The Serbian Unity Congress strongly condemns published plans for a November US tour by the Croatian rock-band Thompson, and hereby calls on all branches of the US government to join human rights watchdog organizations in taking necessary action to stop any of their public performances in the US.
The band, led by one Marko Perkovic-Thompson, has a long an indisputable track record of bigotry, racism and even outright fascism, as attested by multiple diverse sources. The New York Times July 2 article on the issue summarized the key points:
“[…] thousands of fans in a packed stadium here in the Croatian capital gave a Nazi salute as the rock star Marko Perkovic shouted a well-known slogan from World War II. Some of the fans were wearing the black caps of Croatia’s infamous Nazi puppet Ustashe government, which was responsible for sending tens of thousands of Serbs, Gypsies and Jews to their deaths in concentration camps. The exchange with the audience is a routine part of Mr. Perkovic’s act […]”
This echoed the conclusions of the London Telegraph Jan. 10 piece “Nazi salutes to Croatian rock star Thompson”, as well as numerous others.
For these reasons, this performer has been banned from locales including Sarajevo, Amsterdam, and most recently Toronto as part of the their current projected tour. Instrumental in the last cancellation was the Simon Wiesenthal Center, which called for the banning of singers who glorify fascism and racism and expressed “outrage and disgust in the wake of a massive show of fascist salutes, symbols and uniforms at a rock concert by popular ultra-nationalist Croatian singer Thompson.”
It is clear that this act is utterly incompatible with values established in our society, and that positive action by governmental agencies might be needed to redress the matter.
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Genocidal Greater Serbianists were the forgers and forebearers of the terminology “ethnic cleans(ing)(ers)” and were responcible for the deaths of thousands of Croats under the tyranical blood stained hands of Mr. Slobodan Milosevic, Whilst Serbian “Nacionalni Stroj”, “Otpor” and the Serbian Radicals of Vojislav Seselj openly Nazi Fascists and Anti Semites in the character of Ljotic and Nedic who proclaimed Belgrade “Judenfrei” openly enjoy mainstream support in Serbia with Nazi rallies in Vojvodina there supporters the Serbian Unity Congress of North America attacks patriotic Croatian’s who sing of God, Family and Homeland.
I Forgive these malicious actions and pray for those who hearts are set at hatred.
Istina ce pobijediti svijet
Comment by Uskok — October 26, 2007 #
http://croradio.net/gotovina/viewtopic.php?t=7428
http://groups.google.com/group/croatian-news/t/7e44e40f974e6984
http://www.lijepanasadomovinahrvatska.com/text07/26_10_07_budimlic.htm
Who is Marko Perkovic “Thompson” ?
Marko Perkovic Thompson
Marko Perkovic is Croatia’s most prominent musician. He and his band go by the stage-name “Thompson.” That was the nick-name given to him by his fellow soldiers during Croatia’s 1991-1995 war of independence from Serbian-dominated communist Yugoslavia. The village he was born in, “Cavoglave,” was on the front-lines of Serbian aggression during that turbulent period. He took part in the successful defense of his nation. The weapon he was issued was the American-made sub-machine gun, hence the nick-name Thompson. Marko Perkovic was quickly catapulted to fame by his patriotic song, “Cavoglave,” dedicated to defenders from the village of his birth. The song inspired all Croatian defenders. It inspired Croatian civilians and Croatians all around the world at a very critical moment in the small nation’s history. It was on that foundation that he built his career. And “Thompson” soon became a house-hold name.
What type of music does “Thompson” perform?
“Thompson” is a hard-rock/heavy-metal band. Many of the band’s songs are comprised of ethno-elements, folk poetry and songs that have for centuries accompanied Croatian folk-dances. “Thompson” has also been known to perform and record pop-songs.
What does Marko Perkovic sing about?
Marko Perkovic and his band are certainly not one-dimensional. Earlier in his career, Perkovic recorded many love songs to accompany hits that were centered around Croatian social themes. Since his career took off during Croatia’s fight for independence, many of his songs were about the liberation of Croatia. Croatia gained official international recognition in 1992. Croatia was officially and legitimately liberated in 1995. Contrary to negative propaganda and outright lies, Thompson’s songs inspired Croatians during the liberation of their homeland. Thompson also recorded songs depicting the plight of Croatian soldiers after the war. Stories about the experiences similar to those of Vietnam Vets in the United States after returning from war. With his more recent albums, Thompson has centered the themes of his songs on the natural scenic beauty of Croatia and three social values that the overwhelming majority of Croatians hold dear: God, family and the homeland. His music has never glorified war-criminals from the past or present. These accusations are simply preposterous.
