The Strange Absence of Wartime Croatia from Studies of Aryanization: Explaining a Historiographical Anomaly
The Strange Absence of Wartime Croatia from Studies of Aryanization: Explaining a Historiographical Anomaly

Summary/Abstract: This article addresses the state of historiography on aryanization in the wartime Independent State of Croatia. Through an analysis of past and current scholarship it aims better to understand why the case of Croatia has so often been absent in comparative studies of aryanization in occupied Europe. The article first examines recent scholarship on aryanization in two other South-Eastern States (Bulgaria and Romania) whose socioeconomic composition and experience of aryanization closely matches that of Croatia before considering the research on aryanization in Croatia since 1945. Then, drawing on a range of primary archival and printed sources, it provides an outline of the key characteristics of aryanization in Croatia. Finally, it suggests where research on aryanization could go in the future to ensure wartime Croatia becomes an integral part of wider discussions on the economics of the Holocaust in occupied Europe.

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