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Deifying the Defeated: Commemorating Bleiburg since 1990

Unlike the rest of Eastern Europe after 1989, Croatia's and the other former Yugoslav republics' transition from communism was accompanied by a brutal ethnic conflict and a disintegration of the common state. The collapse of communist rule also meant the disappearance of the monopoly over history, resulting in the emergence of a plurality of narratives and suppressed collective memories, especially regarding World War Two and the post- war communist repression. In Croatia, this was primarily expressed by a rehabilitation of the Ustasha regime, which was politicized by the radical right and essentially tolerated by the government. This article examines the shifting meanings and instrumentalization of the Bleiburg commemoration from 1990 until 2009.

Bleiburg; ustaše; commemorations; Croatia; World War Two

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