God, Family and the Homeland
Thompson has on numerous occasions challenged anyone opposed to him or his music to prove their false claims and accusations. He has challenged all his critics to listen to his songs, obtain translations of his lyrics, and finally learn the truth about his music. Once again, the main themes of Thompson’s songs are about God, family and the homeland. Many critics, purposely or not, misinterpret his music as political activism. Perhaps it because of the message his songs emit. Messages of faith in God, love of family and homeland. A far cry from a nationalist or extremist, Thompson is simply a patriot. Something he willingly admits. These are themes hardly worthy of controversy and the kind of negative publicity surrounding him and his band.
Thompson does NOT perform anthems that glorify war-criminals, concentration camps or genocide
The worst of all false accusations flung at Thompson is that he is the author of a song called: “Jasenovac & Gradiska Stara.” Contrary to fallacious propaganda and claims, Thompson is not the author of this song. He does not, nor has he ever, performed it live. It cannot be found on any of Thompson’s seven albums. We challenge all his critics and accusers to listen to all of his recorded work and learn the truth for themselves. Once again, we challenge all to obtain copies of his official albums; and kindly ask to refrain from viewing or listening to propagandistic montages constructed and posted on the Internet by anonymous Thompson-haters. The song is simply not his.
Why, then, does so much controversy revolve around Thompson?
Since the end of World War II, the Croatian nation was systematically stigmatized by the Serbian-dominated communist government of Yugoslavia. For 45 yrs., any hint of Croatian patriotism was extinguished by the state’s apparatus, most commonly under the false indictment of “fascist“ or “Nazi“ separatism. To accompany the murder and imprisonment of Croatian patriots within Yugoslavia and around the world, negative propaganda about Croatians was disseminated by Belgrade’s information services. This was purposely done with the objective of squashing any activism around the world. Within years, the Croatian nation became synonymous with that of the Nazis. Sadly, in many cases of western literature, the false accusation stuck.
With his songs, Thompson has for some reason warranted the ire of many anti-Croatian Greater-Serbian nationalists and their well-paid public-relation mouthpieces their lobbies employ. They have still not come to terms that they were on the losing side of a war of aggression that Milosevic’s Serbia committed against Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. They have still not come to terms with the fact that Croatia is an independent country proud of its recent victory on the battle-field against criminal aggression. Croatia’s enemies have since conducted a defamation campaign against all Croats, not just Thompson. It is their hope to stifle Croatia’s chance at entry into the European Union. Thompson is very popular among Croatians that are old enough to remember the war years in the early 1990s. And the band quickly became a natural target for Croatia’s enemies. The defamation campaign is spear-headed by negative propaganda identical to the kind spread world-wide during communist Yugoslavia. Propaganda that basically equates the entire Croatian nation and its identity to Nazism. It appears that not even a simple musician can escape anti-Croatian bias. This type of propaganda war-fare should not be surprising to American eyes or ears. We ask all interested to try and understand the political/social landscape of once war-torn South Central Europe. Starting from that position, it will be much easier to understand today’s relations between peoples of the former Yugoslavia.
Thompson performed in Frankfurt, Germany on April 21, 2007
As you probably know by now, Thompson is very popular in Croatian emigrant communities around the world. He has sold out concerts in Australia, Canada and Germany. Just to name a few countries. Thompson played a packed Ballsporthalle in Frankfurt, Germany on April 21, 2007. We’d like to remind you that the concert was held in the heart of Germany. A nation with the most stringent of anti-bias and anti-hate laws that exist anywhere in the world. When German authorities translated Thompson’s lyrics, something we ask all of you to do, they soon learned what the band is really about. And the show went on as planned. We find it extremely hard to believe that Thompson’s most vocal critics are not aware of this. Once again, we remind you that Thompson performed a successful show in Frankfurt, Germany. The concert and the translation of lyrics made by German authorities were reported by major media-outlets in that country. As correctly and truthfully reported in the newspapers Allgemeine Zeitung and Frankfurter Allgemeine, Thompson’s lyrics neither promote, nor incite, violence.
There has never been a violent incident at a Thompson concert
Because of many false accusations and outright lies, we’d like to mention that there has never been an incident at any of Thompson’s many concerts. Whether in Frankfurt, Germany or Zagreb, Croatia– Thompson‘s concerts, naturally, always conclude peacefully. Just another fact that proves the critics wrong.
