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* '''Ian Cuthbertson''' review of ''Tito's Ghosts'' on [http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/balkans-hero-with-a-bloodthirsty-streak/story-e6frg8mf-1111117435895 www.theaustralian.com.au]

* '''Ian Cuthbertson''' review of ''Tito's Ghosts'' on [http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/balkans-hero-with-a-bloodthirsty-streak/story-e6frg8mf-1111117435895 www.theaustralian.com.au]

''(a)'' Josip Broz Tito, the hard man who managed to unite Yugoslavia after World War II, has long been regarded as somehow less awful than his fellow communist leaders. This French documentary makes it clear that even now, after Yugoslavia has disintegrated (mostly chaotically), Tito is still adored by some in the Balkans, with festivals commemorating his birthday and enthusiasts kissing his statue and declaring their love for him.

(a) Josip Broz Tito, the hard man who managed to unite Yugoslavia after World War II, has long been regarded as somehow less awful than his fellow communist leaders. This French documentary makes it clear that even now, after Yugoslavia has disintegrated (mostly chaotically), Tito is still adored by some in the Balkans, with festivals commemorating his birthday and enthusiasts kissing his statue and declaring their love for him.

''(b)'' Turned back from Austria by the Allies and handed over to Tito's forces, they were executed in the woods without trial. Investigations in Slovenia have found evidence to suggest the dead were naked, or partly naked, and tied with wire when they were killed.The graves' existence was an open secret for decades, yet they were not documented and not commonly discussed.

(b) Turned back from Austria by the Allies and handed over to Tito's forces, they were executed in the woods without trial. Investigations in Slovenia have found evidence to suggest the dead were naked, or partly naked, and tied with wire when they were killed.The graves' existence was an open secret for decades, yet they were not documented and not commonly discussed.  

 

''(c)'' Yet Tito, internationally feted unifier of Yugoslavia, wrought violence on many fronts. His purges were merciless, and his forces rounded up thousands of suspected opponents and sent them to a prison on Goli Otok (Barren Island) where they were beaten, tortured and killed.

== See also ==

== See also ==

* [[Top 10 Reasons Not to Donate to Wikipedia]]

* [[Top 10 Reasons Not to Donate to Wikipedia]]

* [[Criticism of Jimmy Wales]]

* [[Criticism of Jimmy Wales]]

* [[User talk:Ockham/Wikipedia & Political Agendas| History of the Balkan states]]

* [[User talk:Ockham/Wikipedia & Political Agendas| History of the Balkan states]]

* [[Titoism and Totalitarianism]]

* [[Titoism and Totalitarianism]]

==References==

==References==

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*Zdravko Dizdar (Croatian Historian/Croatian Institute for History in Zagreb): Partisan and Communist Repression and Atrocities in Croatia, 1944th-1946th - Documents/[http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=27516&lang=en Hrcak Portal of Scientific Journals of Croatia.]  

*Zdravko Dizdar (Croatian Historian/Croatian Institute for History in Zagreb): Partisan and Communist Repression and Atrocities in Croatia, 1944th-1946th - Documents/[http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=27516&lang=en Hrcak Portal of Scientific Journals of Croatia.]  

*Mentioning the War: Genocide discussions in post-Tito Yugoslavia ''by'' Tea Sindbaek  [http://folk.uio.no/palk/Dubrovnik/Tea%20Sindbaek%20-%20essay.htm#_ftnref15 ''Link'']  

*Mentioning the War: Genocide discussions in post-Tito Yugoslavia ''by'' Tea Sindbaek  [http://folk.uio.no/palk/Dubrovnik/Tea%20Sindbaek%20-%20essay.htm#_ftnref15 ''Link'']  

==External links==

==External links==

* [http://www.culturalprofiles.org.uk/slovenia/Units/3859.html National Museum of Contemporary History (Ljubljana)]-Slovenia

* [http://www.culturalprofiles.org.uk/slovenia/Units/3859.html National Museum of Contemporary History (Ljubljana)]-Slovenia