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*'''Encyclopaedia Britannica''' on events post [[World War Two]] in Yugoslavia:{{quote|
 
*'''Encyclopaedia Britannica''' on events post [[World War Two]] in Yugoslavia:{{quote|
 
" British commanders refused to accept their surrender and handed them over to the Partisans, who took a merciless revenge. Tens of thousands, including many civilians, were subsequently slaughtered on forced marches and in death camps."'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/143561/Croatia|title=Croatia." '''Encyclopædia Britannica.''' Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica, 2011. Mon. 10 Jan. 2011. |date=[[2011]]|accessdate=2011-01-10}}</ref>}}
 
" British commanders refused to accept their surrender and handed them over to the Partisans, who took a merciless revenge. Tens of thousands, including many civilians, were subsequently slaughtered on forced marches and in death camps."'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/143561/Croatia|title=Croatia." '''Encyclopædia Britannica.''' Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica, 2011. Mon. 10 Jan. 2011. |date=[[2011]]|accessdate=2011-01-10}}</ref>}}
*'''Encyclopaedia Britannica''': {{quote|"After the armistice the British repatriated more than 10,000 Slovene collaborators who had attempted to retreat with the Germans, and [[Directory:Josip Broz Tito|Tito]] had most of them massacred at the infamous Pits of Kocevje"''. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/549081/Slovenia|title="Slovenia." '''Encyclopædia Britannica'''. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica, 2011. Mon. 10 Jan. 2011. |date=[[2011]]|accessdate=2011-01-10}}</ref>}}
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*'''Encyclopaedia Britannica''': {{quote|
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"After the armistice the British repatriated more than 10,000 Slovene collaborators who had attempted to retreat with the Germans, and [[Directory:Josip Broz Tito|Tito]] had most of them massacred at the infamous Pits of Kocevje"''. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/549081/Slovenia|title="Slovenia." '''Encyclopædia Britannica'''. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica, 2011. Mon. 10 Jan. 2011. |date=[[2011]]|accessdate=2011-01-10}}</ref>}}
 
* Vladimir Geiger of the [[Croatia|Croatian]] Institute for History statement concerning Yugoslavia post World War Two:{{quote|
 
* Vladimir Geiger of the [[Croatia|Croatian]] Institute for History statement concerning Yugoslavia post World War Two:{{quote|
 
"The list of German victims includes 26,000 women and 5,800 children who died in [[Talk:Titoism and Totalitarianism|Yugoslav Camps]]"''- Geiger said.<ref>Newcomers Network: German Mass Grave Sheds New Light on Close of World War Two. </ref><ref>[http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/features/article_1619890.php/German-mass-grave-sheds-new-light-on-close-of-World-War-Two- M & C News: Feature German mass grave sheds new light on close of World War Two (Feature) By Boris Raseta Feb 17, 2011, 2:06 GMT ]</ref>}}
 
"The list of German victims includes 26,000 women and 5,800 children who died in [[Talk:Titoism and Totalitarianism|Yugoslav Camps]]"''- Geiger said.<ref>Newcomers Network: German Mass Grave Sheds New Light on Close of World War Two. </ref><ref>[http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/features/article_1619890.php/German-mass-grave-sheds-new-light-on-close-of-World-War-Two- M & C News: Feature German mass grave sheds new light on close of World War Two (Feature) By Boris Raseta Feb 17, 2011, 2:06 GMT ]</ref>}}
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Totalitarian machines:  
 
Totalitarian machines:  
''Let us mention briefly Fascism, National Socialism and [[Directory:Josip Broz Tito|Titoism]] in Italy, Austria and Slovenia (a former republic of Yugoslavia). Three Christian nations, with nationalist tendencies, were infected with totalitarianism. The descent into barbarism has comparable structural elements:'' <ref>[http://www.mp.gov.si/fileadmin/mp.gov.si/pageuploads/2005/PDF/publikacije/Crimes_committed_by_Totalitarian_Regimes.pdf '''European Public Hearing''' on “Crimes Committed by Totalitarian Regimes"] Reports and proceedings of the 8 April European public hearing on “Crimes committed  
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''Let us mention briefly Fascism, National Socialism and [[Directory:Josip Broz Tito|Titoism]] in Italy, Austria and Slovenia (a former republic of Yugoslavia). Three Christian nations, with nationalist tendencies, were infected with totalitarianism. The descent into barbarism has comparable structural elements:'' <ref>[http://www.mp.gov.si/fileadmin/mp.gov.si/pageuploads/2005/PDF/publikacije/Crimes_committed_by_Totalitarian_Regimes.pdf '''European Public Hearing''' on “Crimes Committed by Totalitarian Regimes"] Reports and proceedings of the 8 April European public hearing on “Crimes committed by totalitarian regimes”, organised by the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the [[European Union]] (January–June 2008) and the European Commission.  
by totalitarian regimes”, organised by the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of  
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the [[European Union]] (January–June 2008) and the European Commission.  
   
