▁purpose ▁was ▁to ▁phys ically ▁eliminate ▁any ▁potential ▁political ▁opposition , ▁on ▁the ▁pre text ▁of ▁collaboration ▁with ▁the ▁enemy . ▁The ▁Y ug oslav ▁National ▁Army ▁executed ▁more ▁than ▁ 8 0 , 0 0 0 — most ly ▁Cro at , ▁German , ▁and ▁Sloven e — pr ison ers ▁in ▁the ▁Cel je ▁area , ▁without ▁any ▁jud icial ▁process . ▁The ▁bodies ▁were ▁buried ▁in ▁hidden ▁mass ▁gra ves ▁in ▁Cel je ; ▁the ▁exact ▁number ▁is ▁still ▁not ▁known . ▁At ▁the ▁nearby ▁concentration ▁camp ▁at ▁Te har je , ▁some ▁ 5 , 0 0 0 ▁Sloven ians , ▁hundreds ▁of ▁them ▁min ors , ▁were ▁murder ed ▁within ▁two ▁months ▁after ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁war , ▁again ▁without ▁trial . ▁Furthermore , ▁refuge e ▁trains ▁carrying ▁German ▁civ ili ans ▁from ▁the ▁R ann ▁triangle ▁area ▁were ▁halt ed ▁near ▁Cel je ▁on ▁ 5 ▁August ▁ 1 9 4 5 ▁and ▁their ▁passengers ▁sent ▁to ▁a ▁concentration ▁camp ▁at ▁Te har je . ▁After ▁the ▁camp ▁was ▁closed ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 0 , ▁the ▁local ▁authorities ▁established ▁a ▁large ▁industrial ▁dump ▁over ▁the ▁gra vey ard ▁there , ▁conce aling ▁the ▁evidence ▁of ▁kill ings ▁under ▁a ▁m ound ▁of ▁to xic ▁waste . ▁In ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 7 0 s , ▁ 3 0 ▁years ▁after ▁cr imes , ▁the ▁local ▁authorities ▁built ▁pr esch ools , ▁schools , ▁a partment ▁blocks , ▁h alls ▁and ▁other ▁structures ▁on