Serbia sends protest note to Croatia over Stepinac
The Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday handed a protest note to Croatian Ambassador in Belgrade Gordan Markotic.
Source: Tanjug
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The Serbian Foreign Ministry in Belgrade (mfa.gov.rs)
In the note, the ministry said the UN and the EU explicitly forbade restoration of fascism and fascist ideologies.
The Republic of Serbia is appalled by the rehabilitation of the Nazi Ustasha Independent State of Croatia. Stepinac's words at the Easter of 1941 that "the Independent State of Croatia was created by the grace of God, the prudent and self-sacrificing work of the Leader (Ante Pavelic) and the Ustasha movement, as well as by the will of our allies (Hitler and Mussolini)," and that the "Independent State of Croatia is the most illustrious event in the life of the Croatian nation," best speak about Stepinac and those rehabilitating him, the note said.
Through public statements and press releases, as well as the decision to annul the Stepinac verdict - which Ephraim Zuroff, director of the Jerusalem-based Simon Wiesenthal Centre, described as disgraceful - the Croatian authorities and the government are directly supporting those in Croatia who are against regional reconciliation and stability and who represent world views that are contrary to the basic principles of the civilization and the foundations the UN and the EU rest upon, the note said.
The rehabilitation of Archbishop Stepinac, the vicar of the Independent State of Croatia's genocidal regime whose "priests" and "nuns" were the commanders of the Jasenovac and Jastrebarsko concentration camps, is creating a climate and sentiments that are resulting in attacks against Serbs, the note said.
During his trial after WWII, Stepinac cynically defended the forced conversion of over 200,000 Serbs from Croatia to Catholicism by saying it had not been a conversion, but a "religious transition", the note said.
The ministry expressed concern over the anti-Serb sentiment in the Republic of Croatia, which it said had been developing freely over the past years and had a clear tendency to escalate.
In 2016 alone, as many as 26 incidents and cases of hate speech against Serbs have been registered in Croatia, the ministry said in the note.
In other words : "Victim Olympians whinge some more" I know you want to make Israel proud, but to them you are still a bunch of nationalist and problematic goyim just like Croats.
(Shqipterbian, 28 July 2016 02:39)
We in the Catholic world view Stepinac as a saviour. We in South America will always see him as a Saint. God Bless my dear friend.
(Pedro Henriques, 27 July 2016 10:36)
HAHAHAHA as if anyone in South America knows who the hell Stepinac is. Well, a few thousand fascists did relocate there after WWII, so I guess SOME people do. But very few. There is no honor in blessing concentration camps and forcefully converting several thousand people.
(Ari Gold, 27 July 2016 17:38)
Communist propaganda seems to have set in with Serbian leadership. Here is what Sir Winston Churchill said after Stepinac's conviction:
"Conditions in Yugoslavia are sinister and melancholy. The whole country is being converted, as far as possible, into a Communist area. Communism is being taught in the schools, and every effort is being made to create a Soviet Socialist Republic in the closest association with Moscow. It is not for us to interfere in the internal affairs of another country. Well, I am afraid I make my principle of general application. The Catholic Church and clergy in Croatia are being persecuted with the greatest severity, and the strictest measures of police government are applied to political dissentients. The circumstances of the trial and condemnation of the Archbishop of Zagreb have created widespread regret. There is growing discontent in Serbia, to whose peasant proprietors Communist doctrines are unwelcome."
If you study Stepinac fairly, you cannot come to the conclusion that he was a fascist. It is simply not true!
(Ian, 27 July 2016 16:46)
The historical record showed that although Stepinac initially welcome an independent state, he condemned Jasenovac and openly preached from the pulpit against Nazi laws. That the communists gave him a show trial does not negate this. The Republic of Serbia is embarrassing itself and should listen to the historians who have studied Stepinac.
(Ian, 27 July 2016 14:34)
We in the Catholic world view Stepinac as a saviour. We in South America will always see him as a Saint. God Bless my dear friend.