Marko Perkovic is a musician
Marko Perkovic is a Croatian patriot that loves his country dearly. He is not a member of any political party in Croatia, nor does he have any affiliation to political or activist groups within or outside the country. Marko Perkovic Thompson is just a musician.
Just as we Americans love our country, Perkovic loves his. Just as Jewish-Americans love their heritage and Israel, Perkovic loves Croatia. And so do Croatian-Americans. So do Croatians world-wide. With his music, Perkovic simply sings of patriotism and love of the Croatian heritage. His songs inspire many Croats to live honest lives, cherish family, honor God and be faithful to the homeland. To Croatians in the United States, this translates into the respect of not only the Croatian heritage, but of respect to our American heritage; into respect for the great nation that in the past granted amnesty to Croatians that sought refuge and freedom from oppression. The incessant attacks against this very successful musician are simply baseless and unwarranted.
Frano Budimlic
New York
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Bog i Hrvati !
Dok je srca bit ce i Kroacije
AGM
Comment by Ivica Fonti — October 27, 2007 #
Kako dozvoljavate ovim ustasama da ostavljaju komentare na vasoj web-stranici? Prosto ne mogu da verujem, nije ni cudo sto vam se organizacija raspada
Comment by Mitar — October 29, 2007 #
Maybe , I did like the challenge translat to my language . So maybe Tompson is not a nazi , So-what Croats are . And Germans are bred and born nazis , no matter what they say their laws read . Germans helped the Croats drive out the Serb christians . Croat nazis started blowing up Serbs homes to drive out Serbs . They even came from Argentina . It doesnt take many nazis to sneak arround and blowup houses at nite .
Croatia president and police refused to punish the nazis . Germany also went to Albania and setup a terrorist training camp to train the KLA muslim terrorsts . Come to think of it the last time the Croats and their beloved German nazis attack Yugoslavia . You followed this exact plan , You seperated Yugoslavia in the same Nazi territories . Croats salute like Nazis
they march like Nazis , Their flag looks the Same,they tell the same lies , I Say croats are Nazis , But maybe not Tompson
Comment by eric — October 29, 2007 #
ne mogu da verujem stvarno da hrvatima dozvoljavate da komentarisu na nasoj web strani. pa to je nenormalno!!!!
Comment by dejan — November 1, 2007 #
ivice fonti iz australije. ustaso. samo dodji u ameriku ako mozes….
Comment by dejan — November 1, 2007 #
These Croatian comments shows their mind.
I do not believe in hereditary guilt. A child cannot be guilty for something his/her father/mother has done. But the child can say e.g. “my father/mother did terrible things and I am so ashamed of these acts. I am ashamed of belonging to this family”. These Croats could say e.g. “These acts commented by our (Croatian) people are terrible and we are ashamed of being Croatian Catholics”. But when they justify these acts they show that they indeed are terrible people and should be punished, since they have accepted their father’s, mother’s, grandfathers’ and grandmothers’ guilt.
Comment by Tschedo — November 2, 2007 #
Interesting, for those who don’t know how to read Serbian, one fellow here writes, he is in utter shock as to how this Serbian site allows these Croatians to speak their mind on this site.
This is what we all mean about propaganda, speak the truth, do your research and think before your speak. It is unfortunate that people are easily manipulated just by hearing something, or reading something. I think everyone should sit down and discuss what really happend way back when with the people that were actually there and see what the real truth is (if they haven’t been killed for the truth). Too much propaganda
Something to chew on “history is truly pop culture”, if we allow people to curupt our minds the past will repeat itself….
Comment by Lud — November 5, 2007 #
I think it’s time we worry about the future and stop playing in this Serbian vs Croatian playground. Everyone outside Sercia and Croatia continue to fight while they have started to join eachothr in kafici!!
Let Thompson sing
Comment by Milla — November 5, 2007 #
Ustase “to stand up” - Stand up against what you might ask? Stand up against Cetniks. Cetniks being the Serbian Fascist movement.
We fought for the freedom of the Croatian people. We never invaded Serbia and you guys come back at us ever few years. Just give up on sabotaging Croatia and we will never ever again have problems with one another.
Every Totalitarian regime has its bad side, killing, executions, and discrimination. We made the peace with our black history in the 1940’s. Serbs where killers in the 40’s than in Yugoslavia they where the one doing the dirty UDBA, communist jobs, and in the 1990’s they started a war with Slovenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Croatia.
