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HRVATSKA SELJAČKA ZAŠTITA (CROATIAN PEASANT DEFENCE) ACTIVITIES IN THE SAMOBOR AREA DURING THE SAVSKA BANOVINA PERIOD (1936 – 1939)
Danijel Vojak
; Institut društvenih znanosti "Ivo Pilar", Zagreb
Sažetak
Samobor's political history period between the two world wars was certainly marked by the significant role of Hrvatska seljačka stranka (Croatian Peasant Party) and its political representatives, such as Vladko Maček and Ljudevit Tomašić. The unsuccessful attempt at enforcing political authority through the January 6th dictatorship lasting from 1929 till the May parliamentary elections in 1935 reinforced the political activities of HSS (Hrvatska seljačka stranka) in the Samobor area. In view of such political circumstances, HSS organizes Hrvatska seljačka zaštita (Croatian Peasant Defence; further referred to as HSZ) in rural areas beginning from 1936, and Hrvatska građanska zaštita (Croatian Civil Defence; further referred to as HGZ) in urban areas, as semi-military organizations aiming to protect the work of Vladko Maček and that of HSS. The research on Samobor Zaštita's activities is limited to the period from its establishment and up to the Banovina Hrvatska period, when the altered political circumstances influenced to a great extent the state authorities’ interrelation with them in a positive way. According to existing sources, Samobor's HSZ formation begins its activities in 1936, led by Ljudevit Tomašić, Samobor's HSS people’s deputy. He organized HSZ in four Samobor municipalities, and the number of members varied between 1,000 and slightly over 2,000. Samobor's security workers mostly provided their services in public when political and social manifestations were taking place (often they were of commemorative character), and they also insisted in having the role of HSS's organizational instrument in protecting its political influence. At the same time Security workers increased their number of performed duties that could be qualified as police work and, among other things, this made ground for clashes with the Žandarmerija (the official Police). Samobor county authorities kept an eye on HSZ’s activities and in conformity with the politics of the competent authorities in Zagreb, they made efforts to stop HSS’s influence, in which they were unsuccessful due to HSS’s growing political domination. In spite of such pressure from the government authorities, the Samobor Zaštita succeeded in staying intact until the establishment of Banovina Hrvatska, when it became the official organization and extended its overall activities.
Ključne riječi
Samobor; Savska banovina; Hrvatska seljačka zaštita (Croatian Peasant Defence), Hrvatska građanska zaštita (Croatian Civil Defence)
Hrčak ID:
171213
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Datum izdavanja:
30.11.2016.
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