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⚫ | '''Petar Brzica''' was a fascist and [[World War II]] [[war criminal]]. Before the war he was a a scholarship student at the Franciscan college of Široki Brijeg in Herzegovina and a member of the "Great Brotherhood of Crusaders". Some time he spent studying the law in Zagreb where he became the Ustashe Youth member<ref>Špijun u mantiji by Siniša Ivanović, page 78</ref> and after - a member of the Croatian fascist [[Ustaša]] organization and one of the guards in the [[Jasenovac concentration camp]]. He is known for having a slaughtering bet, in which he 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 Times Book Co. 1977</ref><ref>The Glass Half Full by Alan Greenhalgh ISBN:0977584410 page 68 <br> |
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⚫ | '''Petar Brzica''' was a fascist and [[World War II]] [[war criminal]]. Some time he spent studying the law in Zagreb where he became the Ustashe Youth member<ref>Špijun u mantiji by Siniša Ivanović, page 78</ref> and after - a member of the Croatian fascist [[Ustaša]] organization and one of the guards in the [[Jasenovac concentration camp]]. He is known for |
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''Wherever they went they experienced similar cruelty 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><ref>Smokescreens by Jack T. Chick, Chick Publications 1983, page 28</ref> |
''Wherever they went they experienced similar cruelty 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><ref>Smokescreens by Jack T. Chick, Chick Publications 1983, page 28</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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== Accuracy of the sources == |
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The accuracy of the sources mentioning Brzica is generally disputed and there is reasonable belief that the story of Brzica and the slaughtering competition is more of a nationalistic, hatred-fueled wartime hearsay and creepy urban legend than a historical fact. |
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Apart from the few references to citations from Howard Blum's book, "Wanted! The search for Nazis", which have only been incompletely quoted on unverifiable, private web sites, as of now, actually none of the authors writing this article has ever gotten hold of or read this book. Most of the other sources on the web mentioning Brzica are either of Serbian origin, accusing their neighbours, the Croats, of war crimes, bloodthirstiness and wartime atrocities, or different versions of this article incorporated into other articles, reports and web sites. |
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There are numerous sources describing Brzica and this slaughtering contest, most of them offering a different version of the story. In numerous sources, he has been described as a prison guard, a simple soldier, a Ustasha officer, a law student or even a catholic priest or Franciscan monk. |
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His name has been changed in several sources from Petar Brzica, to Peter Brzica, Pero Brzica or Pero Bnica, and there is no definitive source of his accurate name, "Petar Brzica" being just the most often quoted pick. |
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His alleged surname "Brzica" in [[Serbo-Croatian]] translates to "a quick one" or "a speedy one" (for example, the known cartoon figure [[Speedy Gonzales]] is translated "Brzi Gonzales" in Serbo-Croatian), which is suspiciously coincidental to Brzica's alleged fast slaughtering capabilities and winning of a slaughtering contest, very often mentioned by Serbian authors as "speedy slaughter of Serbs" in, a good example being being the article about the knife he allegedly used, the [[Srbosjek]]. |
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The most interesting part is without doubt the number of murdered inmates, which helped him to win this championship and later gain international Wikipedia fame. The number of his victims has on average been cited as 1360, all of which he allegedly has killed with his hands using a special small knife often called [[Srbosjek]] by Serbs. One source even mentions him of only ''boasting'' (under influence?) to have killed so many people of once. The time frame of the one-man mass killing has on most sources been given as "a day" or "a single night", both of which do not seem to be really feasible for a average trained man, considering that, for the "a day" time frame he would have to have killed one prisoner per minute, for 24 hours without making a pause. For the "a single night" time frame he would have to have killed 3 prisoners per minute for a night approximately lasting for 8 hours. |
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Revision as of 19:09, 7 June 2008
Petar Brzica was a fascist and World War II war criminal. Before the war he was a a scholarship student at the Franciscan college of Široki Brijeg in Herzegovina and a member of the "Great Brotherhood of Crusaders". Some time he spent studying the law in Zagreb where he became the Ustashe Youth member[1] and after - a member of the Croatian fascist Ustaša organization and one of the guards in the Jasenovac concentration camp. He is known for having a slaughtering bet, in which he killed about 1360 concentration camp prisoners, using a curve-bladed knife, nowadays often called srbosjek[2][3][4]
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
- ^ Špijun u mantiji by Siniša Ivanović, page 78
- ^ 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 cruelty 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. - ^ Smokescreens by Jack T. Chick, Chick Publications 1983, page 28