This statement originally appeared on the Documenta – Center for Dealing with the Past website.
In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Documenta – Center for Dealing with the Past and the World Jewish Congress sent letters to more than 20 cities and municipalities in the Republic of Croatia, asking when they plan to consider renaming streets are named after members or officials of the Ustasha movement. Paying tribute to Ustasha officials can be understood as glorifying the criminal movement, not acknowledging the suffering of all victims of Ustasha terror and disputing crimes against Jews, Serbs, Roma and political dissidents during World War II.
The World Jewish Congress conducted a study, entitled "Examples of historical revisionism in Croatia,” drawing attention to the names of streets and street squares in the territory of the Republic of Croatia named after members or officials of the Ustasha movement. During the year, we will repeat the call and inform the public about the response.
It is completely inappropriate to pay tribute to members of the Ustasha movement. We are all obliged to oppose the glorification of the criminal regime of the Independent State of Croatia and the original foundations of the Constitution in which the foundation of Croatian statehood is inscribed.
