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The notorious Bleiburg, Way of the Cross <ref>[http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=27516&lang=en Hrcak Portal of Scientific Journals of Croatia] by Mr Dizdar's ''Scientific Journal'' - An Addition to the Research of the Problem of Bleiburg & Way of the Cross. This paper dedicated to the 60th anniversary of these tragic events represents a small step towards the elaboration of known data and brings a list of yet unknown and unpublished original documents, mostly belonging to the Yugoslavian Military and Political Government 1945-1947. Amongst those documents are those mostly relating to Croatian territory although a majority of concentration camps and execution sites were outside of Croatia, in other parts of Yugoslavia. The author hopes that the readers will receive a complete picture about events related to Bleiburg and the Way of The Cross and the suffering of numerous Croats, which is confirmed directly in many documents and is related to the execution of a person or a whole group of people and sometimes non-stop for days.</ref> and Foibe massacres <ref>[http://miran.pecenik.com/ts/balkan/balkan6.htm Where The Balkans Begin (The Slovenes in Triest-The Foiba Story)] by Bernard Meares-During the early Communist occupation in Trieste, Gorizia and the Littoral, and the 40 days of Communist rule in Trieste city, some 6000 arrests were made and the prisoners carried off to Communist-controlled areas  . When the Allies finally imposed their rule they found out about the Yugoslav execution squads. The more objective Italian historians and statisticians such as Galliano Fogar and Raoul Pupo point to between 1000 and 1800 Italian and Slovene victims. The Red Cross estimates that 2,250 failed to return , in rough agreement with Bogdan Novak who said in 1971 that 4200 Italians returned out of 6000 arrested. </ref> were three of these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleiburg_massacre] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foibe_massacres]. Additionally there is the genocide and ethnic cleansing of ethnic Germans [http://www.dvhh.org/history/genocide/index.htm], Hungarians and Italians of the former Yugoslavia <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=lang_en&id=RWZLZaxPUXQC&oi=fnd&pg=PA8&ots=xdn2wNxBWP&sig=WN_VKCu5q6lVUOsSoxHdPJGiB-w#v=snippet&q=killed&f=false Communist Retaliation and Persecution on Yugoslav Territory During and After WWII] by Dr. Ph. Michael Portmann-The following article deals with repressive measures undertaken by communist-dominated Partisan forces during and especially after WWII in order to take revenge on former enemies, to punish collaborators, and “people’s enemies“ and to decimate and eliminate the potential of opponents to a new, socialist Yugoslavia. The text represents a summary of a master thesis referring to the above-mentioned topic written and accepted at '''Vienna University''' in 2002</ref>.

The notorious Bleiburg, Way of the Cross <ref>[http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=27516&lang=en Hrcak Portal of Scientific Journals of Croatia] by Mr Dizdar's ''Scientific Journal'' - An Addition to the Research of the Problem of Bleiburg & Way of the Cross. This paper dedicated to the 60th anniversary of these tragic events represents a small step towards the elaboration of known data and brings a list of yet unknown and unpublished original documents, mostly belonging to the Yugoslavian Military and Political Government 1945-1947. Amongst those documents are those mostly relating to Croatian territory although a majority of concentration camps and execution sites were outside of Croatia, in other parts of Yugoslavia. The author hopes that the readers will receive a complete picture about events related to Bleiburg and the Way of The Cross and the suffering of numerous Croats, which is confirmed directly in many documents and is related to the execution of a person or a whole group of people and sometimes non-stop for days.</ref> and Foibe massacres <ref>[http://miran.pecenik.com/ts/balkan/balkan6.htm Where The Balkans Begin (The Slovenes in Triest-The Foiba Story)] by Bernard Meares-During the early Communist occupation in Trieste, Gorizia and the Littoral, and the 40 days of Communist rule in Trieste city, some 6000 arrests were made and the prisoners carried off to Communist-controlled areas  . When the Allies finally imposed their rule they found out about the Yugoslav execution squads. The more objective Italian historians and statisticians such as Galliano Fogar and Raoul Pupo point to between 1000 and 1800 Italian and Slovene victims. The Red Cross estimates that 2,250 failed to return , in rough agreement with Bogdan Novak who said in 1971 that 4200 Italians returned out of 6000 arrested. </ref> were three of these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleiburg_massacre] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foibe_massacres]. Additionally there is the genocide and ethnic cleansing of ethnic Germans [http://www.dvhh.org/history/genocide/index.htm], Hungarians and Italians of the former Yugoslavia <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=lang_en&id=RWZLZaxPUXQC&oi=fnd&pg=PA8&ots=xdn2wNxBWP&sig=WN_VKCu5q6lVUOsSoxHdPJGiB-w#v=snippet&q=killed&f=false Communist Retaliation and Persecution on Yugoslav Territory During and After WWII] by Dr. Ph. Michael Portmann-The following article deals with repressive measures undertaken by communist-dominated Partisan forces during and especially after WWII in order to take revenge on former enemies, to punish collaborators, and “people’s enemies“ and to decimate and eliminate the potential of opponents to a new, socialist Yugoslavia. The text represents a summary of a master thesis referring to the above-mentioned topic written and accepted at '''Vienna University''' in 2002</ref>.

