ZAGREB HAS AGAIN SQUARE OF VICTIMS OF FASCISM ZAGREB, Jan 2 (Hina) - The Jerusalem-based Simon Wiesenthal Centre head, Ephraim Zuroff, has congratulated Croatian President Mesic on the restoration of the name of "The Square of Victims
of Fascism" in a square in the downtown Zagreb. On December 20, local authorities decided to restore this name to the square which had been called the Square of Croatian Great Men for nine years. President Mesic's Office reported on Tuesday that Zuroff had forwarded a message to the Croatian head of state congratulating him for this act. For Zuroff, the fact that victims of Fascism got back their square in Zagreb is a new step forward in the important struggle for the historical truth in the Croatian society, and he hopes that this will contribute to stronger awareness of atrocious crimes Nazis and their collaborators had committed in Croatia and elsewhere in Europe. Zuroff announced that he would visit Croatia d
ZAGREB, Jan 2 (Hina) - The Jerusalem-based Simon Wiesenthal Centre
head, Ephraim Zuroff, has congratulated Croatian President Mesic
on the restoration of the name of "The Square of Victims of Fascism"
in a square in the downtown Zagreb.
On December 20, local authorities decided to restore this name to
the square which had been called the Square of Croatian Great Men
for nine years.
President Mesic's Office reported on Tuesday that Zuroff had
forwarded a message to the Croatian head of state congratulating
him for this act.
For Zuroff, the fact that victims of Fascism got back their square
in Zagreb is a new step forward in the important struggle for the
historical truth in the Croatian society, and he hopes that this
will contribute to stronger awareness of atrocious crimes Nazis and
their collaborators had committed in Croatia and elsewhere in
Europe.
Zuroff announced that he would visit Croatia during this winter and
expressed hope that he would meet President Mesic on this
occasion.
(hina) ms