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Article: Pro-Nazi extremism lingers in Croatia.(A)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 15, 1997
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****FRANJO TUDJMAN, ACCUSED OF PAPERING OVER PAST ABUSES, IS EXPECTED TO BE RE-ELECTED TODAY.****
DUBROVNIK, Croatia - A German tank rolls through a small village, and the peasants rush out, lining the road with their right arms raised in a Nazi salute as they chant "Heil Hitler."
Mobs chase minorities from their homes, kicking them and pelting them with eggs as they flee into the woods.
Europe in the 1940s? No. Croatia in the 1990s.
This is a modern European nation that still remains unreconciled both with its World War II Nazi history and a dismal modern human rights record, say Western diplomats and human rights experts.
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