Hercegovački franjevci i spašavanje žrtava ustaških progona u Mostaru 1941. – 1943.
HERZEGOVINIAN FRANCISCANS AND THE SAVING OF USTASHA PERSECUTION VICTIMS IN MOSTAR 1941-1943
Author(s): Hrvoje MandićSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Cultural history, Ethnohistory, Local History / Microhistory, Military history, Political history, Social history, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), History of Antisemitism
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Keywords: World War II; Mostar; Franciscans; rescue; Serbs; Jews; Croatian Peasant Party;
Summary/Abstract: The Herzegovinian Franciscans Fr Dominik Mandić, Fr Leo Petrović, and Fr Bonicije Rupčić distinguished themselves by their humanitarian and charitable role in Mostar in the period from the establishment of Independent State of Croatia (Nezavisna Država Hrvatska – NDH) in April 1941 until the capitulation of Italy in autumn 1943. The administrative structure of the Herzegovinian Franciscans guided by Bishop Alojzije Mišić publicly criticized the racial laws of the Independent State of Croatia. Fr Dominic Mandić, Fr Leo Petrović, and Fr Bonicije Rupčić, together with their fellow brothers, organized efforts to save people from the authorities of Independent State of Croatia. They thus saved many Serbs and Jews as well as members of the Croatian Peasant Party and members of the illegal People’s Liberation Movement in Mostar from persecution and death at the hands of the NDH authorities in the period from 1941 to 1943. The article is based on both published and unpublished sources.
Journal: Časopis za suvremenu povijest
- Issue Year: 48/2016
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 709-726
- Page Count: 18
- Language: Croatian