added May 19, 2004
Pavelic: Ten Years Struggle in the Homeland
January 9-13, 1999: Lengthy excerpts from one of Pavelic's autobiographies, as serialized in a right-wing Croatian paper in 1999
News Excerpt: Croat Leader in Hospital
February 18, 1939: New York Times report on the hunger strike of Ustase leader Branimir Jelic in the United States
News Excerpt: Dr. Jelic Wins in Court
July 18, 1939: New York Times report on Branimir Jelic's release from prison by court order
Pavelic's Radio Address to Croatia
April 5, 1941: Excerpt from a radio speech Pavelic broadcast into Croatia on the eve of war, urging the Croatian people to "cleanse" the land of enemies
Comparison Between Nazi and Ustase Racial Decrees
1941: Comparison between the decrees passed in Germany and the NDH giving precise definition to who was and was not Jewish
Stepinac's Letter on the Resettlement of Slovene Monks
October 3, 1941: Letter from Stepinac to Ante Pavelic on Slovene monks taking over the cathedral of exiled Serb Orthodox clergy
Proposal for Decoration for Nada Luburic
1944: Proposal for a decoration for Nada Luburic, future wife of Jasenovac commandant Dinko Sakic, for bravery
Decoration for Nada Luburic, Maja Buzdon, etc.
1944: Order signed by Ante Pavelic himself bestowing a military decoration on female concentration camp guards at Stara Gradiska
US Army File: Dr. DRAGANOVIC' Krunoslav
Unknown: Information on Draganovic, Austria, Pavelic, the Vatican and the Krizari
US Army File: Background Material on Krunoslav Draganovic
October 10, 1946: One of the first and most crucial extant files tracing Krunoslav Draganovic's role in the Ratline
US Treasury: The Bigelow Memo
October 21, 1946: Report from Emerson Bigelow on the fate of the wartime Ustase treasury
FBI File: Croatian Terrorism Investigation
April 19, 1983: Heavily redacted FBI file outlining a new Odpor bomb threat and new recruiting efforts for bomb-makers
FBI File: Rumored Arrests in Germany
February 7, 1984: Report from an FBI field office on reported arrests of Odpor activists in Germany in connection with the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics
News Excerpt: Hijacker Recaptured After Prison Escape
April 19, 1987: News excerpt on Odpor hijacker Zvonko Busic's escape from prison
News Excerpt: Escaped Terrorist Captured
April 18, 1987: UPI news report on the recapture of Zvonko Busic
FBI File: An Interview with Miro Baresic
Februay 17, 1988: Translated interview with freed Odpor terrorist Miro Baresic and a Chicago radio station
added February 19
News: Victor Gutic's Visit to Petricevac
May 16, 1941: Eleven days before murdering the Orthodox Bishop of Banja Luka, Ustase prefect Victor Gutic visits the Franciscan monastery at Petricevac
Letter: Rusinovic on Meeting with Cardinal Tisserant
March 6, 1942: Letter from the NDH ambassador to the Vatican on a stormy meeting with Vatican official Cardinal Eugene Tisserant
Stepinac's Address to Pius XII
May 18, 1943: Aide-mémoire by Stepinac personally delivered to Pope Pius XII at their later meeting
Appeal of Angelo Maric (Australia)
August 8, 1978: Decision by the High Court of Australia on the conviction of Odpor member Angelo Maric for several 1972 Sydney bombings
Announcement Dissolving the Croatian Revolutionary Brotherhood
September 15, 2000: Unverified communique issued by "main revolutionary hq" dissolving the Croatian Revolutionary Brotherhood
added February 12
Letter: Lobkowicz on February 1943 Meeting with the Pope
February 9, 1943: Letter from the NDH's ambassador to the Vatican detailing his interview with Pope Pius XII
Letter: Lobkowicz on Meeting with Cardinal Spellman
March 6, 1943: Letter from the NDH ambassador to the Vatican on a meeting with New York Cardinal Spellman at the height of the war
Letter: Lobkowicz on Stepinac's Meeting with the Pope
June 10, 1943: Letter from the NDH ambassador to the Vatican describing the general impression among Vatican officials of Stepinac's second interview with the Pope
Letter: Lobkowicz on July 1943 Meeting with the Pope
July 13, 1943: Letter from the NDH ambassador to the Vatican on a July meeting with the Pope
FBI Tracing Report on the Murder Weapon Used to Kill Anthony Cikoja
September 28, 1981: Copy of the FBI tracing report on one of the two murders of Croatian immigrants in the United States which Odpor was convicted of carrying out
News: Canadian Among Croatian Group Charged with Violent Criminal Operation
February 19, 1982: UPI article laying out the prosecution's opening argument in the Second Otpor RICO Trial in New York City
added February 6
News: Speech by Minister Milovan Zanic
June 3, 1941: Excerpt from a speech by the Ustase minister exhorting the audience to "cleanse" Croatia of Serbs - and adding that it was state policy to do so.
