A USEFUL FORGERY: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A LETTER ALLEGEDLY WRITTEN BY ARCHBISHOP STEPINAC TO THE POPE ON MAY 18, 1943

Sa？etak Archbishop Stepinac resolutely denied in the court hearing that he was the author of the letter in question, and his attorney indicated some crucial elements proving that it was a forgery. In addition to explaining the purpose and the peculiarities of this letter for the first time, this paper shows that the letter is actually very useful for historiography, because the author or several authors behind it analysed the war situation in the second half of 1943 by referring to relevant historical sources