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STARČEVIĆ’S HALL IN THE VORTEX OF WAR: THE PARTY OF RIGHT’S MEMENTOS AT THE TIME OF THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF CROATIA

Summary/Abstract: In this article, the author critically analyzes some of the history of the Starčević Hall. At issue is the building which was erected at the time of the rise of modern State Right ideology in honour of Ante Starčević in order to promote the growth of national consciousness surrounding the “Father of the Homeland.” Following the opening of the Hall, due to financial problems, it soon came under the control of a joint stock corporation which managed it until the formation of the Independent State of Croatia. Despite the intricate ties between Rightism and the Ustaša movement, the new government wound up the company as soon as the issue of the relationship between the Ustaša ruling elite and the members of the one-time Croat Party of Right, which held the majority of the stock, was raised. The article shows that the leadership of the Ustaša movement considered that some members of the old Party of Right did not sufficiently assist them during the later period of the first Yugoslav state and that these individuals had made unacceptable profits off the Starčević Hall as it was an eminent national institution. Starčević Hall corporation ltd. was dissolved, and the building was turned over to the use of the leading Ustašas. The fate of this company reveals the characteristic outlines of the political culture of the early Independent State of Croatia; the tradition of the Croatian Party of Right was respected, but the fact that the Ustaša movement was the key national movement which determined the rules of behaviour in the new conditions was underscored.

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