Pastoral Letter from Archbishop Stepinac
April 28, 1941: The full text of Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac's exhortation for priests to participate fully in the work of the Independent State of Croatia
Letter: Bishop Aksamovic on Prayer for the "Crusade War"
September 24, 1941: Letter from the Bishop of Djakovo calling on Croats to pray for a quick end to the war after the Nazi invasion of the USSR - and honoring Pavelic and Hitler
News: In the Sign of Sacrifice
April 27, 1941: Excerpt from an article by Father Franjo Kralik praising the work done by Dr. Ivan Merz's Croatian youth group as being in line with the "spiritual program of the Ustase"
News: Two Odpor Agents Convicted of Terrorism
December 1, 1978: Two Odpor agents are found guilty on federal charges following a bungled raid on the Yugoslav consulate in Chicago
added January 28
added December 8
Crimes in the Jasenovac Camp
1946: Official comprehensive report by the State Commission in Croatia documenting crimes committed by the Ustase in the Jasenovac concentration camp
added November 26
The Ustase Croatian Liberation Movement
1997: English translation of Croatian Liberation Movement (HOP) tract describing the movement's history
News: Exile Denies Tito Charge
May 6, 1951: United Press article dating from Artukovic's first extradition hearings
News: Yugoslavs Try Fifty as Spies
July 13, 1948: News account of the Yugoslav trials of captured Krizari, mentioning Draganovic
News: Priest, Termed War Criminal, Back in Yugoslavia
November 11, 1967: First confirmation in the press of Draganovic's defection back to Yugoslavia
News: Tito Asks Peron to Yield Pavelic
May 24, 1951: News report of an early Yugoslav extradition request.
News: Pro-Nazi is Hunted
April 26, 1957: News report on the Argentine authorities' decision to revoke Ante Pavelic's asylum after the attempt on his life
News: Ante Pavelic Dies in Madrid at 70
December 29, 1959: Obituary on Ante Pavelic from the New York Times
Stepinac Letters to Artukovic
April 1941-November 1942: Letters from Archbishop Stepinac to Interior Minister Artukovic on application of the NDH racial decrees
added November 8
Book: Two Bullets for Pavelic
1999: English translation of the memoir of Montenegrin Chetnik Blagoje Jovovic, who claimed to have been the man that shot Ante Pavelic in Argentina in 1957.
added October 15
CIA File: The Croatian Resistance Movement (II)
c. 1948: CIA report on leaders of the Croatian Resistance Movement, including the missing leader of the terror unit
Crna Legija or Black Legion, Rafael Boban
Australian Police Raid Office Of the Nation's Secret Service
March 16, 1973: Account of Australian police raid to uncover documents relating to Croatian terrorist movements from the Australian secret service, and a plot to bomb the motorcade of Britain's Prince Philip
added September 20
Alleged Vatican Protection of Jugoslav War Criminals
Reference to a number of Nazi-allied figures taking sanctuary in San Girolamo
added July 12
Essay: The Return of the Golden Priest
The Verona Reports and the Second Recruitment of Krunoslav Draganovic, 1959.
