Pregledni rad
The Ustasha Youth in Dubrovnik in 1941 in the Light of the Official Journal "Hrvatski narod"
Franko Mirošević
; Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The organisation of the Ustasha youth (Ustaška mladež) in Dubrovnik started operating immediately after the founding of the Independent State of Croatia. The leaders believed the Ustasha youth to be the main strength and chief support of the Independent State of Croatia, and educated them in the spirit of the Ustasha movement. Every member of the Ustasha youth was educated in such a manner as to become a new person, who would think in the Ustasha manner, have a nationalist soul, an Ustasha heart and share the Leader’s (Poglavnik’s) idea. The purpose of the Ustasha youth organisation was to create a powerful nationalist and social youth that would become the holder of the state idea and the state itself. The foundations upon which the education was based were: physical practice, military training, the Ustasha ideology, severe discipline, and the loyalty to the Leader Ante Pavelić. The organisational structure of the Ustasha youth was built upon the principles and provisions of the Constitution of the Ustasha revolutionary organisation of 1932 consisting of the headquarters and camps; it was divided into the male and the female organisation. The structure was legalised in November 1941, although it had operated since the founding of the Independent State of Croatia. It included ages from 7 to 21, and was divided in: the chief support, the Ustasha heroes, Starčević’s Ustasha youth, and the academic youth. The organisation of the Ustasha youth in Dubrovnik had – by the end of 1941 – developed the following activities: propaganda-related, active working, educational, cultural, military, etc. The organisation did not succeed in the attempt to broaden its branches outside Dubrovnik, to other parts of Župa Dubrava. The leaders of the organisation in Dubrovnik were Dr. Marinko Skatolini and Dolores Bracanović.
Ključne riječi
Dubrovnik; the Independent State of Croatia; the Ustasha youth (Ustaška mladež); the official journal "Hrvatski narod"; 1941
Hrčak ID:
94495
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Datum izdavanja:
29.12.2012.
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