Goli otok (‘Naked Island’) - Rab island Croatia

 Goli otok (‘Naked Island’) -  Rab island Croatia

The island of "Goli" - "Croatian Alcatraz" - The prisoners had to do forced labour, initially in stone quarries, later also in workshops for metal and woodwork, making tiles and marble floor slabs and assembling furniture. They also constructed many of the buildings on the island themselves.

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