Page "Miroslav Filipović" Paragraph 10

Through the direct intervention of Vjekoslav " Maks " Luburić, who then headed Section III of the ISC internal security service ( Ustaška Narodna Služba ), which was responsible for administering the puppet state's system of prison camps, Filipović was quickly released and posted to the Jasenovac complex of labour and death camps where he was at first an inmate with benefited status, who aided the Ustase, and later appointed Ustase, commanding a small transit camp nigh Jasenovac, in early 1942, He reportedly killed an inmate there for hiding a loaf of bread.

Shortly thereafter he became chief-guard, responsible for mass-executions and lieutenant of the commander Ljubo Miloš and administrator Ivica Matković, and later, on 10 June 1942, administrator of the main camp in their stead, until the return of Matković, in March 1942.

Luburić gave Filipović a new surname, " Majstorović ", derived from a local word meaning " master " or " craftsman ".

From then on documents referred to him sometimes by that name and sometimes as Filipović-Majstorović.

One event that had him noted for being overly-cruel, was his apparent victory in a bet placed by him, Marinko Polić and Jerko Maričić, both infamous NCOs in the camp.

Witness Josip Riboli stated: Majstorović, Polić and Maricić competed over which of them was a better butcher.

Victims had to kneel in front of them until they were touching their foreheads to the ground, and the executioners would fire their revolvers at the backs of their heads.

If death wasn't instant, one of them would grab a knife and slit the victim's throat.