Croatia and Slovenia at the End and After the Second World War (1944-1945): Mass Crimes and Human Rights Violations Committed by the Communist Regime Contributor(s): Matkovich, Blanka (Author) |
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ISBN: 1627346910 ISBN-13: 9781627346917 Publisher: Brown Walker Press (FL) OUR PRICE: $31.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Genocide & War Crimes - History | Europe - Baltic States - Political Science | Human Rights |
Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6" W x 9" (0.67 lbs) 224 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Baltic |
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Publisher Description: This book focuses on the events that took place in late 1944 and 1945 in Croatia and Slovenia when the intensity of violence was strongest. At that time, the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ), assisted by the People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav Army, the Department for the Protection of the People (OZNA) and the Corps of People's Defence of Yugoslavia (KNOJ) conducted organized terror not only by intimidation, persecution, torture and imprisonment, but also by the execution of a large number of citizens perceived by the KPJ as disloyal, passive, ideological enemies or class enemies. However, investigating war and post-war crimes committed by communist regime was not possible until 1990, after the democratic changes in Yugoslavia. This book is based on documents kept in the archives of Croatia, Slovenia, the UK, and Serbia. Many of them, especially those in Croatia, recently became available to the public, which makes them extremely valuable source of data to the academics and students in this field and which shed new light on these historical events. |
Contributor Bio(s): Matkovich, Blanka: - Blanka Matkovich graduated history and journalism at the University of Zagreb, Croatia, where she also obtained Master of Science degree in international relations and national security. Later she completed an MPhil degree in the Department of History at the University of Warwick, United Kingdom, where she was studying the war crimes and human rights violations committed by the Communist regime at the end and after the Second World War in Croatia and Slovenia. She is currently doing her Ph.D. in Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick focusing on Croatian war veterans and their role in the Croatian society after the Homeland War (1991-1995). |