The United States' Response to Genocide in the Independent State of Croatia, 1941-1945

R. McCormick

DOI:10.1353/GSP.2011.0060

Corpus ID: 145309437

The United States' Response to Genocide in the Independent State of Croatia, 1941-1945

@article{McCormick2008TheUS,
  title={The United States' Response to Genocide in the Independent State of Croatia, 1941-1945},
  author={R. McCormick},
  journal={Genocide Studies and Prevention},
  year={2008},
  volume={3},
  pages={75 - 98}
}

R. McCormick

Published 2008

Sociology

Genocide Studies and Prevention

In April 1941, Ante Pavelić, the fascist leader of the Independent State of Croatia, and his paramilitary force, the Ustaše ("rebels"), began a genocide that killed at least 330,000 Serbs and essentially eliminated Jews and Roma from Croatia. The American response to genocide in Croatia provides a fuller context for examining Washington's reaction to the Nazi genocide. By the summer of 1941, the US government had reliable information that genocide was taking place in Croatia. Washington… CONTINUE READING

View via Publisher