Karapandža is a Serbian surname derived from a type of "bogeyman" found in Southeast European folklore. Etymologically, it is Ottoman Turkish in origin and literally means "black claw" — see Karakoncolos.
The Jasenovac concentration camp had individual murder victims identified with the surname Karapandža, from Gornja Trebinja, Jazavica and Majske Poljane and from Kupinečki Kraljevec.[1]
- People
- Stevo Karapandža (born 1947), a popular celebrity chef in former Yugoslavia.
- Petar Karapandža (1700s), Habsburg painter and monk[2]
See also
References
- "JUSP Jasenovac - SURVEY AND SEARCH OF THE LIST OF INDIVIDUAL VICTIMS OF JASENOVAC CONCENTRATION CAMP".
- Sakcinski, Ivan Kukuljević (1858), Slovnik umjetnikah jugoslavenskih, p. 133,
Karapandža Petar, slikar i redovnik sv. Franje. U vrieme carice Marije Terezije biaše vojnički kapelan. Od njega nalazi se u Živogošću, kod Makarske u Dalmaciji, u monastirskoj crkvi sv. križa, slika Marije s Isusom. Hvar. H. Sabljara zapuci.