Croatia’s HDZ Politicians and the Balkan Country’s President Grabar Kitarovic Fuel Anti-Semitism and Holocaust Revisionism
The world must never forget that eighty percent of Croatia’s Jews were killed in the Holocaust under the pro-Nazi Independent State of Croatia — the Ustasha regime.
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Washington, DC — On May 9, 2019, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, Croatia’s president and HDZ politician visited a commemoration site in Bleiburg, Austria, dedicated to the defeated pro-Nazi Independent State of Croatia’s soldiers and civilian supporters who were killed in the aftermath of World War II by Yugoslav Partisans. Grabar Kitarovic’s visit took place on the eve of the annual commemoration which has been described by Rudolf Edlinger, president of the Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance, as “the biggest annual neo-fascist reunion in Europe.” Edlinger went on to comment that this event “glorifies the Croatian Nazi-collaborationist regime.”
Over the past five years, the Jewish community of Croatia has experienced the rise of anti-Semitsm and witnessed the onslaught of Croatian HDZ politicians whitewashing the crimes of the World War II pro-Nazi Ustasha regime. Holocaust revisionism in Croatia and the sordid manifestation of anti-Semitism are being fueled by top HDZ politicians, including Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic, the current president of the Balkan nation. The Bleiburg commemoration is sponsored by Croatia’s Parliament using taxpayer funds to fuel anti-Semitism and Holocaust revisionism.
Dr. Ognjen Kraus, president of The Coordination of Jewish Communities said, “The HDZ government has failed to address the rise of anti-Semitism and the display of fascist symbols. It is lenient towards those sympathetic to the WWII Croatian fascist Ustasha regime.” In an earlier report published in 2016, Dr. Kraus stated, “The state is simply not doing anything… and does not want to prevent a far-right revival.”
In promoting Grabar-Kitarovic’s visit to Bleiburg, Austria, the government website stated, “The President of the Republic of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović marked the Day of Remembrance for Croatia’s Victims in the Struggle for Freedom and Independence by visiting Macelj…