So did you learn your lesson? Every time you get your ass kicked and every time you cry for year and years about it, until the next war. Let s hope that that next war does not come. If you guys are smart and stop attacking us we will never have problems again.
Comment by Ante — November 7, 2007 #
Thompsonova turneja ide uspjesno. Nigdje ni traga kontroverzama! Prosvjednici u NYC = njih 20-ak! Ha otliko o tzv. borbi protiv fasizma. Videt cete svi - HDZ pobjeduje na izborima! Nema vise crvenih!
Comment by niej vazno — November 8, 2007 #
1)In a civilized society, it does not matter what is your political position or ethnic background. Thus, some die-hard Croatian nationalist defending Thompson on SUC’s site is perfectly fine with me. Everybody is entitled to their own opinion. Problem is, when some nut job decides to carry out his point outside of a written realm.
2)I have not ever heard a single Thompson song. I read some of his lyrics, though. It sounds like a typical Balkan B.S., mixing nationalism and patriotism. This seems to be easy money, catering to equally ignorant audience. People who like that kind of “music” and way of thinking, will continue to buy such stuff. It is their money. The smart one in this equation is Thompson, since he is the one who will end up with the cash.
Comment by Vladimir — November 15, 2007 #
First of all to people that dont know, Croatians are responsible for ::::
1. Mass convertion of Serbs into Catholic Religion before any war had ever started between the Serbs and Croats, Today at least 60% of Big Croatians in Dalmatia were once Serb and sold their name for food while others starved and remained Orthodox, so these Croatians have to constantly prove themselves to others and that is why they hate Serbs so much….
2. Jasenovac & WW2 - During World War 2 Nazi puppet Croatia and the USTASHE as they are known killed a million Serbs in NDH croatia , thats in Jasenovac, Lika, Kninska Krajina region, and Bosnian Krajina region not to mention places further in Bosina and Hercegovina where they also committed in humane crimes.
NO ONE WAS PUNISHED FOR THIS, everything went along as though nothing had happend in the interest of Yugoslavia which the Croatian joined only to escape punishment for their involvement in WW2.SIMPLE AS THAT
3. 1991-1995 war, Croatia decided they again want to have independence and with the backing of the Vatican Church, Germany and America they win independece from Yugoslavia. SERBS in Croatia decide not to wait to get SLAUGHETERED yet again and use the borders of Krajina ,a region legimetely given to them during Austro-Hungary Empire for the service of Serbian war efforts against Ottoman Empire. Serbs are once again called agressors and terroists. Croatian propaganda made it seem to the world that Serbs had never lived in Croatia and that they had come from Serbia in 1991 and attacked Croatia even though the Serbs in Croatia are politically older than Croatians themselves and a third of Croatia belongs to the Serbs, 60% of Croatia belongs to the Orthodox Church.
1995 - Force over 500,000 Serbs from their homes, burn their homes, property so there is nothing for them to come back to. Kill older people that decided to stay by their houses.
Today - Stopping Serbs from returning to their land by paying Croatians to lie and stand witness and make up stories that this Serb this this and this one did that.(ALL FALSE) by doing this they are ensuring Serbs never come back
And now you expect Thompson to come and Sing “JAsenovac & Gradiska Stara”, If he does the Serbs where ever he goes will try and stop him:)
Croatians are sick and the world doesnt know it but in the end we’ll be back and then youre all doomed
S VEROM U BOGA - SLOBODA ILI SMRT
Comment by Djujic — November 16, 2007 #
Singing Nazi songs in Countries that were part of the Allied Forces is not acceptable…and these countries should stop his concerts from taking place.
Comment made earlier about Cetniks being Fascists i dont know where u got that from because Chetniks are a recongnised army in the allied forces and today have rights to march alongside other armies which were part of the ALlied forces, Croatians were Nazi’s you cant compare the two SORRY. PROUD TO BE A SERB!!!
Comment by Pravda — November 16, 2007 #
IN RESPONSE TO IVICA FONTI’s letter and other comments published on this site: first:I am Glad you have been gaven the opportunity to express yourself freely on this page as others in defense of your beliefs.Unfortunately turns out that some unpleasant language betrays someone else burning sentiments,some diatribes should be monitored though because they invite for reciprocal abuses and they are also outrightdisgracefull and not constructive.
I understand how you want to defend your monney making of a “Patriot” but if anybody wants to have an opinion not inspired by other they shall inform themselves on their own,this can be done by consulting books,documentaries,and other sites as for example antiwar.com . the past cannot be washed off by the same old “we have been brutalized by inveding commies and we are proud of ourselves for getting read of them sort of comments.
