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| *Marshal of Yugoslavia, serving as the supreme commander of the Yugoslav military, the Yugoslav People's Army. | | *Marshal of Yugoslavia, serving as the supreme commander of the Yugoslav military, the Yugoslav People's Army. |
| *One of the founders of Cominform. Cominform was the beginning of the Soviet communist block (Yugoslavia was '''expelled''' by Stalin in 1948). | | *One of the founders of Cominform. Cominform was the beginning of the Soviet communist block (Yugoslavia was '''expelled''' by Stalin in 1948). |
− | *One of the main founders and promoters of the Non-Aligned Movement, and its first Secretary-General. | + | *One of the main founders and promoters of the Non-Aligned Movement, and its first Secretary-General (etc). |
| == Post Berlin Wall and the collapse of Yugoslavia == | | == Post Berlin Wall and the collapse of Yugoslavia == |
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− | Reference information below: Milko Mikola- Crimes Committed by Totalitarian Regimes. Chapter 3. Mass killings without court trials. | + | '''Note''': Reference information below: Milko Mikola- Crimes Committed by Totalitarian Regimes. Chapter 3. Mass killings without court trials: |
| :(organised by the [[Slovenia|Slovenian Presidency]] of the Council of the [[European Union]] and the ''European Commission'') <ref>[http://europa.eu/institutions/inst/comm/index_en.htm The European Commission:] | | :(organised by the [[Slovenia|Slovenian Presidency]] of the Council of the [[European Union]] and the ''European Commission'') <ref>[http://europa.eu/institutions/inst/comm/index_en.htm The European Commission:] |
| *"The '''Commission''' is independent of national governments. Its job is to represent and uphold the interests of the EU as a whole. It drafts proposals for new European laws, which it presents to the European Parliament and the Council. It is also the EU’s executive arm – in other words, it is responsible for implementing the decisions of Parliament and the Council. That means managing the day-to-day business of the [[European Union]]: implementing its policies, running its programmes and spending its funds. Like the Parliament and Council, the European Commission was set up in the 1950s under the EU’s founding treaties."</ref> | | *"The '''Commission''' is independent of national governments. Its job is to represent and uphold the interests of the EU as a whole. It drafts proposals for new European laws, which it presents to the European Parliament and the Council. It is also the EU’s executive arm – in other words, it is responsible for implementing the decisions of Parliament and the Council. That means managing the day-to-day business of the [[European Union]]: implementing its policies, running its programmes and spending its funds. Like the Parliament and Council, the European Commission was set up in the 1950s under the EU’s founding treaties."</ref> |
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| The [[Titoism and Totalitarianism#Goli Otok|Goli Otok]] (Barren Island),<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=pV6sFB-KuU8C&pg=PA126&lpg=PA129&dq=History+of+the+literary+cultures+of+East-Central+Europe+UDBA&source=bl&ots=VdZ143-ajs&sig=Bop4of55CjpRgqVveDG_NEQi2bk&hl=en&ei=_3L-S5-uJdDIcaGDkO4J&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=UDBA&f=false History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe] by Marcel Cornis-Pope & John Neubauer.(p126)</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?hl=en&lr=&id=Cn1b0hwln-oC&oi=fnd&pg=PA202&dq=Tito%27s+UDBA+activities+in+Australia+from+the+1960%27s&ots=GfmeK3KoMa&sig=hfTkJsqYV9nIZfm0vxJYwaWeUYA#v=onepage&q=&f=falseTransitional Justice in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union] by Lavinia Stan | | The [[Titoism and Totalitarianism#Goli Otok|Goli Otok]] (Barren Island),<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=pV6sFB-KuU8C&pg=PA126&lpg=PA129&dq=History+of+the+literary+cultures+of+East-Central+Europe+UDBA&source=bl&ots=VdZ143-ajs&sig=Bop4of55CjpRgqVveDG_NEQi2bk&hl=en&ei=_3L-S5-uJdDIcaGDkO4J&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=UDBA&f=false History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe] by Marcel Cornis-Pope & John Neubauer.(p126)</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?hl=en&lr=&id=Cn1b0hwln-oC&oi=fnd&pg=PA202&dq=Tito%27s+UDBA+activities+in+Australia+from+the+1960%27s&ots=GfmeK3KoMa&sig=hfTkJsqYV9nIZfm0vxJYwaWeUYA#v=onepage&q=&f=falseTransitional Justice in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union] by Lavinia Stan |
