and the adjacent railway. Camp conditions and rescue efforts Despite the efforts of humanitarians such as Diana Budisavljević and others, up to 40 children died at Sisak II on some days. Food parcels sent by the Red Cross never reached the children. By late September 1942, the camp held 4,720 children. Poor sanitary conditions and lack of care resulted in a very high mortality rate among the children. Children were made to sleep on the floor, and malnutrition and dysentery were rife. Of the 162 children admitted to the City Hospital for Infectious Diseases in Zagreb over the course of 1942, 145 died. Many had previously been interned at Sisak. In August and September 1942, it is estimated that Sisak II contained 3,971 child prisoners. Some of the camp's children were killed by being given lethal injections, personally administered by Najžer. Others were killed by being fed gruel laced with caustic soda, according to survivors. One former prisoner recalled how her sister "came down with a high fever and vomiting" and died after drinking poisoned milk. NDH official Ante Dumbović authored a report in which he reported that the nuns tasked with looking after the children did not even know their names. This prompted Dumbović to place metal plates around the children's necks with their names inscribed. The poor living conditions at Sisak II shocked many observers, including Dumbović, as well as representatives of the Croatian Red Cross. Dumbović documented the conditions at Sisak with his camera, taking 755 photographs of the emaciated children, some dead or dying, and others lying naked on the floor. At the time of his inspection, Dumbović found that 956 children had died in the camp, of whom only 201 could be identified by name. Three women affiliated with the Croatian Red Cross—Jana Koch, Vera Luketić, and Luketić's mother, Dragica Habazin—visited Sisak II in September 1942 and interviewed Najžer. He denied that any of the inmates were suffering, apart from some internees at the primary school, who were described as being "sick". Many children were rescued by volunteers affiliated with the communist resistance, who found them jobs as domestic servants or farm workers. Rescuers often worked under code names in secret cells, coordinating their activities from farmhouses as well as the homes of local aristocrats. Approximately 2,200 children were resettled in Zagreb, while families from Sisak and surrounding villages sheltered 1,630 children rescued from the