Original scientific paper
CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF CROATIA
Jure Krišto
; Institute of Contemporary History, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The standard view of Croatian and Yugoslav historiography holds that the Catholic Church in the Independent State of Croatia (1941-1945) and in general collaborated with the Ustaša regime and supported its policies of persecutions and forced conversions. The author submits those assessments to a critical review, reexamining the documents and their standard interpretations. He concludes that a major reassessment of historiography regarding the role of the Church during the war is needed. While only pointing to major misrepresentations, the author provides basic elements for a new evaluation of the Church's role in political turmoil during the World War II.
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Hrčak ID:
213628
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Publication date:
5.5.1996.
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