Professional paper
TESTIMONY GIVEN BY JANKO TORTIĆ ABOUT CROATIAN PEASANT PARTY AND THE EVENTS IN APRIL 1941
Jere Jareb
; Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The author publishes an unknown document of Janko Tortić (1902-1962), Croatian Peasant Party member of the parliament. Since 1927 Tortić was the leader of intelligence office of the main secretariate of Croatian Peasant Party and the editor of the Party newspaper. After the putsch of general Simović he participated in creating the independent Croatian state. During the war he collaborated with the Independent State of Croatia's authorities. Owing to his activity, many followers of the Croatian Peasant Party joined the Ustasha movement, and Tortić himself became a member of the government. After the World War Two he emigrated to the USA, where he died. Tortić's document is important for the research work on the activity of Croatian Peasant Party, especially the events which occurred immediately before the establishment of the Independent State of Croatia. The document is provided with an introduction and the notes.
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214003
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Publication date:
4.12.1997.
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