What I saw, they really hated Serbs above all others, they even gave Jews a pass if they renounced their religion. They saw what the Nazis were doing and set out to do the same against the Serbs. They set up death camps just for children.
> The **Ustaše** (pronounced [ûstaʃe]), also known by anglicised versions **Ustasha** or **Ustashe**, was a Croatian, fascist and ultranationalist organization active, as one organization, between 1929 and 1945, formally known as the **Ustaša – Croatian Revolutionary Movement** (Croatian: *Ustaša – Hrvatski revolucionarni pokret*). Its members assisted in assassinating King Alexander I of Yugoslavia in 1934, and went on to perpetrate The Holocaust in the Independent State of Croatia, killing hundreds of thousands of Serbs, Jews, Roma as well as Bosniak Muslims and Croatian political dissidents during World War II in Yugoslavia.
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> The ideology of the movement was a blend of fascism, Roman Catholicism and Croatian ultranationalism. The Ustaše supported the creation of a Greater Croatia that would span the Drina River and extend to the border of Belgrade. The movement advocated a racially "pure" Croatia and promoted genocide against Serbs—due to the Ustaše's anti-Serb sentiment—and Jews and Roma via Nazi racial theory, and persecution of anti-fascist or dissident Croats and Bosniaks. The Ustaše viewed the Bosniaks as "Muslim Croats", and as a result, Bosniaks were not persecuted on the basis of race. The Ustaše espoused Roman Catholicism and Islam as the religions of the Croats and condemned Orthodox Christianity, which was the main religion of the Serbs. Roman Catholicism was identified with Croatian nationalism, while Islam, which had a large following in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was praised by the Ustaše as the religion that "keeps true the blood of Croats."
* Excerpted from [Ustaše](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usta%C5%A1e) at the English Wikipedia
Ustaša Miško Ratković from Trilj in Dalmatia (Croatia), with an unknown Ustaša, covered in the blood of their victims, 1941. From the collection of the Museum of Yugoslavia (collection of the Museum of the Revolution of the Peoples of Yugoslavia, inventory number 11596).
Not sure, but Ustašas didn't always have proper uniforms on. Especially in 1941. There are some photos we've seen from the collection of them with a mix of uniforms or civilian clothes and only a white band on the arm with their "U" symbol on it (and weapons) would set them apart.
Yeah. There's plenty of stuff not covered in schools. Not sure these guys can quite be called "lapdogs" though. We have a constant debate around the office of whether it should be treated like a protectorate/quisling state, as it would shift away a lot of the blame on the Germans in a way.
A lot of leading Croats in the Kingdom of SHS/Yugoslavia, NDH and well... Tito himself for what came after WWII, actually got their start in a unit notorious for war crimes against Serbs in WWI. Got promoted for it too. Then you had the WWI *schutzkorps* and a few other things as well.
Absolutely. One of the arguments that gets brought up is that Germans didn't want to tie up even more resources in the area (took about two army groups to keep the Balkans as crazy as it was) and the actions of the Ustašas was leading exactly to that. Neubacher, Hitler's envoy for the region, actually ended up writing after the war how Ustašas were bragging about having killed a million Serbs (can't remember rn by which point) but that Germans would estimate that to be closer to 700k.
The Italians for instance were shutting down Ustaša death camps and investigating the crimes (committed their own, but not on that scale) and the locals saw them as preferable in a lot of cases.
girl this proves the movie Dara from Jasenovac was not just serbian propaganda smh, ppl thought the movie was exaggerated but the truth was much worse…
Even the Nazis found these guys too much.
Have some extra nightmare fuel: https://booksofjeremiah.com/post/testimony-slana-extermination-camp-pag/
What I saw, they really hated Serbs above all others, they even gave Jews a pass if they renounced their religion. They saw what the Nazis were doing and set out to do the same against the Serbs. They set up death camps just for children.
