| "Jasenovac more important than Bleiburg" |
| 17 April 2008 | 12:05
| Source:
Tanjug |
ZAGREB --
Stjepan Mesić has criticized the Croatian parliament’s decision to spend more money on the commemoration for Bleiburg victims than Jasenovac victims.
 | Stjepan Mesić (FoNet, archive)
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“The fact is, not one Jasenovac victim was to blame for the Bleiburg victims, but a lot of Bleiburg victims were guilty for a lot of victims at Jasenovac,” said the Croatian president, stressing that the excuse that Jasenovac had received money earlier and Bleiburg had not, did not wash.
A commemoration for Second World War war crimes in Yugoslavia should be held in Jasenovac because it was the biggest death camp in the region, said Mesić, adding that Bleiburg, where the victims included many members of the former pro-Nazi quisling authorities, should nonetheless be commemorated too.
The parliament’s decision was also criticized by the Anti-Fascist Council.
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