%0 Journal Article
%T DIARY OF KERUBIN £¿EGVI£¿ 1943 ¨C 1945
%A ¨CTomislav JONJI£¿
%A Stjepan MATKOVI£¿
%J -
%D 2016
%X Sa£¿etak Content of this article is a critical edition of Diary of Kerubin £¿egvi£¿, which was written sporadically by this prominent cleric and publicist in the period between January 1943 and May 1945. In the introduction editors (authors) of this article deliver an overview of basic information concerning this primary source, together with biographical facts about £¿egvi£¿ and his career that was marked by his manifold roles in public, cultural and political life. £¿egvi£¿ appeared in public life at the turn of the nineteenth century to the twentieth century, and from that time he supported ideas of the Party of Rights, i.e. ful£¿lment of the Croatian state rights. Some of his thoughts and attitudes regarding political activities in the Party of the Rights, as well as concerning some events at the end of the World War I and beginning of the Contemporary National Representation can be found in fragments in this Diary. Moreover, in the introduction authors emphasize £¿egvi£¿¡¯s role in Yugoslavia between two world wars. In this period £¿egvi£¿ has published several publications, among which especially prominent was one about Gothic origin of Croats. Similarly, in this period £¿egvi£¿ promoted Italian culture in various publications. Similarly, he strongly opposed any idea of communism, principally in his texts published in the magazine Hrvatska (Croatia), which was founded in 1933. Experiences from this period strongly in£¿uenced £¿egvi£¿¡¯s mindset and his thoughts during the time of the Independent State of Croatia, which consequently led to his death penalty and execution by Yugoslav communist authorities. At the end, authors of the article maintain that the £¿rst part of the Diary should be identi£¿ed as origin of the £¿egvi£¿¡¯s records published in 1943 in Zagreb under the title £¿In the £¿rst months of the foundation of ISC. My mission to Italy 7 ¨C 24 Sept 1941£¿. This could be concluded from the note printed at the bottom of the cover page, where it is written that the published text is an exact transcription from £¿egvi£¿¡¯s diary. By the same token, from the diary, which is published in this article, it is clear that from 1943 £¿egvi£¿¡¯s attitude towards Italy has changed. At the same time he started to criticize Ustashas¡¯ regime, which was accompanied with his fears about renewal of Yugoslavia and spread of communism. The entire text of the Diary is complemented with numerous notes and bibliographical remarks. Moreover, authors deliver also a letter that £¿egvi£¿ had written to the president of the Croatian State Parliament in 1942. This letter reveals £¿egvi£¿¡¯s critical
%K Diary
%K World War II
%K Zagreb
%K Independent State of Croatia
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