Original scientific paper
Activities of Yugoslav Communist Military Courts in Croatia at the End of World War Two and in the Postwar Period
Josip JURČEVIĆ
Katica IVANDA
Abstract
This work is the result of research of the mostly unused
archives regarding the activities of Yugoslav communist
military courts in Croatia at the end of World War Two and in
the postwar period. This topic has not been researched much
from the standpoint of history and other social sciences.
Military courts were part of the repressive system of
totalitarian communist rule fighting relentlessly against war
enemies, but also people and organisations which could
have in the future been ideological or political opponents to
communism. Most of the persons tried in court were civilians
convicted in short political trials mostly without evidence and
sentenced to death with their property taken away from
them. Yugoslav communist military courts thus belong to the
group of revolutionary courts or courts martial.
Keywords
military courts; postwar crimes; political trials; totalitarianism; communist repression
Hrčak ID:
18353
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2006.
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