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HR-BULLETINS-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3992 BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3992HINA Zagreb 13 May 2001THOUSANDS OF CROATS MEET IN AUSTRIA TO MARK WW2 BLEIBURG TRAGEDYBLEIBURG, May 13 (Hina) - Thousands of Croats
from home and abroad gathered in the Bleiburg field in southern Austria on Sunday to mark May 15, day of remembrance for the Croatian victims of the Bleiburg and Way of the Cross tragedies. The 56th anniversary of those events was held under the auspices of the Croatian parliament. A mass was celebrated by Military Ordinary vicar Nikola Mate Roscic. At the end of World War Two, Croatian soldiers, fearing retaliation by the then Yugoslav federal army, decided to surrender to English Allies in Austria. They were followed by their families and numerous civilians. However, according to previous arrangements with the partisans, the Allies surrendered them to the partisans in the Bleiburg field on May 14-15, 1945. According to recent estimates, that exodus inclu