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Racial Laws and the Catholic Church in the Independent State of Croatia (1941-1945)

The Independent State of Croatia (in Croatian abbreviated as: NDH) was created during the Second World War and as such was not recognized by the Holy See. This fact already implies the official position of the Church. Nevertheless, cooperation with the Ustasha regime is often imputed to the Church in Croatia. In order to understand the principled approval of the creation of the NDH by the clergy in Croatia, we should explore the position of the Church in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the state that had preceded (the creation of) NDH. This position was rather poor. After the establishment of the NDH and the enactment of racial laws in 1941, the representatives of the Church clearly and unequivocally wrote and acted against these laws. It is worth noting that almost all legislation of NDH was adapted from nazi German and fascist Italian, including the racial legislation. Therefore, in our presentation, we will point out the official position of the Catholic Church in the NDH towards the Ustasha regime and racial laws. In doing so, we will especially emphasize the episcopal letters and the activities of bishops, which also generate the attitude of the Church in Croatia towards racial laws and the racial policy of the NDH.

The Independent State of Croatia, the Second World War, Catholic Church, episcopal letters

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