Zagreb in World War II
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When World War II started, Zagreb was the capital of the newly formed autonomous Banovina of Croatia within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, which remained neutral in the first years of the war. After the I
10th Zagreb Corps officers entering Zagreb on 9 May 1945
Monument Shooting of hostages, dedicated to the victims of fascism in Zagreb
Croatian Ban Ivan Šubašić, Vladko Maček and Archbishop Aloysius Stepinac opening the Sava Bridge in Zagreb in December 1939
German 14th Panzer Division entering Zagreb on 10 April 1941
August Cesarec
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August Cesarec was a Croatian writer and communist activist from the interwar period.
Zagreb in World War II
…Cvetković–Maček. Upon coming to power, the Ustaše took over control of the prison, which had previously housed many communist intellectuals, among others August Cesarec, Božidar Adžija, Ognjen Prica, Otokar Keršovani, and Divko Budak. In early July 1941, Communist Party activists Pavle Pap, Stipe Ugarković, Rudolf…
A bust of August Cesarec in Tkalčićeva Street, Zagreb