'''Page 197'''. Joze Dezman:
 
'''Page 197'''. Joze Dezman:
 
COMMUNIST REPRESSION AND TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IN SLOVENIA   
 
COMMUNIST REPRESSION AND TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IN SLOVENIA   
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'''Note''': The Reforms in Yugoslavia After 1948 by Fred Warner Neal. Page 214. Second chapter, stated: <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=4t5gBayTeDQC&pg=PA214&dq=Yugoslavia+Totalitarian+state&hl=en&ei=CJ_eS7HuF8uLkAXJxd3PBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CFYQ6AEwCDgU#v=onepage&q=Yugoslavia%20Totalitarian%20state&f=false Titoism in Action: The Reforms in Yugoslavia After 1948] ''by'' Fred Warner Neal. (p214)</ref>  
 
'''Note''': The Reforms in Yugoslavia After 1948 by Fred Warner Neal. Page 214. Second chapter, stated: <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=4t5gBayTeDQC&pg=PA214&dq=Yugoslavia+Totalitarian+state&hl=en&ei=CJ_eS7HuF8uLkAXJxd3PBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CFYQ6AEwCDgU#v=onepage&q=Yugoslavia%20Totalitarian%20state&f=false Titoism in Action: The Reforms in Yugoslavia After 1948] ''by'' Fred Warner Neal. (p214)</ref>  
{{quote|''In a totalitarian state,<ref> '''Totalitarian Dictatorship and Autocracy''' by Carl Joachim Friedrich & Zbigniew Brzezinski:
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''In a totalitarian state,<ref> '''Totalitarian Dictatorship and Autocracy''' by Carl Joachim Friedrich & Zbigniew Brzezinski:
 
*"Characteristics of a totalitarian regime; a total ideology, a '''single mass party''', a terrorist secret police, a monopoly of mass communication, all instruments to wage combat are in the control of the same hands, and a centrally directed planned economy. Totalitarian dictatorships emerge after the seizure of power by the leaders of a movement who have developed support for an ideology. The point when the government becomes totalitarian is when the leadership uses open and legal violence to maintain its control. The dictator demands unanimous devotion from the people and often uses a real or imaginary enemy to create a threat so the people rally around him."</ref> personal freedom and human rights invariably most at the hands of unrestrianed police activity. That Yugoslavia was no exception was admitted by  [[Bleiburg Massacre and Wikipedia#Aleksandar Rankovic|Aleksandar Rankovic]], himself head of secret police or State Security Administration. This organization is known in Yugoslavia as UDBA''.}}
 
*"Characteristics of a totalitarian regime; a total ideology, a '''single mass party''', a terrorist secret police, a monopoly of mass communication, all instruments to wage combat are in the control of the same hands, and a centrally directed planned economy. Totalitarian dictatorships emerge after the seizure of power by the leaders of a movement who have developed support for an ideology. The point when the government becomes totalitarian is when the leadership uses open and legal violence to maintain its control. The dictator demands unanimous devotion from the people and often uses a real or imaginary enemy to create a threat so the people rally around him."</ref> personal freedom and human rights invariably most at the hands of unrestrianed police activity. That Yugoslavia was no exception was admitted by  [[Bleiburg Massacre and Wikipedia#Aleksandar Rankovic|Aleksandar Rankovic]], himself head of secret police or State Security Administration. This organization is known in Yugoslavia as UDBA''.}}
 
'''Wikipedia's''' point of view: Yugoslavia-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslavia#Ethnic_tensions_and_economic_crisis ''Link'']:{{quote|
 
