Analiza Hrvatske države (maj-jun 1969) - organa hrvatskog narodnog odbora
The Analysis of Hrvatska država(May-June 1969) - the Organ of the Croatian People’s Committee

Summary/Abstract: The end of WWII in Yugoslavia forced members of the defeated forces to seek refuge from the strong communist regime abroad. The emigration wave that lasted for several decades led to creation of numerous communities of political emigrants from Yugoslavia in Western Europe and overseas. Yugoslav political emigrants refused to reconcile themselves to the results of the war and tried by active propaganda activities, but also by employing more radical methods, to shake the regime in Yugoslavia. In the activities of political emigrants the Yugoslav authorities saw a serious menace to the country’ s stability so that the Yugoslav secret police strove to limit the activities of the émigré organizations. One of the more active organizations of Croatian political emigrants was the Croatian People’s Committee with seats in Berlin and Munich. The organization was headed by the prominent political emigrant in the Federal Re-public of Gemany , Branko Jelić. One of the activities of the Croatian People’ s Committee was publication of the journal Hrvatska država. The article analyses the number 171-172 for May-June 1969. In the article the texts in the journal are treated as historical sources of importance for reconstruction of ideas of one of the most infl uential organizations of Croatian political emigrants. The largest part of the contents of the analyzed number of Hrvatska državaconcern the texts dedicated to the anniversary of the foundation of the Independent State of Croatia (April 10), the murder of the Ustasha veteran Maks Luburić, as well as the situation in Yugoslavia. The authors of articles were extremely critical towards the policy of the Yugoslav regime, which was in keeping with the radical views of the Croat People’s Committee. The central part of the number is devoted to the speech of the leader of the Croatian People’s Committee Branko Jelić at the celebration of the anniversary of the NDH in Munich that can be seen as the summary of the ideas and views of the organization he headed. In his speech Jelić criticized the alleged discrimination against the Croats, i.e. supremacy of the Serbs in Yugoslavia. Several texts were devoted to murders of prominent members of Croatian emigration, killed by their main rival - the Yugoslav secret police.

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