Jesu li Hrvati postali Goti? Odnos ustaša i vlasti Nezavisne Države Hrvatske prema neslavenskim teorijama o podrijetlu Hrvata
DID THE CROATS BECOME GOTHS? HOW THE USTASHA AND THE AUTHORITIES OF THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF CROATIA (NEZAVISNA DRŽAVA HRVATSKA, NDH) TREATED NONSLAVI

Summary/Abstract: The article is dealing with claims that non-Slavic theories of the origins of Croats were allegedly an integral part of Ustasha ideology and served as such for the alleged Ustasha denial of Croatian Slavic character. In order to address this, the author analyzed numerous publications published in the NDH. There is no doubt that the content of some publications contained official views of the NDH regime and the ruling Ustasha Movement on the problem of the origins of the Croats. School textbooks, an anthology titled Naša domovina (Our Homeland) and Ustaški godišnjak 1943. (Ustasha Almanac 1943) could be characterized as such publications. If non-Slavic theories were really an integral and important part of Ustasha ideology, it would be reasonable to assume that they would be treated as such in the above-mentioned publications. In a case such as, the denial of the Croatian Slavic character would be hyphenated. However, the content of the analyzed publications does not support any claim of that kind. The Slavic character and origin of the Croats was mentioned as a fact on numerous pages of those publications. It is true that the NDH regime and Ustaški movement were not eager to emphasize that fact, but this however does not support some claims that non-Slavic theories served the purpose of an alleged Ustasha denial of the Slavic origin of the Croats.

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