After the Partisans entered Dubrovnik on 18 October 1944, they arrested more than 300 citizens.[2] 53 were executed on Daksa without trial. Exhumation and DNA analysis have confirmed the identities of 18 of these, while 35 remain unknown. The Partisans later published and distributed flyers through Dubrovnik with the words: "In the name of peoples of Yugoslavia" and "Judicial Council of the Court Martial of the Command of South Dalmatian region". The flyers contained the names of 35 people killed on that date.[citation needed]
On 19 June 2010, the remains of the executed men were re-interred.[3] The victims included a Catholic priest, Father
Petar Perica (who composed the song "Djevo Kraljice Hrvata"), and
Niko Koprivica, Dubrovnik's mayor. No one was ever tried for the executions.[4]
The list of people killed on Daksa
Tomislav Baća
Petar Barbir, typographer
Slavko Barbir, student
Boris Berković, journalist (Zagreb, 1920 - Daksa, 1944)
Marijan Blažić, prof. (St. Matthew, Kastav, March 25, 1897 - Daksa, October 25, 1944)
Ante Brešković, merchant (Nerežišća on Brač, January 1, 1912 - Daksa, October 25, 1944)