page_title: Voćin
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Voćin / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Cultural event "Voćinska kestenijada" and Catholic Church of St. Mary, Mother of God
context_page_description: Voćin is a village and municipality in western Slavonia, Croatia, located southwest of Slatina and east of Daruvar. The population of the municipality is 2,384, with 1,161 people living in Voćin itself.
context_section_description: In the late 19th and early 20th century, Voćin was part of the Virovitica County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. The church was destroyed during World War II and rebuilt in 1973.
  During the World War 2, on January 14, 1942 happened the first Voćin massacre - killing of 350 Serb civilians by the Croatian Ustaše. The massacre was carried out as retaliation for partisans' action in Papuk.
  During the Croatian War of Independence, the village's was the site of a massacre by the Serb White Eagles, who killed 43 villagers, all but one of whom were ethnic Croats. A Serb civilian who tried to protect his neighbours was the other fatality. Overnight, between 13–14 December 1991, the village's 550-year-old church was destroyed by explosive charges.
caption: Cultural event "Voćinska kestenijada"
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