Croat political organization
Hrvatski Domobran (Croatian Home Defenders) was aCroat political organization that advocated independence forCroatia fromYugoslavia, and became associated with theUstaše.[1] It was founded in 1928 and took part in demonstrations inZagreb in which it engaged in violent battles with police.[2] After being shut down and forced to flee with the establishment ofroyal dictatorship in Yugoslavia, it was refounded as anémigré organization in 1933 inBuenos Aires,Argentina.[3] A section was established in theUnited States to raise support for the Ustaše.[4]
- ^Peter Kivisto. The Ethnic enigma: the salience of ethnicity for European-origin groups. Cranbury, New Jersey, US; London, England, UK; Mississauga, Ontario, Canada: Associated University Presses, 1989. pp. 107.
- ^Sabrina P. Ramet.The three Yugoslavias: state-building and legitimation, 1918-2005. Bloomington, Indiana, US: Indiana University Press, 2006. pp. 82.
- ^Ivan Čizmić, Ivan Miletić, George J. Prpic.From the Adriatic to Lake Erie: a history of Croatians in Greater Cleveland. American Croatian Lodge, Inc. "Cardinal Stepinac", 2000. pp. 427.
- ^Peter Kivisto. The Ethnic enigma: the salience of ethnicity for European-origin groups. Cranbury, New Jersey, US; London, England, UK; Mississauga, Ontario, Canada: Associated University Presses, 1989. pp. 107.
