Pregled bibliografske jedinice broj: 459728
Communist Penetration of Croatian American Organizations during World War II
Communist Penetration of Croatian American Organizations during World War II // Review of Croatian history, 5 (2009), 1; 169-188 (podatak o recenziji nije dostupan, članak, znanstveni)
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Naslov
Communist Penetration of Croatian American Organizations during World War II
(Komunističko penetracija organizacija američkih Hrvata tijekom Drugoga svjetskog rata)
Autori
Krišto, Jure
Izvornik
Review of Croatian history (1845-4380) 5
(2009), 1;
169-188
Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni
Ključne riječi
Croatian Americans; Communists; War; Politics. Croatian organisations
(Hrvatski Amerikanci; komunisti; rat; politika; hrvatske organizacije)
Sažetak
It is not surprising that governments in wartime situations consider some of their citizens a danger for national security and that they watch over their activities. It is a matter for speculation whether the government of the United States of America would consider Croatian Americans such a danger during WWII had it not accepted the urgings of the Yugoslav Legation in the USA to watch over its citizens of Croatian descent. Once the FBI and other government institutions accepted the possibility that Croats may represent such a danger, they applied a strict scrutiny of prominent leaders in the Croatian community, Croatian journals, and institutions, even after repeated reports suggested that accusations against Croats was a result of Serbian propaganda and that further surveillance is not necessary. It is also a matter for speculation whether the anti-Croatian frenzy contributed to the Communist penetration of organizations of Croatian Americans and to the support of Croatian Americans of the Communists-led Partisans in Croatia, which ultimately helped renewal of Yugoslavia, ruled for 45 years by Communists. American agencies responsible for national security reacted, of course, to dangers regardless of their ideological colors, but they were, it seems, much more sensitive to the "Fascist" than "Communist" threats. By the time they became aware of the Communist onslaught on organizations of Croatian Americans, those organizations were almost completely permeated by Communist agents. Those who warned of the Communist menace, primarily Catholic priests and their close collaborators, were considered not only conservative and backward oriented individuals, but also themselves sympathizers of the Nazis and of their collaborators in Europe.
Izvorni jezik
Engleski
