Slunj, Croatia
Authorities this week dismantled a statue honoring Croatia’s most notorious fascist general, Jure Francetic. “We will not allow Croatia to be imprisoned by the past,” said Prime Minister Ivo Sanader. Croatia had a brief fascist period during World War II. After the Nazis invaded, they installed Croatian fascists in a puppet government, and Croatian troops killed thousands of Jews and Serbs. Francetic headed the Black Legion, which was responsible for the worst massacres. The statue to him was erected just four years ago, by villagers acting without the government’s permission.
The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
-
Political cartoons for February 11Cartoons Wednesday's political cartoons include erasing Epstein, the national debt, and disease on demand
-
The Week contest: Lubricant larcenyPuzzles and Quizzes
-
Can the UK take any more rain?Today’s Big Question An Atlantic jet stream is ‘stuck’ over British skies, leading to ‘biblical’ downpours and more than 40 consecutive days of rain in some areas