(Pedro Henriques, 27 July 2016 10:36)
Communist propaganda seems to have set in with Serbian leadership. Here is what Sir Winston Churchill said after Stepinac's conviction:
"Conditions in Yugoslavia are sinister and melancholy. The whole country is being converted, as far as possible, into a Communist area. Communism is being taught in the schools, and every effort is being made to create a Soviet Socialist Republic in the closest association with Moscow. It is not for us to interfere in the internal affairs of another country. Well, I am afraid I make my principle of general application. The Catholic Church and clergy in Croatia are being persecuted with the greatest severity, and the strictest measures of police government are applied to political dissentients. The circumstances of the trial and condemnation of the Archbishop of Zagreb have created widespread regret. There is growing discontent in Serbia, to whose peasant proprietors Communist doctrines are unwelcome."
If you study Stepinac fairly, you cannot come to the conclusion that he was a fascist. It is simply not true!
(Ian, 27 July 2016 16:46)
The historical record showed that although Stepinac initially welcome an independent state, he condemned Jasenovac and openly preached from the pulpit against Nazi laws. That the communists gave him a show trial does not negate this. The Republic of Serbia is embarrassing itself and should listen to the historians who have studied Stepinac.
(Ian, 27 July 2016 14:34)
We in the Catholic world view Stepinac as a saviour. We in South America will always see him as a Saint. God Bless my dear friend.
(Pedro Henriques, 27 July 2016 10:36)
We in the Catholic world view Stepinac as a saviour. We in South America will always see him as a Saint. God Bless my dear friend.
(Pedro Henriques, 27 July 2016 10:36)
HAHAHAHA as if anyone in South America knows who the hell Stepinac is. Well, a few thousand fascists did relocate there after WWII, so I guess SOME people do. But very few. There is no honor in blessing concentration camps and forcefully converting several thousand people.
(Ari Gold, 27 July 2016 17:38)
In other words : "Victim Olympians whinge some more" I know you want to make Israel proud, but to them you are still a bunch of nationalist and problematic goyim just like Croats.
(Shqipterbian, 28 July 2016 02:39)
We in the Catholic world view Stepinac as a saviour. We in South America will always see him as a Saint. God Bless my dear friend.
(Pedro Henriques, 27 July 2016 10:36)
HAHAHAHA as if anyone in South America knows who the hell Stepinac is. Well, a few thousand fascists did relocate there after WWII, so I guess SOME people do. But very few. There is no honor in blessing concentration camps and forcefully converting several thousand people.
(Ari Gold, 27 July 2016 17:38)
We in the Catholic world view Stepinac as a saviour. We in South America will always see him as a Saint. God Bless my dear friend.
(Pedro Henriques, 27 July 2016 10:36)
Communist propaganda seems to have set in with Serbian leadership. Here is what Sir Winston Churchill said after Stepinac's conviction:
"Conditions in Yugoslavia are sinister and melancholy. The whole country is being converted, as far as possible, into a Communist area. Communism is being taught in the schools, and every effort is being made to create a Soviet Socialist Republic in the closest association with Moscow. It is not for us to interfere in the internal affairs of another country. Well, I am afraid I make my principle of general application. The Catholic Church and clergy in Croatia are being persecuted with the greatest severity, and the strictest measures of police government are applied to political dissentients. The circumstances of the trial and condemnation of the Archbishop of Zagreb have created widespread regret. There is growing discontent in Serbia, to whose peasant proprietors Communist doctrines are unwelcome."
If you study Stepinac fairly, you cannot come to the conclusion that he was a fascist. It is simply not true!
(Ian, 27 July 2016 16:46)
The historical record showed that although Stepinac initially welcome an independent state, he condemned Jasenovac and openly preached from the pulpit against Nazi laws. That the communists gave him a show trial does not negate this. The Republic of Serbia is embarrassing itself and should listen to the historians who have studied Stepinac.
(Ian, 27 July 2016 14:34)
In other words : "Victim Olympians whinge some more" I know you want to make Israel proud, but to them you are still a bunch of nationalist and problematic goyim just like Croats.
(Shqipterbian, 28 July 2016 02:39)