'''Wikipedia's''' point of view: Yugoslavia-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslavia#Ethnic_tensions_and_economic_crisis ''Link'']:{{quote|
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== Testimony-Eye Witness ==
 
== Testimony-Eye Witness ==
*Mitja Ribicic - ''' Internal Security''' of the Former Yugoslavia:  [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kspj_4TcjOQ&feature=related Interview BBC 4]
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*Ivan Supek -  Croatian Physicist, Philosopher, Writer, Playwright, Peace Activist Humanist & former Yugoslav Partizan: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2uvudCq2q8&feature=PlayList&p=1DFEA72867B14F6F&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=1 Interview BBC 4]
   
*Janez Stanovnik -  [[Slovenia|Slovenian]] Politician & Economist/Former '''Yugoslav Partizan''' Commander.  
 
*Janez Stanovnik -  [[Slovenia|Slovenian]] Politician & Economist/Former '''Yugoslav Partizan''' Commander.  
* Simo Dubajic- [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=hr&u=http://amac.hrvati-amac.com/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26task%3Dview%26id%3D889%26Itemid%3D128&ei=3GLqSuhSo5TrA-vj4PUL&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CA0Q7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3DSimo%2BDubajic%2B%2522Zivot%2BGreh%2Bi%2BKajanje%2522%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den-us%26sa%3DX Link] Former Yugoslav Partizan Commander: Simo Dubajic published a book entitled ''Život, Grijeh i Kajanje'' (Life, Sin and Killing). The book is a detail account about the post [[World War Two]] massacre of Croatian POWs (Way of the Cross) and Slovenian POWs at Kocevski Rog, [[Slovenia]].
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* Simo Dubajic-Former Yugoslav Partizan Commander: Simo Dubajic published a book entitled ''Život, Grijeh i Kajanje'' (Life, Sin and Killing). The book is a detail account about the post [[World War Two]] massacre of Croatian POWs (Way of the Cross) and Slovenian POWs at Kocevski Rog, [[Slovenia]].
 
*Josip Zoretic - Political prisoner of the former Yugoslavia's most notorious prison,  [http://www.goliotok.com/ Goli Otok:Yugoslavia’s Evil Island-Gulag:]
 
*Josip Zoretic - Political prisoner of the former Yugoslavia's most notorious prison,  [http://www.goliotok.com/ Goli Otok:Yugoslavia’s Evil Island-Gulag:]
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*British Consulate, Ljubljana to British Ambassador Belgrade, 22 August 1947- concerning post World War Two political trials:  
 
*British Consulate, Ljubljana to British Ambassador Belgrade, 22 August 1947- concerning post World War Two political trials:  
 
   
 
   
{{quote|''A brief reading of the newspaper reports, however, will suffice to make it clear that the trial was first and foremost a gigantic political propaganda stunt whose double aim was first to show Britain and America as the irreconcilable enemies of the new Yugoslavia, and second, finally to frighten off anyone who might still think that it is possible to associate with officials of the Western countries and get away with it.''<ref>Crimes committed by totalitarian regimes  Appendices/Appendix A: Foreign office documents on the 1947 show trial:  
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''A brief reading of the newspaper reports, however, will suffice to make it clear that the trial was first and foremost a gigantic political propaganda stunt whose double aim was first to show Britain and America as the irreconcilable enemies of the new Yugoslavia, and second, finally to frighten off anyone who might still think that it is possible to associate with officials of the Western countries and get away with it.''<ref>Crimes committed by totalitarian regimes  Appendices/Appendix A: Foreign office documents on the 1947 show trial:  
    
* From Foreign Office to Belgrade, 15 August 1947  '''Waddams''', vice-consul Ljubljana 1945, considers he may be the diplomatic representative referred to in the trial, as both Furlan and Sirc were the only people who helped him to get the Ljubljana consulate going when he first opened it. He considers this the probable reason for their sentence. (p143)</ref> }}
 
* From Foreign Office to Belgrade, 15 August 1947  '''Waddams''', vice-consul Ljubljana 1945, considers he may be the diplomatic representative referred to in the trial, as both Furlan and Sirc were the only people who helped him to get the Ljubljana consulate going when he first opened it. He considers this the probable reason for their sentence. (p143)</ref> }}
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