By seizing Mostar, the Yugoslav National Liberation Army (NOVJ) established control over the lower course of the Neretva River and achieved one of two preconditions for establishing a revolutionary ...communist government in the area. The second precondition was dealing with all potential political opponents in Mostar. The problem of the suffering of the Croatian population in February and the immediate aftermath of 1945 in Mostar has not been sufficiently investigated. The Communist authorities deliberately neglected the Croatian civilian casualties in February and the aftermath of 1945 with the help of regime historiography. The paper is a contribution to the research on the Croatian victims in Mostar. The paper uses descriptions, historical-narrative method, content analysis method, counting/enumeration method, and oral history method. By implementing the method of division and liquidation, the Department for People’s Protection (OZNA) and the People’s Defence Corps of Yugoslavia (KNOJ) committed a systematic series of murders of Croatian civilians and members of the Independent State of Croatia’s (NDH) armed forces in Mostar, in February and the immediate aftermath of 1945. The largest execution sites of murdered civilians and soldiers are located under the partisan monument in Mostar, in the Novakuša Cave towards Nevesinje, and the Radimlja site near Stolac.
Zauzimanjem Mostara NOVJ je uspostavio nadzor nad donjim tokom rijeke Neretve i ostvario jedan od dvaju preduvjeta za uspostavu revolucionarne komunističke vlasti na tom prostoru. Drugi preduvjet bio ...je obračun sa svim potencijalnim političkim protivnicima, odnosno klasnim neprijateljima u Mostaru. Problematika stradanja hrvatskoga stanovništva u veljači i neposrednom poraću 1945. godine u Mostaru nedovoljno je istražena. Komunističke vlasti svjesno su zanemarivale hrvatske civilne žrtve u veljači i poraću 1945. s pomoću režimske historiografije. Rad predstavlja doprinos istraživanju hrvatskih žrtava u Mostaru. U radu je korištena deskripcija, povijesno-narativna metoda, metoda analize sadržaja, metoda brojenja/nabrajanja i metoda oralne (usmene) povijesti. OZNA i KNOJ počinili su planski, provedbom metode razdavanja i likvidacije, niz ubojstava hrvatskoga stanovništva i pripadnika oružanih snaga NDH-a u Mos-taru u veljači te neposrednom poraću 1945. godine. Najveća stratišta pobijenih civila i vojnika nalaze se ispod partizanskoga spomenika u Mostaru, u jami Novakuša prema Nevesinju i lokalitetu Radimlja kod Stoca.
By seizing Mostar, the Yugoslav National Liberation Army (NOVJ) established control over the lower course of the Neretva River and achieved one of two preconditions for establishing a revolutionary communist government in the area. The second precondition was dealing with all potential political opponents in Mostar. The problem of the suffering of the Croatian population in February and the immediate aftermath of 1945 in Mostar has not been sufficiently investigated. The Communist authorities deliberately neglected the Croatian civilian casualties in February and the aftermath of 1945 with the help of regime historiography. The paper is a contribution to the research on the Croatian victims in Mostar. The paper uses descriptions, historical-narrative method, content analysis method, count-ing/enumeration method, and oral history method. By implementing the method of division and liquidation, the Department for People’s Protection (OZNA) and the People’s Defence Corps of Yugoslavia (KNOJ) committed a systematic series of murders of Croatian civilians and members of the Independent State of Croatia’s (NDH) armed forces in Mostar, in February and the immediate aftermath of 1945. The largest execution sites of murdered civilians and soldiers are located under the partisan monument in Mostar, in the Novakuša Cave towards Nevesinje, and the Radimlja site near Stolac.
Autori u radu, pozivajući se na izvorno gradivo Sveučilišta u Zagrebu i mjerodavnu literaturu, govore o ulozi podvornika i pedela na Kraljevskom sveučilištu u Zagrebu. Podvornici su kao sveučilišni ...administrativni službenici bili nezaobilazni za održavanje sveučilišne zgrade, a pedel je bio zadužen za poslove u pisarnici i razne sveučilišne ceremonije poput inauguracije rektora, doktorskih promocija i raznih državnih procesija poput tijelovske, kad je stupao u svečanom odijelu. Uvjet za stjecanje radnoga mjesta sveučilišnoga podvornika i pedela bila je dugogodišnja vojnička služba s činom dočasnika Kraljevskoga ugarsko-hrvatskog domobranstva. U radu je analizirana uloga i djelovanje pedelske odnosno podvorničke službe na Kraljevskom sveučilištu Franje Josipa I. u Zagrebu od 1874. do 1918. godine.
