Ustashi

The fact that I spent some of my school years in countries that were governed by Ustashi or Nazis has significantly influenced my later outlook on life.

“The biggest frustration is the split between the descendants of the Partisans and the descendants of the Ustashi, which is still very strong,” Mr. Lozica said.

The book is dotted with klephts, evzones, Ustashi and other fierce, exotic fighters from this region.

The Croats' alliance with Hitler, and the savage enthusiasm of the Croatian ultra- nationalist organization Ustashi in slaughtering Serbs from 1941 to 1945, created a vast accumulation of hatred and blood debts.

Soon Mihailovich began systematically harassing Nazi police units and the pro-Nazi Croatian Ustashi.