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'''Croatisation''' or '''Croatization''' ({{lang-hr|kroatizacija'' or ''pohrvaćenje}}; {{lang-it|croatizzazione}}) is a term used to describe a process of [[cultural assimilation]], and its consequences, in which people or lands ethnically partially [[Croats|Croat]] or non-Croat become -voluntary or forced- Croat.
== Croatisation of Serbs ==
Serbs have been victims of Croatisation throughout history.
=== Uskoks ===
A large part of the Habsburg unit of [[Uskoks]], who fought a guerilla war with the [[Ottoman Empire]] were [[Serbs|ethnic Serbs]] ([[Serbian Orthodox Christian]]) who fled from Ottoman Turkish rule and settled in [[Bela Krajina]] and [[Zumberak]].<ref name="Davies">Europe:A History by Norman Davies (1996), p. 561.</ref><ref name="Goffman">Goffman (2002), p. 190.</ref><ref name="ER">http://books.google.se/books?id=ovCVDLYN_JgC</ref><ref name="GEO">http://books.google.se/books?id=0pmkrY29qkIC</ref>
[[Serbs of Croatia|Serbs]] in the [[Roman Catholic]] [[Croatian Military Frontier]] were out of the jurisdiction of the [[Serbs|Serbian]] [[Patriarchate of Peć]] and in [[1611]], after demands from the community, the Pope establishes the [[Eparchy of Marča]] (''Vratanija'') with seat at the Serbian-built [[Marča Monastery]] and instates a [[Byzantine]] [[vicar]] as bishop sub-ordinate to the [[Roman Catholic]] [[bishop of Zagreb]], working to bring Serbian Orthodox Christians into communion with Rome which caused struggle of power between the Catholics and the Serbs over the region. In 1695 Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of ''[[Lika]]-[[Krbava]] and [[Zrinopolje]]'' is established by metropolitan [[Atanasije Ljubojevic]] and certified by Emperor [[Josef I]] in 1707. In 1735 the Serbian Orthodox protested in the Marča Monastery and becomes part of the [[Serbian Orthodox Church]] until 1753 when the Pope restores the Roman Catholic clergy. On June 17, 1777 the [[Eparchy of Križevci]] is permanently established by [[Pope Pius VI]] with see at [[Križevci, Croatia|Križevci]], near [[Zagreb]], thus forming the [[Croatian Greek Catholic Church]] which would after World War I include other people; Rusyns and Ukrainians of [[Yugoslavia]].<ref name="ER"/><ref name="GEO"/>
Catholic Croats of [[Turopolje]] and [[Gornja Stubica]] celebrate the [[Đurđevdan]] (''Jurjevo''), a Serbian tradition maintained by Uskoks descendants (adjacent to [[White Carniola]], where [[Serbs in Slovenia|Serbs formed communities]] in 1528).
===Ustaše regime===
====Croatian Orthodox Church====
== Croatia in the Austrian Empire ==
In the early 19th century, [[Croatia]] was a part of the [[Habsburg Monarchy]]. As the wave of [[romantic nationalism]] swept across Europe, the Croatian capital, [[Zagreb]], became the centre of a national revival that became known as the [[Illyrian Movement]]. Although it was initiated by Croatian intellectuals, it promoted the brotherhood of all Slavic peoples. For this reason, many intellectuals from other [[Slavs|Slavic]] countries or from the minority groups within Croatia flocked to Zagreb to participate in the undertaking. In the process, they voluntarily assumed a Croatian identity, i.e., became Croatised, some even changing their names into [[Croatian language|Croatian]] counterparts and converted to Roman Catholicism, notably [[Serbs]]
==Croatisation in the NDH ==
The Croatisation during [[Independent State of Croatia]] (NDH) was aimed primarily to Serbs, with Italian, Jews and Roma to a lesser degree. The [[Ustaše]] aim was a "pure Croatia" and the biggest enemy was the ethnic Serbs of [[Croatia]], [[Bosnia (region)|Bosnia]] and [[Herzegovina]]. The ministers announced the goals and strategies of the Ustaše in May 1941. The same statements and similar or related ones were also repeated in public speeches by single ministers as [[Mile Budak]] in [[Gospic]] and, a month later, by [[Mladen Lorkovic]].<ref>Eric Gobetti, ''"L' occupazione allegra. Gli italiani in Jugoslavia (1941-1943)"'', Carocci, 2007, 260 pages; ISBN 8843041711, ISBN 9788843041718, quoting from V. Novak, Sarajevo 1964 and Savez jevrejskih opstina FNR Jugoslavije, Beograd 1952</ref>
*One third of the Serbs (in the [[Independent State of Croatia]]) were to be forcibly converted to Catholicism.
