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The tragedy of Bleiburg and Viktring, 1945 / Florian Thomas Rulitz ; translated from the German by Andreas Niedermayer ; foreword by Paul E. Gottfried ; postface by Tomislav Sunic.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rulitz, Florian Thomas, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Tragodie von Bleiburg und Viktring. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Austria--Carinthia.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Political refugees--Austria--Carinthia.
- Political refugees.
- Anti-communist movements--Slovenia--History.
- Anti-communist movements.
- Anti-communist movements--Croatia--History.
- Bleiburg (Austria)--History--20th century.
- Bleiburg (Austria).
- Viktring (Austria)--History--20th century.
- Viktring (Austria).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 pages)
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- DeKalb, [Illinois] : NIU Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The atrocities and mass murders committed by Josip Broz Tito's Partisan units of the Yugoslav Army immediately after the Second World War had no place in the conscience of Socialist Yugoslavia.More than once, the annual Croatian commemoration of the Bleiburg victims was subject to attacks carried out by the socialist Yugoslav state.
- Contents:
- Background
- Main escape routes into Carinthia
- The detention camps and the chronology of the British repatriations
- The killing grounds and mass graves-places of violence and remembrance
- The mass crimes-revenge or revolutionary violence?
- The OZNA/UDBA terror in Austria after 1945
- Conclusion: "The grand finale of the Yugoslav Army in Carinthia" versus the tragedies of Bleiburg and Viktring.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-60909-177-9
- OCLC:
- 953921051
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