cite book|last=Pavličević|first=Dragutin|title=Povijest Hrvatske|publisher=Naklada Pavičić|pages=441–42|year=2007|isbn=978-953-6308-71-2}}</ref>
It had 79 members, mainly [[Croats]] with the exception of one notable [[Serbs of Croatia|Serb]] woman, [[Nada Dimić]],<ref name="pavlicevic-2007"/> and was commanded by a Croat, [[Vladimir Janjić-Capo]].

With the outbreak of the [[Croatian War of Independence]] in 1991, Sisak remained in Government hands while the territory to the south was [[Republic of Serbian Krajina|controlled by rebelling Serbs]]. During the war, the Serb forces often shelled the city, causing dozens of civilian casualties and extensive damage to the city's industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jutarnji.hr/11-kaznenih-prijava-za-razaranje-siska/210542|title=11 kaznenih prijava za razaranje Siska|date=27 January 2007|work=[[Jutarnji list]]|language=hr|access-date=27 September 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928082601/http://www.jutarnji.hr/11-kaznenih-prijava-za-razaranje-siska/210542/|archive-date=28 September 2015}}</ref> According to [[Amnesty International]], Serb civilians in Sisak and surrounding areas were subjected to abductions, killings, assault and threats with at least 33 killed between 1991 and 1992,<ref>{{cite web |title=A shadow on Croatia's future: Continuing impunity for war crimes and crimes against humanity |url=https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/42ae98ac0.pdf |website=refworld.org |publisher=[[Amnesty International]] |page=13 |date=13 December 2004 |access-date=24 September 2021}}</ref> while local [[Human rights defender|human rights activists]] in Croatia claim that [[Sisak killings|over 100 Serb residents of the Sisak region were killed during the entirety of the war]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pavelic |first1=Boris |title=Sisak: Witness Reported Ljubica Solar's Death |url=https://balkaninsight.com/2012/07/04/sisak-witness-reported-ljubica-solar-s-death/ |website=[[Balkan Insight]] |date=4 July 2012 |publisher=BIRN |access-date=24 September 2021}}</ref> The frontline dramatically moved eastwards as a result of [[Operation Storm]] (1995), effectively ending the war.

Sisak suffered much damage during the [[2020 Petrinja earthquake]].<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55474230 | language = en| newspaper = [[BBC]] | title = Croatia earthquake: Seven dead as rescuers search rubble for survivors | date = 30 December 2020 | access-date = 31 December 2020 }}</ref> The town, located roughly {{cvt|20|km|mi}} northeast of the epicenter, reported damage to the hospital as well as city hall and various [[Church (building)|churches]].<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/velike-stete-i-u-sisku-bolnica-je-tesko-stradala-gradonacelnica-se-slomila-potreseni-smo-15039644 | language = hr| newspaper = [[Jutarnji list]] | title = Velike štete i u Sisku, bolnica je teško stradala, gradonačelnica se slomila: 'Potreseni smo' | trans-title = Great damage also in Sisak, hospital badly damaged, mayor breaks down: 'We are shaken' | date = 29 December 2020 | access-date = 29 December 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POFMsLaa1P8| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116194738/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POFMsLaa1P8&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=2021-01-16 | url-status=dead|title=M6.4 Earthquake Hits Croatia - Dec. 29, 2020 potres u Petrinji - YouTube|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref> Most of the damage was inflicted on old buildings in the center of the town. However, early figures estimate that 700 to 1,000 homes were damaged in Sisak and nearby villages.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=U ponedjeljak navečer slabiji potres kod Velike Gorice, u Sisku i okolici oštećeno između 700 i 1000 kuća |url=https://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/snazan-potres-u-zagrebu-jako-je-zatreslo-prepala-sam-se-1456939|access-date=29 December 2020 |website=www.vecernji.hr |language=hr}}</ref>