The Bleiburg repatriations were a series of forced repatriations from Allied-occupied Austria of Axis-affiliated individuals to Yugoslavia in May 1945 after the end of World War II in Europe. During W
World War Two prisoners of war at Bleiburg, Austria (1945)
The Independent State of Croatia conducted a systematic campaign of mass murder and extermination of Serbs, Jews and Roma. This picture shows prisoners arriving at the Jasenovac concentration camp.
Slovene Home Guard commander Leon Rupnik, Bishop Gregorij Rožman and SS-General Erwin Rösener review Home Guard troops, after the second oath of allegiance, January 30, 1945.
Front lines in Europe on 1 May 1945
The Ustaše was a Croatian fascist and ultranationalist organization active, as one organization, between 1929 and 1945. It was formally known as the Ustaša – Croatian Revolutionary Movement. From its
Bleiburg repatriations
…Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, an annual commemoration for the victims has been held in Bleiburg, but has drawn considerable controversy due to Ustaše symbols at the event. Croatian authorities have variously either endorsed that commemoration or initiated other commemorations in Slovenia, while the…
Poglavnik Ante Pavelić and Italy's Duce Benito Mussolini on 18 May 1941 in Rome. The Ustaše were heavily influenced by Italian Fascism and politically supported by Fascist Italy.
Germany's Führer Adolf Hitler with Pavelić at the Berghof outside Berchtesgaden, Germany. The Ustaše increasingly came under the influence of Nazism after the founding of the NDH in 1941.
Anti-Chetnik (anti-Serb) and anti-communist Ustaše poster
A unit of Ustaše in Sarajevo, 1942