Independent State of Croatia

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client state of Nazi Germany fascist state one-party state puppet state

The Independent State of Croatia was a World War II-era fascist puppet state established by the Axis powers in the Balkans, notorious for its collaboration with Nazi Germany and its genocidal policies.

Aliases (7)

Independent State of Croatia kuna ×2
Nezavisna Država Hrvatska ×2
Croatia ×1
Independent State of Croatia authorities ×1
Territory of the Independent State of Croatia ×1
Ustaše ×1
Ustaše regime ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	client state of Nazi Germany → fascist state → one-party state → puppet state →
alliedWith	Fascist Italy → Nazi Germany →
alsoKnownAs	NDH → Nezavisna Država Hrvatska →
capital	Zagreb →
collapseCause	defeat of Axis powers in World War II →
continent	Europe →
countryInvolvedIn	World War II →
currency	Independent State of Croatia kuna →
discriminatedAgainst	Jews → Roma → Serbs → anti-fascist Croats →
endTime	1945-05-08 →
followedBy	Democratic Federal Yugoslavia → Federal State of Croatia →
governmentType	fascist dictatorship →
headOfState	Ante Pavelić →
implementedPolicy	Holocaust in Croatia → genocide of Roma → genocide of Serbs →
leaderTitle	Poglavnik →
legalSystem	authoritarian legal system →
locatedIn	Balkans →
militaryBranch	Domobranstvo →
notableFor	ethnic cleansing → genocidal policies → mass atrocities against Serbs, Jews, and Roma →
occupyingPower	Kingdom of Italy → Nazi Germany →
officialLanguage	Croatian → German → Serbian →
operated	Jasenovac concentration camp → Stara Gradiška concentration camp →
opposedBy	Chetniks → Yugoslav Partisans →
paramilitary	Ustaše Militia →
partOf	Axis powers →
politicalIdeology	Croatian fascism → Ustaše ideology → clerical fascism → ultranationalism →
precededBy	Kingdom of Yugoslavia →
religion	Islam → Roman Catholicism →
rulingParty	Ustaše →
startTime	1941-04-10 →

Referenced by (31)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Axis forces on the Eastern Front → Croatian Air Force (WWII) → Domobranstvo → Jasenovac concentration camp → NDH → Stara Gradiška concentration camp → Ustaše Militia →	country
Independent State of Croatia ("Independent State of Croatia kuna") → NDH ("Independent State of Croatia kuna") →	currency
Ustaše Militia →	activeIn
Croatian Air Force (WWII) →	allegiance
Independent State of Croatia ("Nezavisna Država Hrvatska") →	alsoKnownAs
Eastern Front (World War II) ("Croatia") →	belligerent
Anti-Comintern Pact →	countrySignatory
Ante Pavelić →	employedBy
NDH ("Nezavisna Država Hrvatska") →	fullName
NDH →	fullNameInEnglish
Croatian Air Force (WWII) →	government
Axis powers →	memberState
Domobranstvo →	operatedIn
Yugoslav Partisans →	opposedBy
Federal State of Croatia →	opposedTo
Jasenovac concentration camp ("Independent State of Croatia authorities") →	perpetrator
Stara Gradiška concentration camp ("Ustaše regime") →	persecutingRegime
Stara Gradiška concentration camp →	persecutingState
Federal State of Croatia →	predecessor
Federal State of Croatia →	replaces
Independent State of Croatia ("Ustaše") →	rulingParty
Poglavnik →	stateTitleOf
Domobranstvo ("Territory of the Independent State of Croatia") →	theaterOfOperations
Poglavnik →	usedIn