added July 8
US Army File: Rat Line from Austria to South America
July 12, 1948: Crucial memo from the CIC in Austria, written by the man who formed the Ratline with Krunoslav Draganovic's assistance
US Army File: History of the Italian Rat Line
April 10, 1950: Comprehensive history of the Nazi smuggling program and Krunoslav Draganovic's role
added June 27
US Congress: H.Res 235 IH
May 14, 2003: A resolution introduced in the US House of Representatives "urging the Government of Argentina to build upon the steps it has taken to shed light on the relocation to Argentina of Nazis and other war criminals" - including, by name, Ante Pavelic
Decree: On the Establishment of Courts-Martial
May 17, 1941: The complete text in English translation of the decree which established courts-martial for civilians in the Independent State of Croatia, in which the only legal sentence permitted was death by firing squad
added June 6
Otpor Bombing in California
June 23, 1980: Report from the US Secret Service on an retaliatory OTPOR bombing in California against two Croatian-owned businesses
10 Croatians on Trial on Racketeering Charges
1982: New York Times article on the Second Otpor RICO Trial in New York City
Otpor Bombing in New York
July 6. 1982: Report from the US Secret Service on two retaliatory OTPOR bombings in New York City, after the sentencing of the six terrorists convicted in the Second Otpor RICO Trial in New York
added June 4
MUNICH REPORT: Croatian Emigrant Movement (1)
August 23, 1954: Report sent from Munich, Germany to the US State Department on activity of the Croatian exile groups, including the fugitive Ustase in Buenos Aires, Argentina
MUNICH REPORT: Croatian Emigrant Movement (2)
c. October 1954: Second report sent from Munich, Germany to the US State Department, including information on Pavelic's meeting with Milan Stojadinovic and promises to cede Croatian territory to Italian and Hungarian rightists
added May 28
Report by Laxa on Unrest in Hercegovina
c. July 5, 1941: Report by General Vladimir Laxa of the Croatian regular army forces on atrocities by the Ustase in Hercegovina in the first months of the NDH
General Vladimir Laxa
Brief biography of the Domobran general in our Who's Who section
added May 25
CIA File: Attempt to Penetrate US Guard Companies
December 10, 1954: Summary of report detailing attempts by Krunoslav Draganovic to infiltrate US guard companies in Central Europe
CIA File: SETAF 41 Bona Fides for Krunoslav Draganovic
ca. September 1959: Instructions for agents on methods to establish contact with Krunoslav Draganovic
CIA File: Termination Files of Krunoslav Draganovic
February 7, 1962: Files under Krunoslav Draganovic's three codenames, detailing reasons for his termination from US intelligence
added May 24
Report: Seven Hundred Hostages Shot by the Ustase
August 6, 1941: Report on a rise in Chetnik activity and the corresponding massacre of 700 Serbian civilians from Sanski Most by the Ustase near Banja Luka
Order: Request by General Laxa for Ustase to Leave Bosnia
September 11, 1941: Decoded communication from General Vladimir Laxa to the Ministry of Defense for "murdering and pillaging" Ustase units from Hercegovina to be removed from Bosnia at once before they provoke an even larger uprising
Report on the Murder of 800 Civilians near Petrinja
December 3, 1941: Tersely-worded request for information by German General Edmund Glaise von Horstenau regarding the massacre of 800 "men, women and children" by the Ustase near Petrinja
Report on the Death of Peasants in Jablanica
December 4, 1941: Police report from Banja Luka on the massacre of 107 Serbs, "mostly boys from 12 to 15 years of age," and the massacre by the Ustase of mourners at a Serbian funeral
added May 18
Judicial Decisions and Trials
New section highlighting legal documents - mostly from United States courts - and testimony against the Ustase and the Ustase successor organizations on charges of murder, racketeering, and other crimes
added April 6
Katolicki List: The Foundation of the Independent State of Croatia
April 1941: Article from the Catholic paper Katolicki List lauding the formation of the Independent State of Croatia
CIA File: Documentary Evidence of Krunoslav Draganovic's Ustase Activity
September 5, 1947: CIC Agent Mudd's report citing evidence of Draganovic's role in the Ratline, sent without results to his superiors
