"Foreign Ustashe - with fezzes on the heads" A problematic thesis on violence in the East Herzegovina during 1941 Cover Image

"Ustaše sa strane - s fesovima na glavi!" Jedna problematična teza o nasiljima u istočnoj Hercegovini 1941. godine
"Foreign Ustashe - with fezzes on the heads" A problematic thesis on violence in the East Herzegovina during 1941

Author(s): Ivica Šarac
Subject(s): History, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Mostaru - Studij povijesti i Hrvatski institut za povijest - Zagreb
Keywords: East Herzegovina; violence; civil victims; ethnic cleansing; Ustashe; gendarmes; Domobrani; Muslim militia;

Summary/Abstract: The article seeks to test a thesis - that was set during the Second World War and gradually grew into an unquestionable fact in a part of historiographical literature - "foreign Ustashe", primarily those from the western parts of Herzegovina, were the most responsible for crimes committed over Serbian-Orthodox community in the East Herzegovina during 1941. The article is composed of two parts: analytical elaboration in the first part and appendices containing extracts from documents of the District Court in Mostar.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 323-382
  • Page Count: 60
  • Language: Croatian