*One third of the Serbs were to be expelled (ethnically cleansed).
*One third of the Serbs were to be killed.
==Croatisation of Italy's Julian March and Zadar==
{{see also|Istrian-Dalmatian exodus}}
Even with a predominant Croatian majority, [[Dalmatia]] retained relatively large [[Italian people|Italian communities]] in the coast (Italian majority in some cities and islands, largest concentration in [[Istria]]). Italians in Dalmatia kept key political positions and Croatian majority had to make an enormous effort to get Croatian language into schools and offices. Most [[Dalmatian Italians]] gradually assimilated to the prevailing Croatian culture and language between the 1860s and World War I, although [[Italian language]] and culture remained present in Dalmatia. The community was granted minority rights in the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]]; during the Italian occupation of Dalmatia in World War II, it was caught in the ethnic violence towards non-Italians during fascist repression: what remained of the community fled the area after World War II. <ref>Društvo književnika Hrvatske, ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?ei=JlYZTMOvNsaj_Qa_4MGSDA&ct=result&hl=it&id=mX9lAAAAMAAJ&dqs&q=Croatisation+after+World+War+II#search_anchor Bridge]'', Volume 1995, Nubers 9-10, Croatian literature series - Ministarstvo kulture, Croatian Writer's Association, 1989</ref>
The history took its turn: while from 1919. - 1945. Italian Fascists stated by the proclamation that all Croatian and other non-Italian surnames must be turned to Italian ones (which they had chosen for every surname, so ''Anić'' became ''Anetti'', ''Babačić Babetti'' etc.; 115.157 [[Croats]] and other non-Italians were forced to change their surname), the Italian community of Istria and Dalmatia were forced to change their names to Croats and Yugoslav, during Tito's Yugoslavia.<ref>Nenad Vekarić, ''[http://books.google.com/books?ei=KFgZTNfzEpCL_Aau86X7Cw&ct=result&hl=it&id=711mAAAAMAAJ&dq=&q=%22Croatization+of+Italian+family+names%22#search_anchor Pelješki rodovi]'', Vol. 2, HAZU, 1996 - ISBN 9789531540322</ref><ref>Jasminka Udovički and James Ridgeway, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GuGe9fy4raoC&pg=PA287&dq=croatization+against+italian+-wikipedia&hl=en&ei=kr8HTJqhAYOBOMOI5Ag&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDkQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=world%20war%20italian%20croatization&f=false Burn this house: the making and unmaking of Yugoslavia]</ref>
The same happened - but with lower incidence - with Italians in Istria and [[Fiume]] who were the majority of the population in most of the coastal areas in the first half of the 19th century, while at the beginning of World War I they numbered less than 50%.
After World War II most of the Italians left Istria and the cities of Italian Dalmatia in the [[Istrian exodus|Istrian-Dalmatian exodus]].<ref>Several estimates of the Istrian-Julian exodus by historians:
*[[Vladimir Žerjavić]] (Croat), 191,421 Italian exiles from Croatian territory.
*Nevenka Troha (Slovene), 40,000 Italian and 3,000 Slovene exiles from Croatian and Slovenian territory.
