Original scientific paper

ANDRIJA HEBRANG AND THE CROATIAN LEFT; 1919-1941

Nada Kisić-Kolanović ; Institute of Contemporary History, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Hebrang's political work dates back to 1919 when he formally joined the Communist Party. The First World War and Russian Revolution had a great impact on his political outlook. Life among the Zagreb working class after 1923 transformed him into a most remarkable party leader in the period 1941-48. The police were always after him as a professional revolutionary. In September 1929, he was arrested and sentenced to twelve years of imprisonment. Around the year 1935, when the struggle between various factions among communist prisoners reached its peak, Hebrang followed Tito's line supporting a unified and disciplined party against Miletić's uncompromising left direction. During the Second World War Hebrang emerged as a political leader. At the beginning of 1942 he was arrested, but by September he was released as part of an exchange of prisoners. That marked the beginning of his most successful political career, which was crowned by the nomination as the political secretary of the Communist Party of Croatia.

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Hrčak ID:

210292

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/210292

Publication date:

4.7.1994.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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