VUKOVARSKI HRVATSKI BORAC – KATOLIČKI I USTAŠKI TJEDNIK
HRVATSKI BORAC FROM VUKOVAR – A CATHOLIC AND USTASHA WEEKLY NEWSPAPER

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, based on literature and on the content of the Vukovar weekly newspaper Hrvatski borac, the relations between Catholic priests and local Church communities and the NDH (Independent State of Croatia) and its domestic and foreign policy have been reconstructed. In this case town of Vukovar from December 1941 to mid-1942 is concerned. Furthermore, a comparative analysis of the contents of Hrvatski borac with other Catholic newspapers gives an insight into similarities and differences from their contents, allowing an inference of the extent to which this newspaper was in line with other significant Catholic periodicals. At the end of this paper, a complete bibliography of articles published in this newspaper is given. The weekly newspaper Hrvatski borac, issued in Vukovar from December 1941 to June 1942, was a political informative weekly newspaper. In its content it was no different from the way in which political occurrences were described in other newspapers of the time controlled by the regime. This refers to the approach to Jews in particular as well as to uncritical acceptance of all proceedings of Ustasha authorities. Compared to other Catholic newspapers issued in the NDH, Hrvatski borac stood out for the quality of its texts on members of the Orthodox Church converting to Catholicism.

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