Notes and Comments: Jasenovac and the Manipulation of History
Notes and Comments: Jasenovac and the Manipulation of History
Author(s): Ljubo BobanSubject(s): Political history, Government/Political systems, Studies in violence and power, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Fascism, Nazism and WW II, Politics of History/Memory
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: Jasenovac concentration camp; Ustaša regime; Ante Pavelić; Ustaša massacres at Jasenovac; manipulation of history; Yugoslav war losses; 1945;
Summary/Abstract: The notorious concentration camp of Jasenovac, established and run by the Ustaša regime of Ante Pavelić in wartime Croatia, has been the subject of enormous controversy in recent Yugoslav historiography. Two authors who have exercised a notably negative influence in this controversy are Vladimir Dedijer and Milan Bulajic. The purpose of this article is to disentangle some of the contradictory claims about Jasenovac and related questions that form the underbrush of historical and parahistorical literature in present-day Yugoslavia. Further, it is to establish the actual facts about the scope of Ustaša massacres at Jasenovac. Historians and the wider public need to know the truth about Jasenovac for its own sake, for the sake of appreciating the true dimensions of this human tragedy, and to prevent all manipulations of this tragedy. [...]
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 04/1990
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 580-592
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English
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