− | *"This book provides the most thorough and analytically sophisticated treatment yet available of this crucial topic." Mark Kramer, Cold War Studies Program, Harvard University. Chapter 9 (p202)</ref> a notorious prison on the Croatian coast, (former Yugoslavia’s Evil Island-Gulag) is where the regime imprisoned their enemies.<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=FTw3lEqi2-oC&pg=PA179&dq=Andrija+Hebrang+purge&cd=4#v=onepage&q=goli%20otok&f=false The Three Yugoslavias: State-building and Legitimation, 1918-2005] by Sabrina P. Ramet. (p179)</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=RIIX4PCkduwC&pg=PA377&dq=Discontents:+Postmodern+and+Post-communist+(2002)+tito.&hl=en&ei=-73DS_ikK4zk7APE7vGzCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA#v=snippet&q=goli%20otok&f=false Discontents: Postmodern and Postcommunist] by Paul Hollander. (p397)</ref><ref>[http://www.goliotok.com/ Goli Otok: Yugoslavia’s Evil Island Gulag] '''Josip Zoretic'''-Political prisoner of the former Yugoslavia's most notorious prison. Goli Otok: Hell in the Adriatic (book) by Josip Zoretic</ref><ref>'''Vera Winter'''– Croatian Economist. Political prisoner of the former Yugoslavia's prison, [[Titoism and Totalitarianism#Goli Otok|Goli Otok]]. '''Interview''': BBC 4/Tito's Ghosts</ref><ref>'''Alfred Pal'''- Croatian [[Art|Artist]]. Political prisoner of the former Yugoslavia's prison, Goli Otok. '''Interview''': BBC 4/Tito's Ghosts</ref> They included mainly ''alleged'' enemies of the communist state, other Communist Party members, regular citizens accused of exhibiting any democratic, anti-communist behaviour and Stalinists. It is estimated over 100 000 people where arrested on false allegations and imprisoned. Family members were told that they went on a business trip. Other camps that were used by the regime are KPH Zenica, Stare Gradiska and Sveti Grgur. | + | *"This book provides the most thorough and analytically sophisticated treatment yet available of this crucial topic." Mark Kramer, Cold War Studies Program, Harvard University. Chapter 9 (p202)</ref> a notorious prison on the Croatian coast, (former Yugoslavia’s Evil Island-Gulag) is where the regime imprisoned their enemies.<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=FTw3lEqi2-oC&pg=PA179&dq=Andrija+Hebrang+purge&cd=4#v=onepage&q=goli%20otok&f=false The Three Yugoslavias: State-building and Legitimation, 1918-2005] by Sabrina P. Ramet. (p179)</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=RIIX4PCkduwC&pg=PA377&dq=Discontents:+Postmodern+and+Post-communist+(2002)+tito.&hl=en&ei=-73DS_ikK4zk7APE7vGzCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA#v=snippet&q=goli%20otok&f=false Discontents: Postmodern and Postcommunist] by Paul Hollander. (p397)</ref><ref>[http://www.goliotok.com/ Goli Otok: Yugoslavia’s Evil Island Gulag] '''Josip Zoretic'''-Political prisoner of the former Yugoslavia's most notorious prison. Goli Otok: Hell in the Adriatic (book) by Josip Zoretic</ref><ref>'''Vera Winter'''– Croatian Economist. Political prisoner of the former Yugoslavia's prison, [[Titoism and Totalitarianism#Goli Otok|Goli Otok]]. '''Interview''': BBC 4/Tito's Ghosts</ref><ref>'''Alfred Pal'''- Croatian [[Art|Artist]]. Political prisoner of the former Yugoslavia's prison, Goli Otok. '''Interview''': BBC 4/Tito's Ghosts</ref> They included mainly ''alleged'' enemies of the communist state, other Communist Party members, regular citizens accused of exhibiting any democratic and anti-communist behaviour. It is estimated over 100 000 people where arrested on false allegations and imprisoned. Family members were told that they went on a business trip. Other camps that were used by the regime are KPH Zenica, Stare Gradiska and Sveti Grgur. |
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| As the leader of Yugoslavia, Tito maintained a lavish playboy lifestyle and kept several mansions. In Belgrade he resided in the official palace, (Beli Dvor), and maintained a separate private residence. He spent much time at his private island of Brijuni [http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00220/brijuni/brijuni2.jpg (''link'')], an official residence from 1949 on, and at his palace at the Bled Lake. By 1974 Tito had 32 official residences. | | As the leader of Yugoslavia, Tito maintained a lavish playboy lifestyle and kept several mansions. In Belgrade he resided in the official palace, (Beli Dvor), and maintained a separate private residence. He spent much time at his private island of Brijuni [http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00220/brijuni/brijuni2.jpg (''link'')], an official residence from 1949 on, and at his palace at the Bled Lake. By 1974 Tito had 32 official residences. |
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− | According to [[Wikipedia]], Josip Broz worked for the Benz auto mobile factory in Austria and worked as a test driver for Daimler.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josip_Broz_Tito#Early_life|title=Wikipedia: Josip Broz Tito}}</ref> | + | According to [[Wikipedia]], Josip Broz worked for the Benz auto mobile factory in Austria and worked as a test driver for Daimler.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josip_Broz_Tito#Early_life|title=Wikipedia: Josip Broz Tito}}</ref> In 2004 Josip Broz was voted to be ''The Greatest Croatian''. The poll was conducted by the Croatian weekly magazine the "Nacional".<ref>[http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/13694/tito-je-jedini-hrvatski-drzavnik-koga-je-svijet-prihvacao-kao-svjetsku-licnost www.nacional.hr]</ref> |
| == See also == | | == See also == |
| *[[Titoism and Totalitarianism]] | | *[[Titoism and Totalitarianism]] |