A USEFUL FORGERY: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A LETTER ALLEGEDLY WRITTEN BY ARCHBISHOP STEPINAC TO THE POPE ON MAY 18, 1943
A USEFUL FORGERY: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A LETTER ALLEGEDLY WRITTEN BY ARCHBISHOP STEPINAC TO THE POPE ON MAY 18, 1943
Author(s): Jure KrištoSubject(s): History, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Keywords: Stepinac; forged letter; court hearing; Serbian Orthodox Church; religious conversions; Chetniks; war crimes;
Summary/Abstract: Archbishop Stepinac resolutely denied in the court hearing that he was the author of the letter in question, and his attorney indicated some crucial elements proving that it was a forgery. In addition to explaining the purpose and the peculiarities of this letter for the first time, this paper shows that the letter is actually very useful for historiography, because the author or several authors behind it analysed the war situation in the second half of 1943 by referring to relevant historical sources.
Journal: Review of Croatian History
- Issue Year: XIV/2018
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 295-320
- Page Count: 26
- Language: English
