The Independent State of Croatia in 1941: On the Road to Catastrophe

This article deals with the Independent State of Croatia (Nezavisna Dr [zcaron] ava Hrvatska -NDH): that is, the territory which is now Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. However, I have primarily focused my interest here on Croatia between the foundation of the NDH on 10 April 1941 and the autumn of that year. I will describe and analyse only some of the most important processes that took place on NDH territory until September 1941. First and foremost, I will concentrate on the attitudes toward the crimes that were being committed and on the various ways in which people expressed their resistance to them.