YES Zagreb greated nazi germanies troops with applause and flowers when they arrived there in the early forties,and yes they did join them to fight in Stalingrad and formed volunters to exterminates entire civilian populations created unfamous death camps where undreds of thousands died in theyre hands,and yes they bosses escaped to argentina with the help of the vatican to Argentina and so on…..evryone would breath better today and tensions would be less if it did not happen but we shall all regret that it DID and that bringing up supporters in those uniforms reminescent of that together with nazi salute among other parafenalia is not the way to reconstruction and reconciliation for a better future…CHANGE.
Comment by vladimir — November 20, 2007 #
http://www.croradio.net/cet.htm
THE COLLABORATION OF D.MIHAILOVIC’S CHETNIKS WITH THE ENEMY FORCES OF OCCUPATION
(1941-1944)
Title in Serbo-Croatian: TAJNA I JAVNA SARADNJA CETNIKA I OKUPATORA
1941-1944.
Selected and annotated by
Professor Dr. Jovan MARJANOVIC
Faculty of Humanities
Belgrade University
Serbia
With the collaboration of Mihailo STANISIC M. A.
Published by: Arhivski pregled, Beograd,
Karnedžijeva 2
Printed by: Servis Saveza udruženja pravnika Jugoslavije,
Beograd, Proleterskih brigada 74.
Page
60. German Pass for Chetnik Officer_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 130
61. Letter from Major S. Vranješevic to D. Mihailovic
on Indispensability of Collaboration_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 131
62. Allied Intelligence Bulletin on Chetnik Collaboration
with the Enemy_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 133
63. German-Chetnik Talks in Eastern Serbia_ _ _ _ _ 135
64. Report of General Felber Military Governor of Serbia
on His Talks with Chetnik Commander Neško Nedic_ _ 137
65. D. Mihailovic Secures Food for the Reich_ _ _ _ _ _ 139
66. US Intelligence Report on Collaboration of Deligrad
Chetnik Corps woth the Enemy_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 141
67. Chetnik-German Talks in Topola_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 142
68. Chetnik Usefulness according to Evaluation of
German Command Southeast_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 145
69. German-Chetnik Collaboration in East Serbia_ _ _ 148
70. Germans Supply Bacovic and Lukacevic_ _ _ _ _ 149
71. Allied Report on Chetnik Collaboration_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 150
72. Royal Chetnik Guard Requests Germans for
Ammunition_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 153
Crimes of Chetnik-fascist army during WWII
A photo for a friendhsip remeberance
Serb Chetniks with German nazi officers (Winter 1942)
Photo:Arhiv Srbije,Beograd,Yugoslavia.
Serbian postage stamps of 1941.
Belgrade was the first city in
Europe to be declared Judenfrei;
Free of the jews. The Serbian insignia,
still used today, appears in the
upper corner of each stamp.
A group of Chetniks pose with German soldiers in an unidentified village in Serbia. Photo:Arhiv Srbije,Beograd,Yugoslavia.
Crimes of Chetnik-fascist army during WWII
An Italian officer in company with Mihailovic’s Chetniks
Photo:Arhiv Srbije,Beograd,Yugoslavia.
“The Serbian chetniks of Draza Mihailovic were represented as fighters against the occupier, while in fact they were the allies of the Nazi fascists in Yugoslavia….The documents in this collection indicate clearly and unequivocally that the Chetniks collaborated with the occupiers, both in the military and political sphere, as well as in the domain of economic activity, intelligence and propaganda… (source: the Serbian scholars, Dr. Jovan Marjanovic & Mihail Stanisic, The collaboration of Draza Mihailovic’s Chetniks with the enemy forces of occupation, 1976.)
FOREWORD
After spending several years studying and doing research on archive materials pertaining to the Chetnik movement of Draža Milhailovic I deemed it expedient to place a part of these documents and persons similarly engaged in the study of history and related subjects. Publication was indispensable for several reasons: For a long time General Draža Milhailovic remained the greatest mystification within the anti-Hitlerite condition. The Chetniks of D. Milhailovic were represented as fighters against the occupiers, while in actual fact they were allies of the Nazi-fascists in Yugoslavia where a nationwide people’s armed rising under Tito’s leadership had began as early as in July 1941; abundant archive materials of foreign provenience, primarily German, British, American and Italian, hitherto unknown to the public, have become accessible during the past three decades. These documents have made it possible to remove the veil of mystification that enshrouded the genuine role of D. Milhailovic’s Chetniks for so long. A large number of western historians and publicists are still writing very maliciously and untruthfully about the Chetniks of D. Milhailovic, concealing the very existence of the relevant archive materials which are available precisely and exclusively in western archives. At the same time certain emigrant Chetnik leaders, such as Ž. Topalovic, D. Jevdjevic, M. Žujovic, M. Djuic, Zv. Vuckovic and others have published memories and other works in the allied countries and in which they seek to conceal or justify Chetnik collaboration with the enemy invaders.