This paper discusses the significance of the valets and the janitor at the Royal University of Francis Joseph I in Zagreb, based on original material from the University of Zagreb and relevant scholarly literature. While the valets were administrative officers essential for the maintenance of the university building, the janitor was responsible for office work and various university ceremonies, such as the inauguration of the rector, doctoral promotions, and state processions (e.g. Corpus Christi), during which he wore a formal suit. To qualify for the position of the university janitor, one had to have long-term military service with the rank of non-commissioned officer in the Royal Hungarian-Croatian Home Guard. The paper analyses the role and operation of the janitorial office at the Royal University of Francis Joseph I in Zagreb from 1874 to 1918.
The authors analyze events that have occurred in the municipality of Konjic throughout the March and April of 1993. Special emphasis was placed on crimes committed against the Croatian population of ...that municipality. In the early morning of April 16, 1993, Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) committed a war crime in the northern Herzegovinian village of Trusina, where 22 Croatian civilians and captured Croatian Defence Council (HVO) soldiers were killed. This crime was the result of a previously planned attack by the Army of BiH on the Croatian population and the HVO in the Konjic municipality, which began on April 14, 1993. The main attacking forces of the Army of BiH on the village Trusina on April 16, 1993, were members of the Zulfikar Special Purposes Detachment . They were under the direct command of the Supreme Command Staff (SVC) (i.e., General Staff of the Army of BiH) from their formation to just a few days before the crime in Trusina was committed. They have then become an integral part of the 1st Corps of the Army of BiH based in Sarajevo. As an integral part of the 1st Corps, members of the Zulfikar Special Purposes Detachment became the main perpetrators of a previously planned attack and war crime against the Croatian population of Trusina.
The authors analyze events that have occurred in the municipality of Konjic throughout the March and April of 1993. Special emphasis was placed on crimes committed against the Croatian population of ...that municipality. In the early morning of April 16, 1993, Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) committed a war crime in the northern Herzegovinian village of Trusina, where 22 Croatian civilians and captured Croatian Defence Council (HVO) soldiers were killed. This crime was the result of a previously planned attack by the Army of BiH on the Croatian population and the HVO in the Konjic municipality, which began on April 14, 1993. The main attacking forces of the Army of BiH on the village Trusina on April 16, 1993, were members of the Zulfikar Special Purposes Detachment . They were under the direct command of the Supreme Command Staff (SVC) (i.e., General Staff of the Army of BiH) from their formation to just a few days before the crime in Trusina was committed. They have then become an integral part of the 1st Corps of the Army of BiH based in Sarajevo. As an integral part of the 1st Corps, members of the Zulfikar Special Purposes Detachment became the main perpetrators of a previously planned attack and war crime against the Croatian population of Trusina.
The Herzegovinian Franciscans Fr Dominik Mandić, Fr Leo Petrović, and Fr Bonicije Rupčić distinguished themselves by their humanitarian and charitable role in Mostar in the period from the ...establishment of Independent State of Croatia (Nezavisna Država Hrvatska – NDH) in April 1941 until the capitulation of Italy in autumn 1943. The administrative structure of the Herzegovinian Franciscans guided by Bishop Alojzije Mišić publicly criticized the racial laws of the Independent State of Croatia. Fr Dominic Mandić, Fr Leo Petrović, and Fr Bonicije Rupčić, together with their fellow brothers, organized efforts to save people from the authorities of Independent State of Croatia. They thus saved many Serbs and Jews as well as members of the Croatian Peasant Party and members of the illegal People’s Liberation Movement in Mostar from persecution and death at the hands of the NDH authorities in the period from 1941 to 1943. The article is based on both published and unpublished sources.
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