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− | '''Wikipedia's''' article on the Bleiburg massacre,<ref> Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases by Inc Icon Group International</ref> is an article that reads as if it was written by the former ''Communist Party of Yugoslavia''. It is written in a non-encyclopaedic fashion and it has a dated writing approach that is reminiscent of the propaganda of the former [[Communists|Communist Yugoslavia]]. | + | '''Wikipedia's''' article on the Bleiburg massacre,<ref> Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases by Inc Icon Group International</ref> is an article that reads as if it was written by the former ''Communist Party of Yugoslavia''. It is written in a non-encyclopaedic fashion and it has a dated writing approach that is reminiscent of the propaganda of the former [[Communists|Communist Yugoslavia]]. The Yugoslav regime was desperate to keep the massacre a secret however this all changed after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the break up of Yugoslavia. |
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− | The Yugoslav regime was desperate to keep the massacre a secret however this all changed after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the break up of Yugoslavia. These events happened after the end of [[World War Two]]. It has been written that the massacre was a revenge <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enotes.com/genocide-encyclopedia/yugoslavia|title=www.enotes.com "Yugoslavia."Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity. Ed. Dinah L. Shelton. Gale Cengage, 2005. eNotes.com. 2006. 26 Jun, 2010 Yugoslavia: Genocide & Crimes Against Humanity-Mark Thompson.|date=[[2010]]|accessdate=2010-10-07}}
| + | These events happened after the end of [[World War Two]]. It has been written that the massacre was a revenge <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enotes.com/genocide-encyclopedia/yugoslavia|title=www.enotes.com "Yugoslavia."Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity. Ed. Dinah L. Shelton. Gale Cengage, 2005. eNotes.com. 2006. 26 Jun, 2010 Yugoslavia: Genocide & Crimes Against Humanity-Mark Thompson.|date=[[2010]]|accessdate=2010-10-07}} |
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| *"The killing continued after the war, as Tito's victorious forces took revenge on their real and perceived enemies. British forces in [[Austria]] turned back tens of thousands of fleeing Yugoslavs. Estimates range from 30,000 to 55,000 killed between spring and autumn 1945."</ref> against the war crimes that were committed by the Nazi element of the retreating Axis Forces.<ref>'''Encyclopaedia Britannica''': Independent State of Croatia | | *"The killing continued after the war, as Tito's victorious forces took revenge on their real and perceived enemies. British forces in [[Austria]] turned back tens of thousands of fleeing Yugoslavs. Estimates range from 30,000 to 55,000 killed between spring and autumn 1945."</ref> against the war crimes that were committed by the Nazi element of the retreating Axis Forces.<ref>'''Encyclopaedia Britannica''': Independent State of Croatia |
− | * Independent State of Croatia (NDH) committed war crimes during World War Two. ''Read'': [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1413183/Independent-State-of-Croatia Encyclopaedia Britannica: History & Society-Independent State of Croatia] | + | * Independent State of Croatia (NDH) committed war crimes during World War Two. ''Read'': [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1413183/Independent-State-of-Croatia Encyclopaedia Britannica: History & Society-Independent State of Croatia]</ref> This is true, but it is only part of the picture. The communists executed,<ref>'''Encyclopaedia Britannica''' - Slovenia (a former republic of Yugoslavia): |
− | </ref> This is true, but it is only part of the picture. The communists executed,<ref>'''Encyclopaedia Britannica''' - Slovenia (a former republic of Yugoslavia): | + | * "After the armistice the British repatriated more than 10,000 Slovene collaborators who had attempted to retreat with the Germans, and [[Josip Broz Tito|Tito]] had most of them massacred at the infamous Pits of Kocevje".</ref> without trial, a huge number of people that were deemed guilty by ''association only''.<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=qMZaPjrHqYYC&pg=PA283&dq=josip+broz+tito&hl=en&ei=BGf-S66gBMWrcc3wnZcK&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDkQ6AEwBDge#v=onepage&q=josip%20broz%20tito&f=false Balkan Strongmen:] Dictators and Authoritarian Rulers of South Eastern Europe ''by'' Bernd Jurgen Fischer. (p283)</ref> |
− | * "After the armistice the British repatriated more than 10,000 Slovene collaborators who had attempted to retreat with the Germans, and [[Josip Broz Tito|Tito]] had most of them massacred at the infamous Pits of Kocevje".</ref> without trial, a huge number of people that were deemed guilty by ''association only''. <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=qMZaPjrHqYYC&pg=PA283&dq=josip+broz+tito&hl=en&ei=BGf-S66gBMWrcc3wnZcK&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDkQ6AEwBDge#v=onepage&q=josip%20broz%20tito&f=false Balkan Strongmen:] Dictators and Authoritarian Rulers of South Eastern Europe ''by'' Bernd Jurgen Fischer. (p283)</ref> | |
