Original scientific paper

Vrsi under German Occupation in WWII

Marjan Diklić ; Zavod za povijesne znanosti HAZU, Zadar, Hrvatska

Abstract

The article consists of three parts. In the first part the article describes the German occupation of northern Dalmatia, including the village Vrsi and the entire Nin county, that is the Zadar - Nin area stretching to Velebit mountain, after August 8th 1943 when Italy capitulated. The author goes on to discuss in detail the participation of the people of Vrsi in the nearby partisan military units: the Blue Adriatic unit, the Ražanac-Nin navy unit and the Zadar partisan unit. The second part names those who from Vrsi joined the ustashe, the partisans and the domobrani (Home guard) formations; those killed in battle are listed as well as the civilian casualties of the war and the post-war period. The third part goes on to discuss the liberation from the Fascist-Nazi occupation, the erection of the first partisan monument in Vrsi, the partisan victory and the beginning of the Communist dictatorship.

Keywords

WWII; Vrsi; Nin; occupation; dictatorship

Hrčak ID:

48329

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/48329

Publication date:

23.11.2009.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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