Vukašin Mandrapa

Vukašin Mandrapa (Serbian Cyrillic: Вукашин Мандрапа; died 1942/43) is a saint and a martyr of the Serbian Orthodox Church canonized as Saint Vukašin of Klepci (Свети Вукашин из Клепаца).

Vukašin Mandrapa
Fresco of Vukašin Jasenovački in Saint Sava Temple in Belgrade
BornUnknown
Klepci, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Died1942/1943
Jasenovac, Independent State of Croatia
Canonized1998

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.[1]

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. Mandrapa 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 (first name Josip or Mile), who had observed his stoic behavior during the forced labor days and the slaughter of prisoners at night.[2]

Friganović attempted to compel the man to bless the Ustaše leader Ante Pavelić, which the old man refused to do, even after Friganović had cut off both his ears and nose after each refusal. Ultimately, he cut out the old man's eyes, tore out his heart, and slashed his throat. This incident was witnessed by Dr Nikolić.[3]

References
  1. Miletić, Antun. "Zver umorna od klanja!", novosti.rs; accessed 16 April 2018. (in Serbian)
  2. "New Martyr Vukašin of Klepci", pemptousia.com; accessed 16 April 2018.
  3. Avro Manhattan, The Vatican's Holocaust, p. 48.


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