*[http://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/09/world/evolution-in-europe-piles-of-bones-in-yugoslavia-point-to-partisan-massacres.html?pagewanted=all New York Times]

* Evolution in Europe; Piles of Bones in Yugoslavia Point to Partisan Massacres: [http://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/09/world/evolution-in-europe-piles-of-bones-in-yugoslavia-point-to-partisan-massacres.html?pagewanted=all New York Times]

*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6360429.stm BBC News]

* Italy-Croatia WWII Massacre Spat: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6360429.stm BBC News]  

== Wikipedia Articles Concerning Former Yugoslavia==

== Wikipedia Articles Concerning Former Yugoslavia==

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleiburg_massacre&oldid=317227743 Wikipedia, 4 Oct 2009] (Number one on Google)

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleiburg_massacre&oldid=317227743 Wikipedia, 4 Oct 2009] (Number one on Google)

** [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleiburg_massacre&oldid=127716400 Wikipedia, 7 May 2007]

** [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleiburg_massacre&oldid=127716400 Wikipedia, 7 May 2007]

** [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleiburg_massacre&diff=146549297&oldid=140760542 Edits made by DIREKTOR between May and July 2007] Note: <ref>Example: changes"Among the Croats were real or alleged members or collaborators of the fascist regime. Killings were done presumably with the full knowledge of their supreme commander Josip Broz Tito" to "The majority of the Croats were members or collaborators of the fascist regime, although there were many frightened innocent people, however, these two were inextricably mixed and the pursuing partisans appear to have unfortunately labelled them all as traitors since they were fleeing with the fascist units that were attempting to surrender to British forces in [[Austria]]. Apart from Croats, present in the fleeing military columns were remaining units of the Serbian Chetniks and the Slovenian Bela Garda, the vast majority of both were killed as well. The British forces refused to accept the Ustasa's surrender as per the Allied agreement and they were prevented from entering the British occupied areas."</ref>

** [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleiburg_massacre&diff=146549297&oldid=140760542 Edits made by DIREKTOR between May and July 2007] Note: ''Bleiburg Massacre'' <ref>'''Bleiburg Massacre'''"Among the Croats were real or alleged members or collaborators of the fascist regime. Killings were done presumably with the full knowledge of their supreme commander Josip Broz Tito" to "The majority of the Croats were members or collaborators of the fascist regime, although there were many frightened innocent people, however, these two were inextricably mixed and the pursuing partisans appear to have unfortunately labelled them all as traitors since they were fleeing with the fascist units that were attempting to surrender to British forces in [[Austria]]. Apart from Croats, present in the fleeing military columns were remaining units of the Serbian Chetniks and the Slovenian Bela Garda, the vast majority of both were killed as well. The British forces refused to accept the Ustasa's surrender as per the Allied agreement and they were prevented from entering the British occupied areas."</ref>

* [http://www.serendipity.li/hr/bleiburg_massacres.htm Tolstoy's account]

* [http://www.serendipity.li/hr/bleiburg_massacres.htm Tolstoy's account]

