Interwar fascism achieved sensational international reach through the appeal and
circulation of a set of generic ideological norms and political practices. Therefore, models of …

The assassination of the Yugoslav King Alexander in Marseilles on October 9, 1934 is one
of the best-known political assassinations in European history. Only minutes after the King …

The origins of Ustasha lay in the creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes by
the League of Nations, after the First World War. The new kingdom was beset with ethnic …

It was around a century ago that the great empires of eastern Europe collapsed. For more
than a hundred years, attempts have been made to erase the legacy of empire through …

Op 11 november 1918, om 11 uur's ochtends, beseften de Bel gische soldaten onmiddellijk
wat de wapenstilstand voor hen betekende: ze hadden het overleefd. Een jonge soldaat …

Abstract In Italy and Romania, between 1918 and 1945, nationalist First World War veterans
gave rise to powerful social movements, underpinned by former fighters' associations, which …

The subject of this article is Kosta Pećanac's Chetnik formations. At the beginning, the origin
of the Chetniks and their role in the interwar period are explained. The main part of the work …

Great War veterans both helped build Yugoslavia and aided in its collapse. Throughout the
interwar period, some of Yugoslavia's war veterans attempted to craft the fledgling state in …

On June 15, 1934, a Ukrainian nationalist assassinated the Polish Minister of the Interior,
Bronisław Pieracki. Pieracki was an easy target. Almost every day he ate dinner at a fixed …

This work examines Varaždin during World War II, which became the first “judenfrei” town in
the Independent State of Croatia (NDH). It focuses on the practice of Aryanization in the town …