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Village in Syrmia, Croatia

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Coordinates: 45°13′54″N 19°1′40″E / 45.23167°N 19.02778°E / 45.23167; 19.02778
Country	Croatia
Region	Syrmia (Podunavlje)
County	Vukovar-Syrmia
Municipality	Tompojevci
Area ^[1]
• Total	17.1 km² (6.6 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]
• Total	277
• Density	16.2/km² (42.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	CEST

Berak is a village in municipality of Tompojevci in eastern Croatia. Village is located 11 km from county seat Vukovar.

First written records about Berak comes from 15th century when village was known under names Perecke and Perethe.^[3] Following Ottoman retreat from the region, the Lordship of Vukovar was established, and the village became part of its domain.^[4]

There is an ossuary from the period of World War II with the bones of Yugoslav Partisans and Italian resistance movement fighters from the time of Syrmian Front.^[5] Ossuary was built in 1966 and inscription on it state "For the eternal glory to the fallen fighters" together with the names of the famous fighters from the Republic of Serbia, the Republic of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Macedonia and the Republic of Italy.^[5]

It played a huge role in the Log Revolution during the breakup of Yugoslavia.

Serb forces captured and occupied Berak in September 1991. From September until December 1991, dozens of Croat civilians were killed by Serb forces, while others were tortured, raped and expelled from the village.

References

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↑ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
↑ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
↑ "Općina Tompojevci-Berak". Retrieved 16 June 2015.
↑ Mažuran, Ive (1993). "Vlastelinstvo Vukovar". In Vladimir Stipetić (ed.). Stanovništvo i vlastelinstva u Slavoniji 1736. godine i njihova ekonomska podloga (in Croatian). Osijek, Croatia: Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts: Institute for Scientific Work Osijek. pp. 169–253. ISBN 953-154-000-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
1 2 "Generalni konzulat Republike Srbije u Vukovaru". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Serbia). Retrieved 25 August 2017.

v t e Tompojevci Municipality
Settlements	Tompojevci (seat) Berak Bokšić Čakovci Grabovo Mikluševci
Attractions	Church of the Presentation of Mary, Čakovci Church of St. Nicholas, Mikluševci Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Mikluševci Vukovar Plateau
History	Lordship of Vukovar
Neighboring towns and municipalities	Vukovar Negoslavci Bogdanovci Stari Jankovci Nijemci Tovarnik Lovas

v t e Villages of Vukovar-Syrmia County
Villages administered as part of cities	Lipovača Sotin Grabovo (part) Mirkovci Bapska Mohovo Šarengrad Komletinci
Villages serving as municipal seat (other villages in municipality)	Andrijaševci Rokovci Babina Greda Bogdanovci Petrovci Svinjarevci Borovo Bošnjaci Cerna Šiškovci Drenovci Đurići Posavski Podgajci Račinovci Rajevo Selo Gradište Gunja Ivankovo Prkovci Retkovci Jarmina Lovas Opatovac Markušica Gaboš Karadžićevo Ostrovo Podrinje Negoslavci Nijemci Apševci Banovci Donje Novo Selo Đeletovci Lipovac Podgrađe Vinkovački Banovci Nuštar Cerić Marinci Privlaka Stari Jankovci Novi Jankovci Orolik Slakovci Srijemske Laze Stari Mikanovci Novi Mikanovci Štitar Tompojevci Berak Bokšić Čakovci Grabovo (part) Mikluševci Tordinci Antin Korođ Mlaka Antinska Tovarnik Ilača Trpinja Bobota Bršadin Ćelije Ludvinci Pačetin Vera Vođinci Vrbanja Soljani Strošinci

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