*Raoul Pupo (Italian), about 250,000 Italian exiles
*Flaminio Rocchi (Italian), about 350,000 Italian exiles
:The mixed Italian-Slovenian Historical Commission verified 27,000 Italian and 3,000 Slovene migrants from Croatian and Slovenian territory.</ref> The remaining Italians were forced to be assimilated culturally and even linguistically during [[Josip Broz Tito]]'s rule of communist Yugoslavia.<ref>Luciano Monzali, ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zHQtAQAAIAAJ&q=croatizzazione&dq=croatizzazione&hl=en&ei=wEz5S96lGsjI-Qas-L3gCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CEYQ6AEwCA Antonio Tacconi e la comunità italiana di Spalato]'', Società dalmata di storia patria.</ref><ref name = "Darovec">{{cite web | author=Darko Darovec | title=''THE PERIOD OF TOTALITARIAN RÉGIMES - The Reasons for the Exodus'' | url=http://www2.arnes.si/~mkralj/istra-history/index.html}}</ref> Following the exodus, the areas were settled and heavily croatized with Yugoslav people.<ref name = "Darovec"/><ref>Liliana Ferrari, ''[http://www.issrgo.it/Liliana%20Ferrari.pdf Essay on Raoul Pupo]'', pag. 5, Rizzoli, Gorizia 2005</ref> Economic insecurity, ethnic hatred and the international political context that eventually led to the [[Iron Curtain]] resulted in up to 350,000 people, mostly Italians, forced to leave the region. The ''London Memorandum'' (1954) gave the ethnic Italians the choice of either leaving (the so-called ''optants'') or staying. These exiles would have been to be given compensation for their loss of property and other indemnity by the Italian state under the terms of the peace treaties. Those opted to stay had to suffer a slow but forced croatisation.<ref>Sabrina P. Ramet, ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?ei=kr8HTJqhAYOBOMOI5Ag&ct=result&id=fIFpAAAAMAAJ&dq=croatization+against+italian&q=croatization+against+italian#search_anchor Balkan babel: the disintegration of Yugoslavia from the death of Tito]'', Westview Press, 2002 «...and since the sixties, those of the rest of Croatia. The Istrian Democratic Party demanded autonomy for Istria, as a protection against "the forcible Croatization of Istria" and an imposition of a coarse and fanatical Croatism[...] Furio Radin argued that such autonomy was vital for the cultural protection of the Italian minority in Istria.»</ref>
Some sporadic Croatization phenomena still took place in the last years of 20th century after Croatian Indipendency, despites many towns were declared bilingual by Croatian Law.<ref>[http://www.anvgd.it/da/200805.pdf «Pola, no to Italian chorus in St. Anthony church»]'' in "Difesa Adriatica" year XIV n.5 - may 2008</ref><ref>Alex J. Bellamy, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=T3PqrrnrE5EC&pg=PA84&lpg=PA84&dq=&source=bl&ots=VJ2s2U3pKl&sig=ExR_YxwvDP2dvYhRdajsLvHZ1zo&hl=en&ei=ylMZTO_GGsulsQb8qZnHCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CCgQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=croatisation%20istria&f=falseT he formation of Croatian national identity], Manchester University Press, 2003, ISBN 9780719065026</ref>
==During and prior to the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina==
Following the establishment of the [[Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia]] in November 1991, and especially from May 1992 forward, the Herzeg-Bosnia leadership engaged in continuing and coordinated efforts to dominate and "Croatise" (or ethnically cleanse) the municipalities which they claimed were part of Herzeg-Bosnia, with increasing persecution and discrimination directed against the [[Bosniaks|Bosniak]] population.<ref name="ICTY: Blaškić verdict - A. The Lasva Valley: May 1992 – January 1993 c) The municipality of Kiseljak">{{cite web|url=
http://www.un.org/icty/blaskic/trialc1/judgement/bla-tj000303e-3.htm#IIIA1c|title=ICTY: Blaškić verdict - A. The Lasva Valley: May 1992 – January 1993 c) The municipality of Kiseljak}}</ref> The [[Croatian Defence Council]] (HVO), the military formation of Croats, took control of many municipal governments and services, removing or marginalising local Bosniak leaders.<ref name="ICTY: Blaškić verdict - A. The Lasva Valley: May 1992 – January 1993 - b) The municipality of Busovača">{{cite web|url=http://www.un.org/icty/blaskic/trialc1/judgement/bla-tj000303e-3.htm#IIIA1b|title=ICTY: Blaškić verdict - A. The Lasva Valley: May 1992 – January 1993 - b) The municipality of Busovača}}</ref> Herzeg-Bosnia authorities and Croat military forces took control of the media and imposed Croatian ideas and [[propaganda]].<ref name="ICTY: Blaškić verdict — A. The Lasva Valley: May 1992 – January 1993 - c) The municipality of Kiseljak">{{cite web|url=http://www.un.org/icty/blaskic/trialc1/judgement/bla-tj000303e-3.htm#IIIA1c|quote=the authorities created a radio station which broadcast nationalist propaganda|title=ICTY: Blaškić verdict — A. The Lasva Valley: May 1992 – January 1993 - c) The municipality of Kiseljak}}</ref> Croatian symbols and currency were introduced, and Croatian curricula and the Croatian language were introduced in schools. Many Bosniaks were removed from positions in government and private business; humanitarian aid was managed and distributed to the Bosniaks' disadvantage; and Bosniaks in general were increasingly harassed.{{Fact|date=April 2011}} Many of them were deported to [[concentration camp]]s: [[Heliodrom camp|Heliodrom]], [[Dretelj camp|Dretelj]], [[Gabela camp|Gabela]], [[Vojno camp|Vojno]], and Šunje.