* [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=N1j1QdPMockC&pg=PA351&lpg=PA351&dq=bleiburg+massacre&source=bl&ots=0ogZwdMZaw&sig=rVYUuGNBghft65XS9j-bUewKVQk&hl=en&ei=dYjISoDGM8v24AaI0K3HAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6#v=onepage&q=bleiburg%20massacre&f=false Death by Government] R. Rummel, p. 252

* [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=N1j1QdPMockC&pg=PA351&lpg=PA351&dq=bleiburg+massacre&source=bl&ots=0ogZwdMZaw&sig=rVYUuGNBghft65XS9j-bUewKVQk&hl=en&ei=dYjISoDGM8v24AaI0K3HAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6#v=onepage&q=bleiburg%20massacre&f=false Death by Government] R. Rummel, p. 252

== Draza Mihailovic ==

== Draza Mihailovic ==

Draza Mihailovic was one of the organisers the royalist Chetniks in Yugoslavia during WW2. He has been portrayed by the Former Yugoslav State (& the Western Allies) as being allied with the Germans. The truth is turning out to be much more complex (Mihailovic was awarded the Legion of Merit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion_of_Merit], based on General Dwight D. Eisenhower[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower] recommendations).

Draza Mihailovic was one of the organisers the royalist Chetniks in Yugoslavia during WW2. He has been portrayed by the Former Yugoslav State (& the Western Allies) as being allied with the Germans. The truth is turning out to be much more complex (Mihailovic was awarded the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion_of_Merit Legion of Merit], based on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower General Dwight D. Eisenhower] recommendations).

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Dragoljub "Draza" Mihailovic (Cyrillic script: Драгољуб "Дража" Михаиловић; also known as "Чича Дража" or "Čiča Draža", meaning "uncle Draza"; April 27, 1893 - July 17, 1946) was a Yugoslav Serbian general, now primarily remembered as a World War II collaborator.

Dragoljub "Draza" Mihailovic (Cyrillic script: Драгољуб "Дража" Михаиловић; also known as "Чича Дража" or "Čiča Draža", meaning "Uncle Draza"; April 27, 1893 - July 17, 1946) was a Yugoslav Serbian general, now primarily remembered as a World War II collaborator.

=== Britannica ===

=== Britannica ===

* Yalta and The Bleiburg Tragedy[http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/genocide/yugoslav-hist1.htm] by C Michael McAdams

* Yalta and The Bleiburg Tragedy[http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/genocide/yugoslav-hist1.htm] by C Michael McAdams

* Croatia: A History [http://books.google.com/books?id=pSxJdE4MYo4C&pg=PA189&dq=Ivo+Goldstein+Josip+broz+tito&lr=#v=onepage&q=&f=false] Ivo Goldstein (Ivo Goldstein is a Professor at the University of Zagreb & former Director of the Institute for Croatian History of the University of Zagreb)

* Croatia: A History [http://books.google.com/books?id=pSxJdE4MYo4C&pg=PA189&dq=Ivo+Goldstein+Josip+broz+tito&lr=#v=onepage&q=&f=false] Ivo Goldstein (Ivo Goldstein is a Professor at the University of Zagreb & former Director of the Institute for Croatian History of the University of Zagreb)

*Balkan Idols: Religion and Nationalism in Yugoslav States - Oxford University Press, 2002.[http://books.google.com/books?id=jIoKMGRHxn4C&pg=PA103&dq=Balkan+Idols:+Religion+and+Nationalism+in+Yugoslav+States+tito#v=onepage&q=&f=false] by Vjekoslav Perica (Vjekoslav Perica is a Croatian writer and academic.He holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, USA)

*Balkan Idols: Religion and Nationalism in Yugoslav States - Oxford University Press, 2002.[http://books.google.com/books?id=jIoKMGRHxn4C&pg=PA103&dq=Balkan+Idols:+Religion+and+Nationalism+in+Yugoslav+States+tito#v=onepage&q=&f=false] by Vjekoslav Perica (Vjekoslav Perica is a Croatian writer and academic.He holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, USA)

==Notes==

==Notes==

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