Original scientific paper
CRIMES OF THE 8TH DALMATIAN CORPUS FORMATIONS OF NOVJ IN HERZEGOVINA AT THE BEGINNING OF 1945
Blanka Matković
orcid.org/0000-0003-0319-4907
; Zagreb
Abstract
Formations of the 9th, 19th and 26th Dalmatian division of the 8th corpus
made many war crimes on Herzegovinian Croats before, during and after
Mostar operation, i.e. joint activities of formations of the 8th Dalmatian
corpus and 29th Herzegovinian division of the 2nd NOVJ corpus. Those victims
were soldiers, civilians and priests most of whom were killed and buried
in Herzegovina, but part of them was taken to Croatia and killed at
the Dalmatian battlefields near Vrgorac and Zagvozd. The article analyzes
familiar data about these events and updates them with unpublished
documents from archive funds which are today kept in the National Archives
in London, Croatian state archive in Zagreb and State archive in
Split because of identifying formations responsible for certain crimes.
Keywords
Second World War; Herzegovina; Dalmatia; 8th Dalmatian corpus of NOVJ, war crimes
Hrčak ID:
229843
URI
Publication date:
7.12.2011.
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