==Notable individuals who voluntarily Croatised==
*[[Dimitrija Demeter]], a playwright who was the author of the first modern Croatian drama, was from a [[Greeks|Greek]] family.
*[[Vatroslav Lisinski]], a composer, was originally named ''Ignaz Fuchs''. His Croatian name is a literal translation.
*[[Laval Nugent]], a Field Marshall and the most powerful noble in the Illyrian Movement, was originally from [[Ireland]].
*[[Petar Preradović]], one of the most influential poets of the movement, was from a [[Serb]] family.
*[[Bogoslav Šulek]], a [[Lexicography|lexicographer]] and inventor of many Croatian scientific terms, was originally ''Bohuslav Šulek'' from [[Slovakia]].
*[[Stanko Vraz]], a poet and the first professional writer in Croatia, was originally ''Jakob Frass'' from [[Slovenia]].
*[[August Šenoa]], a Croatian novelist, poet and writer, is of [[Czechs|Czech]]-[[Slovaks|Slovak]] descent. His parents never learned the [[Croatian language]], even when they lived in Zagreb.
*[[Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger]], a geologist, palaeontologist and archaeologist who discovered [[Krapina man]] <ref>[http://www.modernhumanorigins.net/krapinac.html Krapina C<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> (Krapinski pračovjek), was of [[Germans|German]] descent. He added his second name, Gorjanović, to be adopted as a Croatian.
*[[Slavoljub Eduard Penkala]] was an inventor of Dutch/Polish origins. He added the name Slavoljub in order to Croatise.
*[[Lovro Monti]], Croatian politician, mayor of [[Knin]]. One of the leaders of the Croatian national movement in Dalmatia, he was of Italian roots.
*[[Adolfo Veber Tkalčević]] -linguist of German descent
*[[Ivan Zajc]] (born'' Giovanni von Seitz'') a music composer was of German descent
*[[Josip Frank]], nationalist Croatian 19th century politicia, born as a Jew
*[[Vladko Maček]], Croatian politician, leader of the Croats in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia after Stjepan Radić and one time opposition reformist, maker of the Cvetković-Maček agreement that founded the Croatian Banate, born in a Slovene-Czech family
*[[Savić Marković Štedimlija]], publicist and Nazi collaborator, Montenegrin by origin
*[[Vlaho Bukovac]], born ''Biagio Faggioni'' to a family of mixed Italian and Croatian ancestry
== Notes ==
{{reflist}}
== See also ==
* [[Istrian exodus|Istrian-Dalmatian exodus]]
* [[Dalmatian Italians]]
* [[Serbs in Croatia]]
* [[Independent State of Croatia]]
* [[Ustaše]]
== External links ==
* http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/AXL/europe/croatiepolcroa.htm
* http://www.serbianunity.net/culture/library/genocide/k3.htm
* http://www.aimpress.ch/dyn/trae/archive/data/199809/80930-018-trae-zag.htm
* http://www.southeasteurope.org/subpage.php?sub_site=2&id=16431&head=if&site=4
* http://www.nouvelle-europe.eu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=172&Itemid=
* http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=18696
* http://www.gimnazija.hr/?200_godina_gimnazije:OD_1897._DO_1921.
* http://www.hdpz.htnet.hr/broj186/jonjic2.htm
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