Sošice is a naselje

Naselje

Naselje is a settlement in Croatia, usually translated as settlement. It is the smallest unit of Croatian territory. Individual settlements are by and large referred to as selo , while naselje is a statistical and administrative category. The units of local government in Croatia, cities and...

 (settlement) in the municipality

Municipalities of Croatia

A Municipality in Croatia is known as an općina . Though equal to Croatian Grads in administrative powers, they are usually more likely to consists of a collection of villages in more rural or suburban area, whereas Grads are more likely to cover urban area...

 of Žumberak

Žumberak (municipality)

Žumberak is a village and a municipality in Croatia in the Zagreb County. According to the 2001 census, there are 1,185 inhabitants, 95% which are Croats...

, Zagreb County

Zagreb County

Zagreb County is a county in central Croatia. It surrounds – but does not contain – the nation's capital Zagreb, which is a separate territorial unit. For that reason, it is often nicknamed "Zagreb ring"...

, Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

. According to the 2001 census, it has 99 inhabitants.

The town was an important settlement of the Greek Catholic Church in Croatia. The local parish was formed c. 1746. The parish home was burnt down along with the local school in 1942 by Yugoslav Partisans.

Jazovka

Jazovka

Jazovka is a pit in the Žumberak area of Croatia where the bodies of approximately 500 Croatian soldiers and civilians were dumped during and after the Second World War. The first victims were fascist Ustasha Croat soldiers captured by Partisan forces in 1942 in the vicinity of Krašić.Although...

, a pit which contained a mass grave from World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, is located near the settlement.