Vukašin Mandrapa


Saint Vukašin Mandrapa , also known as Vukašin of Klepci is a saint and a martyr of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
His surname and place of birth are disputed. Several sources claim his surname was actually Toholj, and some claim he was from the village of Lokve and not Klepci. The years of his death is also disputed, as either 1942 or 1943. According to one story, Vukašin was a farmer and merchant, born in Klepci.
He and his family lived in Sarajevo and then returned to Klepci, but were arrested and sent to the Independent State of Croatia's Jasenovac death camp. Mandara was listed among the victims of Jasenovac in 2007 by the Serbian Fond for the Research of Genocide in Jasenovac.
According to testimony given in 1970 by neuropsychiatrist Nede Zec who was detained in Jasenovac, Mandrapa was singled out by a Croatian Ustaše, surnamed Friganović, who had observed his stoic behavior during the forced labor days and the slaughter of prisoners at night. Mandrapa is held to have been mutilated, tortured, and murdered, reportedly after repeatedly refusing to praise Ustaše leader Ante Pavelić.