Original scientific paper
Garešnica and the Garešnica region in World War II (1941–1945)
Željko Karaula
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Abstract
At the beginning of World War II and the collapse
of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the Ustasha regime of the
newly established puppet Croatian state began persecuting
the Serbian and Jewish population in the
Garešnica area. In December 1941, the partisan organization
began, with the merger of the Garešnica and
Čazma groups into the Kasim Čehaić Platoon with a
total of 48 partisans (29 Croats, 10 Serbs and others).
The uprising was led mainly by pre-war communists
organised in two units: one for the western part of
Moslavina (Ivanić-Grad and Čazma) and the other for
the eastern part (Garešnica). By the middle of 1942, the
national liberation movement under communist leadership
in this area had significantly developed. The paper
also shows the organization of the Ustasha movement
in the Garešnica area and the conflicts between the
Ustasha soldiers, the Home Guard of the Independent
State of Croatia and the Germans with the Partisan
units. The people were divided between the Ustasha,
Home Guard and Partisan units. The paper provides an
overview of the activities of the Croatian Peasant Party
in that area and its split between the Ustasha and Partisan
movements. With the victory of the Partisan movement
under the leadership of the Communist Party of
Yugoslavia, the new state introduced a communist system.
Keywords
Independent State of Croatia; pogrom; Ustasha soldiers; Partisan movement; Croatian Peasant Party
Hrčak ID:
333965
URI
Publication date:
22.7.2025.
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