This thematic collaboration of documents is a result of research done in Belgrade, Washington. London, Bonn, Koblenz and Freiburg( am Breisgau). The superabundance of materials on Chetnik collaboration with the enemy actually constituted the greatest difficulty, in view of the fact that the publication of these materials alone would require several thick volumes. I therefore strove to select a very limited number of characteristic documents for this collection. Owing to considerations of space it was necessary to publish some documents in abridged form (i.e. as excerpts). One of the main criteria was to select hitherto unpublished documents, so that the vast majority of materials in this collection are appearing for the first time in print. Only a few exceptions have been made in the interest of overall thematic and chronological unity.
The collection covers documents from the war years 1941-1944. The documents from 1945 have not been included here, because by that time the Chetnik units of D. Mihailovic had become wholly incorporated in the German front in Yugoslavia. At that juncture the Chetniks were equipped and armed completely by the Germans and were fighting under German command.
The editor of this collection took care to include documents which refer to all regions in which D. Mihailovic Chetniks have been active. This indicates clearly enough that Chetnik collaboration was not limited to certain areas only, or was due to “arbitrary and undisciplined” action by the individual Chetnik commanders. It was a well pondered deliberate policy of the supreme Chetnik leadership including Draža Mihailovic himself. This policy of collaboration with the enemy was wholeheartedly endorsed and pursued by the other Chetnik leaders in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Dalmatia, Lika, Slovenia and the Kosovo (as is known, the Chetnik movement was virtually non-existent in the larger part of Croatia in Macedonia and Vojvodina.)
The documents in this collection indicate clearly and unequivocally that the Chetniks collaborated with the occupiers, both in the military and political sphere, as well as in the domain of economic activity, intelligence and propaganda. Evidence of Chetnik collaboration in this collection is provided by German, Italian, British, American and Chetnik documents. Documents of Partisan origin, of which there are many, have not been included in this selection, lest any objections be made to the effect that the selection of documents indicates a certain bias.
The texts of the documents are accompanied only by indispensable explanations concerning the individual persons and events mentioned. Moreover, the contents of the documents render all comment superfluous.
The documents have been translated into English by Angela Vujovic.
Archive call numbers are cited for every document, except for the German and Italian ones which are published according to the microfilm edition of the National Archives in Washington (NAW).
This collection of documents has concurrently been published in Serbo-Croatian under the title: Tajna I javna saradnja Cetnika I okupatora (1941-1944) (Secret and Public Collaboration of Chetniks and Occupiers), Belgrade 1976.
I. VII 1976.
Professor Dr. Jovan MARJANOVIC
Faculty of Humanities
Belgrade University
Serbia
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http://sr.wikipedia.org/sr-el/%D0%88%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%9B
Jovan Marjanovic
dr Jovan Marjanovic-Joca, Istoricar (1920. - 1980.)
Biografija
Najbolji poznavalac partizanskog i cetnickog pokreta.
Roden je 1. aprila 1920. godine u Sanskom Mostu (Bosna i Hercegovina). Pre rata završioo Bogosloviju u Sarajevu i 1940. godine upisao se na teološki fakultet.
Godine 1941. do 1945 u Narodnooslobodilackoj vojsci nalazio se na dužnosti politickog komesara cete, bataljona i brigade. Po oslobodenju stalno je bio na partijsko-politickim dužnostima. Bio je clan Okružnog komiteta u Banja Luci (1945-1947), a zatim završio Višu partisku školu “Ðuro Ðakovic” u Beogradu. Radio je jedno vreme i u partiskoj školi CK SK BIH u kojoj je bio i upravnik do 1954
Od tada živi u Beogradu, gde je diplomirao istoriju na Filozofskom Fakultetu, a doktorirao 1961. na istom, na temu “Narodnooslobodilacki pokret u Srbiji 1941-1945″.