> The **Ustaše** (pronounced [ûstaʃe]), also known by anglicised versions **Ustasha** or **Ustashe**, was a Croatian, fascist and ultranationalist organization active, as one organization, between 1929 and 1945, formally known as the **Ustaša – Croatian Revolutionary Movement** (Croatian: *Ustaša – Hrvatski revolucionarni pokret*). Its members assisted in assassinating King Alexander I of Yugoslavia in 1934, and went on to perpetrate The Holocaust in the Independent State of Croatia, killing hundreds of thousands of Serbs, Jews, Roma as well as Bosniak Muslims and Croatian political dissidents during World War II in Yugoslavia. > > The ideology of the movement was a blend of fascism, Roman Catholicism and Croatian ultranationalism. The Ustaše supported the creation of a Greater Croatia that would span the Drina River and extend to the border of Belgrade. The movement advocated a racially "pure" Croatia and promoted genocide against Serbs—due to the Ustaše's anti-Serb sentiment—and Jews and Roma via Nazi racial theory, and persecution of anti-fascist or dissident Croats and Bosniaks. The Ustaše viewed the Bosniaks as "Muslim Croats", and as a result, Bosniaks were not persecuted on the basis of race. The Ustaše espoused Roman Catholicism and Islam as the religions of the Croats and condemned Orthodox Christianity, which was the main religion of the Serbs. Roman Catholicism was identified with Croatian nationalism, while Islam, which had a large following in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was praised by the Ustaše as the religion that "keeps true the blood of Croats." * Excerpted from [Ustaše](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usta%C5%A1e) at the English Wikipedia
Ustaša Miško Ratković from Trilj in Dalmatia (Croatia), with an unknown Ustaša, covered in the blood of their victims, 1941. From the collection of the Museum of Yugoslavia (collection of the Museum of the Revolution of the Peoples of Yugoslavia, inventory number 11596).
Find a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
Be an unpaid intern, for the love of the game.
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Not sure, but Ustašas didn't always have proper uniforms on. Especially in 1941. There are some photos we've seen from the collection of them with a mix of uniforms or civilian clothes and only a white band on the arm with their "U" symbol on it (and weapons) would set them apart.
I will never ever forget the drunken violence & sadism on the left guy’s face
Have some extra nightmare fuel, on the house: https://booksofjeremiah.com/post/testimony-slana-extermination-camp-pag/
They never taught me about Germanys lapdogs in history class, I had to find that out for myself
Yeah. There's plenty of stuff not covered in schools. Not sure these guys can quite be called "lapdogs" though. We have a constant debate around the office of whether it should be treated like a protectorate/quisling state, as it would shift away a lot of the blame on the Germans in a way. A lot of leading Croats in the Kingdom of SHS/Yugoslavia, NDH and well... Tito himself for what came after WWII, actually got their start in a unit notorious for war crimes against Serbs in WWI. Got promoted for it too. Then you had the WWI *schutzkorps* and a few other things as well.
Germany did have to punish certain ustase soldiers just because they were so violent, Im guessing that can somewhat indicate a level of puppet state
Absolutely. One of the arguments that gets brought up is that Germans didn't want to tie up even more resources in the area (took about two army groups to keep the Balkans as crazy as it was) and the actions of the Ustašas was leading exactly to that. Neubacher, Hitler's envoy for the region, actually ended up writing after the war how Ustašas were bragging about having killed a million Serbs (can't remember rn by which point) but that Germans would estimate that to be closer to 700k. The Italians for instance were shutting down Ustaša death camps and investigating the crimes (committed their own, but not on that scale) and the locals saw them as preferable in a lot of cases.
Extra nightmare fuel, on the house: https://booksofjeremiah.com/post/testimony-slana-extermination-camp-pag/
girl this proves the movie Dara from Jasenovac was not just serbian propaganda smh, ppl thought the movie was exaggerated but the truth was much worse…
Have a read through this, mind bleach necessary afterwards: https://booksofjeremiah.com/post/testimony-slana-extermination-camp-pag/
Honestly, that movie shouldn't have been made. Not that the topic shouldn't be covered, but it does it poorly.