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'''Petar Brzica''' was a fascist and [[World War II]] [[war criminal]]. He was a member of the Croatian fascist [[Ustaša]] organization and one of the guards in the [[Jasenovac concentration camp]]. He is known for having allegedly a slaughtering bet, in which he allegedly killed about 1360 concentration camp prisoners, using a curve-bladed knife, nowadays often called [[srbosjek]]<ref name="blum">Wanted |
'''Petar Brzica''' was a fascist and [[World War II]] [[war criminal]]. He was a member of the Croatian fascist [[Ustaša]] organization and one of the guards in the [[Jasenovac concentration camp]]. He is known for having allegedly a slaughtering bet, in which he allegedly killed about 1360 concentration camp prisoners, using a curve-bladed knife, nowadays often called [[srbosjek]]<ref name="blum">Wanted! : The Search for Nazis in America, Howard Blum, Quadrangle/New York |
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Times Book Co. 1977</ref> |
Times Book Co. 1977</ref> <ref>The Glass Half Full by Alan Greenhalgh ISBN:0977584410 page 68 <br> |
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''Wherever they went they experienced similar cruetly from the Ustashe guards. They heard stories about the fierce butcher, Petar Brzica, who boasted that during one night alone he killed 1,360 prisoners by slitting their throats with a specially designed knife called 'the Serb Cutter'. Women prisoners found themselves used mercilessly as sex slaves and the guards were in the position of being able to satisfy the most perverted urges with impunity.''</ref> |
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After [[World War II]] he fled to the [[United States of America|United States]]. Yugoslav authorities were never able to capture him and he most likely changed his identity and died hidden. His name was on a list of 59 [[Nazism|Nazis]] living in the US given by a Jewish organization to the [[Immigration and Naturalization Service]] during the 1970s. As of [[2008]], Brzica has remained unrevealed. |
After [[World War II]] he fled to the [[United States of America|United States]]. Yugoslav authorities were never able to capture him and he most likely changed his identity and died hidden. His name was on a list of 59 [[Nazism|Nazis]] living in the US given by a Jewish organization to the [[Immigration and Naturalization Service]] during the 1970s. As of [[2008]], Brzica has remained unrevealed. |
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# [http://www.mosquitonet.com/~prewett/blum.html http://www.mosquitonet.com/~prewett/blum.html] |
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# [http://www.jasenovac.info/cd/biblioteka/wschindley-jasenovac_en.html Hidden History: The Horror of Jasenovac] |
# [http://www.jasenovac.info/cd/biblioteka/wschindley-jasenovac_en.html Hidden History: The Horror of Jasenovac] |
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# [http://www.namebase.org/sources/MU.html Wanted! The Search for Nazi's in America by Howard Blum. Published by Quadrangle, 1977] |
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Revision as of 23:43, 3 June 2008
Petar Brzica was a fascist and World War II war criminal. He was a member of the Croatian fascist Ustaša organization and one of the guards in the Jasenovac concentration camp. He is known for having allegedly a slaughtering bet, in which he allegedly killed about 1360 concentration camp prisoners, using a curve-bladed knife, nowadays often called srbosjek[1] [2]
After World War II he fled to the United States. Yugoslav authorities were never able to capture him and he most likely changed his identity and died hidden. His name was on a list of 59 Nazis living in the US given by a Jewish organization to the Immigration and Naturalization Service during the 1970s. As of 2008, Brzica has remained unrevealed.
References
- ^ Wanted! : The Search for Nazis in America, Howard Blum, Quadrangle/New York Times Book Co. 1977
- ^ The Glass Half Full by Alan Greenhalgh ISBN:0977584410 page 68
Wherever they went they experienced similar cruetly from the Ustashe guards. They heard stories about the fierce butcher, Petar Brzica, who boasted that during one night alone he killed 1,360 prisoners by slitting their throats with a specially designed knife called 'the Serb Cutter'. Women prisoners found themselves used mercilessly as sex slaves and the guards were in the position of being able to satisfy the most perverted urges with impunity.