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| '''Note''': Reference information below from ''Identity Politics in the Age of Genocide'': The Holocaust and Historical by David B. MacDonald. (p168): | | '''Note''': Reference information below from ''Identity Politics in the Age of Genocide'': The Holocaust and Historical by David B. MacDonald. (p168): |
| {{Cquote|''The Partisans also carried out massacres, best known being at Bleiburg (Austria), where retreating [[Croatia|Croatian]] and [[Slovenia|Slovenian]] forces and thier families were massacred''.<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ZK2WE_2H3UEC&pg=PA168&dq=Bleiburg+massacre&hl=en&ei=kbsiTJMDIHJcc2kzIkF&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAzge#v=onepage&q&f=false Identity Politics in the Age of Genocide:] The Holocaust and Historical ''by'' David B. MacDonald. (p168)</ref>}} | | {{Cquote|''The Partisans also carried out massacres, best known being at Bleiburg (Austria), where retreating [[Croatia|Croatian]] and [[Slovenia|Slovenian]] forces and thier families were massacred''.<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ZK2WE_2H3UEC&pg=PA168&dq=Bleiburg+massacre&hl=en&ei=kbsiTJMDIHJcc2kzIkF&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAzge#v=onepage&q&f=false Identity Politics in the Age of Genocide:] The Holocaust and Historical ''by'' David B. MacDonald. (p168)</ref>}} |
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| Scientific Journal - An Addition to the Research of the Problem of Bleiburg & Way of the Cross: | | Scientific Journal - An Addition to the Research of the Problem of Bleiburg & Way of the Cross: |
− | *''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. | + | *''An addition to the Research of the Problem of Bleiburg and 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. |
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| *''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>{{cite web|url=http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=27516&lang=en|title=Hrcak Portal of Scientific Journals of Croatia: An Addition to the Research of the Problem of Bleiburg & Way of the Cross|date=[[2010]]|accessdate=2010-10-07}} Scientific Journal by Zdravko Dizdar [http://www.unizg.hr/homepage/ University of Zagreb] </ref>}} | | *''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>{{cite web|url=http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=27516&lang=en|title=Hrcak Portal of Scientific Journals of Croatia: An Addition to the Research of the Problem of Bleiburg & Way of the Cross|date=[[2010]]|accessdate=2010-10-07}} Scientific Journal by Zdravko Dizdar [http://www.unizg.hr/homepage/ University of Zagreb] </ref>}} |
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| *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleiburg_massacre Wikipedia: Bleiburg massacre] | | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleiburg_massacre Wikipedia: Bleiburg massacre] |
| *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Public_Hearing_on_“Crimes_Committed_by_Totalitarian_Regimes%22 Wikipedia: European Public Hearing on “Crimes Committed by Totalitarian Regimes] | | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Public_Hearing_on_“Crimes_Committed_by_Totalitarian_Regimes%22 Wikipedia: European Public Hearing on “Crimes Committed by Totalitarian Regimes] |
− | *[http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=30348&view=findpost&p=246461 How to manipulate Wikipedia] | + | *[http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=30348&view=findpost&p=246461 How to '''manipulate''' Wikipedia] |
| {{Cquote| ''Wikipedia has become the new battleground for Israel's PR image. The Yisrael Sheli (My Israel) movement and the Yesha Council, which represents Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, have joined together for a new public relations initiative. Together they will soon offer a special course for volunteers who wish to write and edit English entries on Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia.'' (Israel National News)}} | | {{Cquote| ''Wikipedia has become the new battleground for Israel's PR image. The Yisrael Sheli (My Israel) movement and the Yesha Council, which represents Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, have joined together for a new public relations initiative. Together they will soon offer a special course for volunteers who wish to write and edit English entries on Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia.'' (Israel National News)}} |
| *[http://www.euractiv.com/en/enlargement/croatian-pm-pays-tribute-controversial-war-victims-news-494055 EurActiv Network] Croatian PM pays tribute to controversial war victims. | | *[http://www.euractiv.com/en/enlargement/croatian-pm-pays-tribute-controversial-war-victims-news-494055 EurActiv Network] Croatian PM pays tribute to controversial war victims. |