Historical Context
The “Staro sajmište” concentration camp
The authentic site of the former Nazi concentration camp at Staro Sajmište in Belgrade remains a symbol of the Holocaust in Serbia. This page offers a brief overview of the site’s layered history: from the Belgrade Fair, through wartime occupation and its use as a Jewish camp and later a detention camp, followed by decades of neglect and oblivion, to the present-day Memorial Center facing immense responsibilities—along with the “Remembering Hilda Dajč” Award.