Od 1963. stalni profesor Istorije XX. veka na Filozofskom Fakultetu, a od 1979. osnivac katedre za “Istoriju Jugoslavije 1918-1978″, gde je radio kao predavac.
Zajedno sa dr Vasom Cubrilovicem bio je saradnik na Balkanološkom institutu.
Naprasno je umro 1980 . godine u Beogradu.
Radio je i kao uredivac i priredivac leksikona, enciklopedija i školskih udžbenika. Objavio je veliki broj knjiga i radova na temu Narodnooslobodilackog pokreta u Jugoslaviji 1941-1945.
Najznacajmije su:
* Narodnooslobodilacki pokret u Srbiji 1941, Beograd, 1961.
* Prilozi za istoriju sukoba NOP i Cetnika-Zbornik radova za Istoriju XX veka, Beograd, 1962.
* Ustanak i NOB u Srbiji 1941-1945, Beograd, 1963.
* Oslobodilacki rat i narodna revolucija, Beograd, 1964.
Politicke stranke i moderne države, Beograd, 1970.
* Drugi svetski rat, Beograd, 1973.
* Tajna i javna saradnja Cetnika sa okupatorom-Arhivska grada, Beograd, 1978.
* Draža Mihailovic izmedu Britanaca i Nemaca, Beograd, 1979.
Odlikovan je:
* Ordenom bratstva i jedinstva II reda
* Ordenom zasluge za narod
* Ordenom partizanske zvezde III reda
* Ordenom za hrabrost
Reference:
Marjanovic, Jovan, Professor Dr. The Collaboration Of D.Mihailovic’s Chetniks With The Enemy
Forces Of Occupation. Beograd: Arhivski pregled, 1976.
Comment by Ivica Fonti — December 6, 2007 #
whats the differance between a roman catho;lic and a orthadox christian ? aparently enough for the roman catholics to support the muslims rather than the Orthyadox . The Roman cathalics dont know what they are doing . Now the oficial roman church calls god allah . I dont think this is sin . but there new allah will sooner or latter bring them to more sin than they can handle
Comment by eric — January 28, 2008 #
croats supported muslims because serbs attacked all people of yugoslavia in order tocreate greater serbia.religion has nothing to do with it.and the way of serbian war propaganda was to show all croats as nazis and all bosniaks as terrorists.while serb forces commited genocide in srebrenica.so much for radical serb objectivity.
all serb “facts” are based on things you can’t proove of disproove…just relativism and bull….
Comment by Dutchboy — January 31, 2008 #
I never said All Croats are Nazi’s . I only Say Croatia fist prime minister and Bosnia’s first Prime minister were Nazis . I dont even think all Germans are Nazis , but Adolph was . And these Nazis set the rules , NOT All Germans , NOT all Croats , Not all Bosnians are terrorists , But these countries believe in the new world order now ,and they supported the new world order before . Some people dont care about upholding the NEW WORLD ORDER , Even the United Nations wanted to take a second look at NEW World ORDER or NATzO crimes in Yugoslavia , But big NATO thinks they are above international law . Russia and Chinia may decide to see how far above the law
NATzO really is . NATzO has pushed their NEW WORLD ORDER dreams beyond all reasonable interpetation of existing United Nations laws .
If Russia , Chinia , India , Israel , all most none of the rest of the world can understand
or trust in the agreed upon laws and treaties . Its time for a big disscusion of not only the Security council but ICC and the whole United Nations .
Comment by eric — February 1, 2008 #
http://www.croradio.net/holocaust.htm
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=CD8FC566FCB0649C
Fascist SERVIA - A Threat To Peace
Barry S. Marjanovich
Wed, 18 Dec 1996 20:53:26 -0700
Servians Hide Their Nazi Past
The Calgary Sun, Feb. 22, 1993:
Wartime Whitewash
by Paul Jackson
Sitting in the Ban Cafe in Zagreb, Jakov Sedlar looked at me and said, “I
simply had to get a female voice for the narration. No man could ever
tell the story with the quiet sympathy demanded.”
Sedlar, artistic director of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, was
telling me about his 20-minute documentary THE UNTOLD HOLOCAUST, and how
he persuaded Sally Kellerman - known internationally for her portrayal of
Major “Hot Lips” Houlihan in the movie version of M*A*S*H - to talk about
death rather than joy.
THE UNTOLD HOLOCAUST tells the story of Serbia’s wartime genocide against
its Jewish population between 1941 and 1945. I’d been pointed in its
direction by Zlatan Gleb, of the Zagreb Jewish Community Centre.
