Abstract
On April 6, 1941, the Axis—German, Italian, Bulgarian and Hungarian military forces- invaded, occupied and partitioned Yugoslavia. Four days later, Slavko Kvaternik, the commander of the Ustaša forces, assumed power in Zagreb and proclaimed the New Independent State of Croatia (Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH). On April 10, Ante Pavelić arrived as head of the Ustaša, who was exiled in Italy under the protection of Mussolini, since he and his followers were wanted by the governments of France and Yugoslavia, accused of plotting the assassinations of the French Prime Minister Louis Barthou and King Alexander of Yugoslavia.1 One of his first acts was to read the messages from Hitler and Mussolini recognizing the NDH.
Recommended Citation
Retchkiman, Golda
(2020)
"The Ustaše and the Roman Catholic Church in the Independent State of Croatia,"
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe: Vol. 40
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Iss.
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, Article 9.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/ree/vol40/iss1/9