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Following the [[Axis Powers]]' invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941, a German puppet state known as the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) was established, comprising most of modern-day Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as parts of modern-day Serbia and Slovenia, ruled by the Ustaše. The Ustaše's goal was to create an ethnically homogeneous Greater Croatia by eliminating all non-Croats, with the Serbs being the primary target but Jews, Roma and political dissidents were also targeted for elimination. Large scale massacres were committed and concentration camps were built, the largest one was the [[Jasenovac concentration camp|Jasenovac]], which was notorious for its high mortality rate and the barbaric practices which occurred in it, which included various forms of [[torture]], starvation, execution by [[Gas Chamber|gas chamber]], etc. Furthermore, the NDH was the only Axis puppet state to establish concentration camps specifically for children. The regime systematically murdered approximately 200,000 to 500,000 Serbs. 300,000 Serbs were further expelled and at least 200,000 more Serbs were forcibly converted, most of whom de-converted following the war. Proportional to the population, the NDH was one of the most lethal Europeam regimes. | Following the [[Axis Powers]]' invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941, a German puppet state known as the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) was established, comprising most of modern-day Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as parts of modern-day Serbia and Slovenia, ruled by the Ustaše. The Ustaše's goal was to create an ethnically homogeneous Greater Croatia by eliminating all non-Croats, with the Serbs being the primary target but Jews, Roma and political dissidents were also targeted for elimination. Large scale massacres were committed and concentration camps were built, the largest one was the [[Jasenovac concentration camp|Jasenovac]], which was notorious for its high mortality rate and the barbaric practices which occurred in it, which included various forms of [[torture]], starvation, execution by [[Gas Chamber|gas chamber]], etc. Furthermore, the NDH was the only Axis puppet state to establish concentration camps specifically for children. The regime systematically murdered approximately 200,000 to 500,000 Serbs. 300,000 Serbs were further expelled and at least 200,000 more Serbs were forcibly converted, most of whom de-converted following the war. Proportional to the population, the NDH was one of the most lethal Europeam regimes. | ||
[[Mile Budak]] and other NDH high officials were tried and | [[Mile Budak]] and other NDH high officials were tried and convicted of war crimes by the communist authorities. Concentration camp commandants such as [[Ljubo Miloš]] and [[Miroslav Filipović]] were captured and executed, while [[Aloysius Stepinac]] was found guilty of forced conversion. Many others escaped, including the supreme leader Ante Pavelić, most to Latin America. | ||
The genocide was not properly examined in the aftermath of the war, because Yugoslavia's post-war [[League of Communists of Yugoslavia|Communist]] regime under [[Josip Broz Tito]] did not encourage independent scholars out of concern that ethnic tensions would destabilize the regime. Nowadays, оn 22 April, Serbia marks the public holiday dedicated to the victims of genocide and fascism, while Croatia holds an official commemoration at the Jasenovac Memorial Site. | The genocide was not properly examined in the aftermath of the war, because Yugoslavia's post-war [[League of Communists of Yugoslavia|Communist]] regime under [[Josip Broz Tito]] did not encourage independent scholars out of concern that ethnic tensions would destabilize the regime. Nowadays, оn 22 April, Serbia marks the public holiday dedicated to the victims of genocide and fascism, while Croatia holds an official commemoration at the Jasenovac Memorial Site. | ||