Dinko Šakić
| Dinko Šakić | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Dinko Ljubomir Šakić |
| Nickname(s) | Ljubo |
| Born |
8 September 1921 Studenci, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
| Died | 20 July 2008 (aged 86) Zagreb, Croatia |
| Allegiance |
 Independent State of Croatia
|
| Service/branch | Ustaše Supervisory Service (UNS) |
| Years of service | 1941–1945 |
| Commands held | Jasenovac concentration camp |
| Battles/wars | World War II in Yugoslavia |
| Spouse(s) | Nada Luburić (1943–2008; his death) |
Dinko Šakić (8 September 1921 – 20 July 2008) was a Croatian fascist leader who commanded the Jasenovac concentration camp in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) from April to November 1944, during World War II. Born in the village of Studenci, near the town of Ljubuški in what was then the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, he became a member of the fascist Ustaše at a young age. When the Axis powers occupied the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in April 1941, Šakić, aged 19, joined the administration in Jasenovac. He became the camp's assistant commander the following year, and married Nada Luburić, the half-sister of concentration camp commander Vjekoslav "Maks" Luburić, in 1943. This marriage, as well as his fanatic support for Ustaše leader Ante Pavelić, led to Šakić's appointment as commander of Jasenovac in April 1944. He was charged in the deaths of an estimated 2,000 people who died during his six months of command at the concentration camp.
In 1945, Šakić and his wife fled the Independent State of Croata alongside other Ustaše officials following the collapse of the NDH and Nazi Germany. They emigrated to Argentina in 1947, where Šakić started a textile business, was an active member of the country's 10,000-strong Croat community, and became friends with Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner.
He lived an otherwise quiet life and made no effort to hide his identity. In 1990, the Feral Tribune interviewed Šakić for a magazine article and published his picture. Šakić met Croatian President Franjo Tuđman at a reception in Buenos Aires during the latter's visit to Argentina in 1994 and was interviewed by a Croatian publication called Magazin soon afterwards. He stated in the interview that he wished more Serbs had been killed in Jasenovac, saying that he would "do it all again" and added that he "slept like a baby".
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