Goli Otok

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Goli Otok is a barren, uninhabited Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, historically known for its former political prison camp during the Yugoslav era.

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Goli Otok canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former prison camp site
island
uninhabited island
accessibleBy boat
administrativeUnit Municipality of Lopar
associatedWith Tito–Stalin split
Yugoslav political prisons
climate Mediterranean climate
coastlineType rocky
country Croatia
currentUse memorial site
tourist destination
formerFunction high-security prison
penal labor site
governingStateDuringCamp Yugoslavia
surface form: Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia
surface form: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
hasRemainsOf abandoned prison buildings
guard facilities
quarries
hasStatus uninhabited
heritage site of human rights abuses
historicalPeriodOfNotoriety Informbiro period
inhabited no
languageOfToponym Croatian
locatedIn Adriatic Sea
Kvarner Gulf
Gulf of Trieste
surface form: northern Adriatic Sea
memorialization subject of museums and exhibitions
nameMeaning barren island
near island of Rab
island of Sveti Grgur
notableFor harsh prison conditions
imprisonment of political dissidents
political repression
partOf Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
politicalEra Yugoslav era
primarilyHeld Cominform supporters
pro-Stalin
surface form: Stalinists

political opponents of Tito
prisonCampClosed late 1980s
prisonCampOpened late 1940s
region Croatian Littoral
terrain barren
tourismType dark tourism
usedAs labor camp
political prison camp
usedBy Yugoslavia
surface form: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Yugoslav secret police
vegetation sparse

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