Original scientific paper

Legitimate military target or victims of crime?

Ivica Šarac ; University of Mostar, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Abstract

Were the Franciscans from Široki Brijeg killed in February 1945 while participating in the battle or the war crime was committed over them? Although at first such question seems as an inadmissibly simplified doubt, in this case there are only two possibilities indeed: were they murdered as actors in the armed conflicts or killed innocent? On the basis of available archive documents, relevant literature and witness statements the paper seeks to verify the validity of claims on (un)involvement of Franciscans in the armed conflicts in široki Brijeg from 6th to 8th February 1945.

Keywords

: Široki Brijeg; Herzegovinian Franciscans; Yugoslav Partisans; 1945

Hrčak ID:

247710

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/247710

Publication date:

8.7.2020.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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