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Thousands in Sarajevo protest against Mass for Nazi collaborators

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Published: 19 May 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Demonstrators from across the spectrum march to decry ceremony honouring members of Croatian Ustasha regime, which carried atrocities against Jews and Muslims during WW2

Thousands in Sarajevo protest against Mass for Nazi collaborators (Times of Israel)
Demonstrators from several walks of life march to decry ceremony honouring members of Croatian Ustasha regime, which carried atrocities against Jews and Muslims during World War II

Why Is the Catholic Church sanctifying Nazi-collaborating mass murderers? (Haaretz)
This weekend, Sarajevo Cathedral will host a Mass honouring murderous and fiercely anti-Semitic WWII fascists. It’s the latest spike in a long-term project of historical revisionism by Bosnian Croat leaders, Croatia and the Catholic Church

Photo: Banner showing victims executed by hanging in 1945 by the pro-Nazi Croatian WWII Ustasha regime in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on May 16 (AP/Kemal Softic)
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