Bleiburg and Croatian Political Emigration – Commemorations, Interpretations and Use in Anti-Yugoslav Propaganda Cover Image

Bleiburg and Croatian Political Emigration – Commemorations, Interpretations and Use in Anti-Yugoslav Propaganda
Bleiburg and Croatian Political Emigration – Commemorations, Interpretations and Use in Anti-Yugoslav Propaganda

Author(s): Wollfy Krašić
Subject(s): History, Diplomatic history, Local History / Microhistory
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Massacre in Bleiburg; Way of the Cross; commemoration; the Independent State of Croatia; Yugoslavia; Croatian political emigration

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents forms of commemoration of the Bleiburg tragedy and the Way of the Cross in the communities of Croatian political refugees in the West and different interpretations of the mentioned events. It also analyzes some cases in which the world public was made aware of the massacres committed by communist Yugoslavia, as well as forms of repression and diplomatic pressure by the Yugoslav authorities to prevent commemorations in Bleiburg.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 31
  • Page Range: 47-79
  • Page Count: 33
  • Language: English