Croatian Ustashe
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Ustaša – Croatian Revolutionary Movement
Ustaša – Hrvatski revolucionarni pokret |
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| Poglavnik | Ante Pavelić |
| Founder | Ante Pavelić |
| Founded | 7 January 1929 (de jure), 1930 (de facto) |
| Dissolved | 8 May 1945 (banned) |
| Preceded by | Party of Rights |
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| Newspaper | Hrvatski Domobran |
| Youth wing | Ustaše Youth (UM) |
| Paramilitary wing | Ustaše Militia |
| Membership (1941) | 100,000 |
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| Political position | Far-right |
| Colours | Red, white, blue, black |
| Slogan | Za Poglavnika i dom spremni (For Poglavnik and homeland ready) |
The Ustaše (pronounced [ûstaʃe]), also known as Ustashe, Ustashas, and Ustashi, were members of the Ustaša – Croatian Revolutionary Movement (Croatian: Ustaša – Hrvatski revolucionarni pokret), a Croatian fascist, racist,ultranationalist and terrorist organization, active, in its original form, between 1929 and 1945. Its members murdered hundreds of thousands of Serbs, Jews,Roma as well as political dissidents in Yugoslavia during World War II.
The ideology of the movement was a blend of fascism, Roman Catholicism and Croatian nationalism. The Ustaše supported the creation of a Greater Croatia that would span the Drina River and extend to the border of Belgrade. The movement emphasized the need for a racially "pure" Croatia and promoted genocide against Serbs, Jews and Romani people, and persecution of anti-fascist or dissident Croats and Bosniaks. The Ustaše viewed the Bosniaks as "orthodox Croats," as a result, Bosniaks were not persecuted.
Fiercely Roman Catholic, the Ustaše espoused Roman Catholicism and Islam as the religions of the Croats and Bosniaks and condemned Orthodox Christianity, which was the main religion of the Serbs. Roman Catholicism was identified with Croatian nationalism, while Islam, which had a large following in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was praised by the Ustaše as the religion that "keeps true the blood of Croats."
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