The footage in THE UNTOLD HOLOCAUST is graphic, and so well documented
it’s hard to understand how this ugly secret could be hidden for so long.
Kellerman provides the reason, “The answer is the oldest one of all,” she
says, “the victors write the history.”
When Josip Tito’s Serb-dominated Communists took over power at the end of
the war it was convenient for them to cast Croatia as the fascist state
and whitewash Serbia of its own Nazi past.
Not only Croatian patriots such as Sedlar are now speaking out. Dr.
Philip J. Cohen, a prominent Maryland doctor and historian, recently
complained to ABC News about its one-sided coverage.
“As a Jew,” he wrote, “I detest Ustasha and I detest its memory. However
to brand the Croatian people with the Ustasha label is an unjustified
oversimplification.”
Cohen says while Croatia’s infamous concentration camp at Jasenovac is
often cited in the media, Serbia’s equally infamous death camps at
Jabuka, Sajmiste and Jajinci have until now been conveniently forgotten.
It’s time, insists Cohen, to recognize that Serbia, today so intent on
the genocide of the Muslim population of Bosnia-Herzegovina, participated
“zealously” in the European holocaust of the Jews.
For himself, Zlatan Gelb told me that under the democratically elected
government, Croatia’s Jewish population is today “protected like a bear
in winter.”
An Italian officer in company with Mihailovic’s Chetniks
Photo:Arhiv Srbije,Beograd,Yugoslavia.
Wartime Croatia, then governed by the pro-Nazi administration has been
condemned for decades for its treatment of the Jews. Yet, said Gleb,
Serbia’s treatment of its Jewish population was even worse. But, until
Sedlar came along, Serbia had managed to conveniently whitewash its own
anti-Semitic past.
Sedlar is a remarkable man. Urbane and articulate, he’s driven not just
by artistic endeavour, but by a search for truth.
“I fully admit Croatia’s record during the Second World War was not one
of merit, but while accepting this, I also believe that fault on all
sides needs to be exposed in the name of justice and history.”
With the coming to Croatia of democracy and freedom from Serb-dominated
Communist Yugoslavia, Sedlar was able to produce his harrowing
documentary about the untold holocaust - the destruction of the Jewish
community in wartime Serbia under the Nazi-collaborationist government of
Serbian General Milan Nedic.
Kellerman’s captivating voice eerily dominates the film - her tone can
best be described as that of a gentle sadness. It’s a haunting film, for
sure.
The movie carefully details Serbia’s anti-Semitic campaign: Jews were not
allowed to own a radio or even use a telephone. They couldn’t visit the
theatre or cinema. That was just the beginning. As the war progressed,
Serbian police rounded up Jews for delivery to Nazi extermination camps.
For every captured Jew, Serbian police received a cash bounty. Belgrade
was actually the first city in Europe to be declared JUDENFREI - free of
Jews. Nedic’s government passed a law declaring all Jewish property was
now the property of Serbs.
Gleb, ironically, wrote his masters’ of science thesis in communications
by comparing TV coverage of the Calgary and Sarajevo Olympics.
THE UNTOLD HOLOCAUST is a tragic film, but one that should force more
people to face up to hidden demons.
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Comment by Ivica Fonti — February 7, 2008 #
very interesting , probably true . Thats why Isreal needed their own country . Jews found themselves with no place to run . Evreybody has sin , except the United States . Western Bosnian muslims followers of Abdic , found themselves declared apostate muslims , with no place to run . Now we are trying to progress with the least evil . Or so we think . This is hard for human beings to accomplish . atheists sometimes seem think the religions are the fualt
of the evil . Only latter to discover they themselves dont even know what evil is , and have greatly expanded it . So now the official atheist plan is to incorperate all religions into their rulership . I dont know how this is going to turn out , However if you are a betting man , dont bet with atheist making the rules , on the decline of evil .
Comment by eric — February 8, 2008 #
E Ivice - k’o hrvat hrvatu… Ajd više prestani pliz.
Hrvatski polupismenjaci “dokazuju” nešto onima koji Hrvatsku žive a ne gledaju. Sjajno.
A taj tvoj radio - propagandni šund.
Internet je stvarno zanimljivo mjesto i svaki kreten većinom ima nešto reć’ pa tako nadam se da će Vas konačno negdje izolirati i svađajte se do mile volje. A nama ostalima ostavite radije da rješavamo stvari prema naprijed.
Comment by Ja — February 27, 2008 #