Adolf Andrić

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Adolf Andrić , alias Apostol Plemić (born March 4, 1942 in Tuzla , Independent State of Croatia ; † June 26, 1972 in the Raduša Mountains near Uskoplje , SFR Yugoslavia ) was a Yugoslav political emigrant and terrorist .

Adolf Andrić was a member of the Croatian Revolutionary Brotherhood ( Hrvatsko revolucionarno bratstvo - HRB ) and, together with his brother Ambroz Andrić, led the 19-member paramilitary group with the code name “Planinske lisice” (Mountain Foxes), which invaded Yugoslavia in June 1972 to bring in in the area of Bugojno (SR Bosnia and Herzegovina) to spark a popular uprising with the action "Feniks". For more details see under Hrvatsko revolucionarno bratstvo # Yugoslavia .

Life

Adolf Andríć was later named by Ambroz Andrić's widow Ružica Andrićs as the main mastermind of the “Planinske lisice” campaign. He and Ambroz Andrić had three sisters, Marija, married Mikac (* 1935), Mira, married Sović (* 1932), and Vera, married Han (* 1928) and a brother named Petar (* 1930). The three sisters were arrested in 1950 for singing the Croatian hymn Lijepa naša and the folk song Vila Velebita in the church choir . Singing these alleged " Ustasha songs" was a criminal offense in the SFR Yugoslavia. Marija then spent eight months in solitary confinement and was acquitted after remand, Mira was sentenced to five and Vera to seven years in prison. Petar was also linked to the hostile activities of his sisters, arrested in Zagreb and sentenced to six years in prison by a military court. The father sold his house in Tuzla and the family moved to Zagreb. Marija fled across the border to Italy in 1958, but later returned due to illness.

Adolf Andrić completed his training as a chemical technician in Zagreb and became a business chemist. He was married to Katarina Andrić.

The two brothers left the SFR Yugoslavia via Italy in 1960 . Adolf Andrić went to Australia in 1961 , where he lived in Geelong , Victoria , his brother followed in 1962. In Australia they joined forces with supporters of the HRB. Together with Pavo Vegar, the two brothers ran the HRB headquarters in the state of Victoria. In 1968 they started planning the “Feniks” campaign. They left Australia illegally in 1969. Under the pseudonym "Apostol Plemić", Adolf wrote the HRB text "The Avengers of Bleiburg" ("Osvetnici Bleiburga." Priručnik "za vođenje hrvatske gerile") with sabotage instructions, which reappeared in Germany in 1974 in a new edition. Records of the sessions ( Hansards ) of the Australian Senate in 1973 indicate that he was assigned an important role within the HRB. After leaving Australia, he was registered in Germany and his brother in France. He was also among a group of people arrested by the police on suspicion of planning the bomb attack on the Yugoslav Consulate General in Munich in 1972.

Head of State Tito was informed about the actions and then formed a responsible staff in the Federal Police headed by Franjo Herljević .

Adolf Andrić was eventually killed near Uskoplje in battle with Yugoslav forces.

Posthumously

Almost 40 years after his death, his grave was found in the Zenica city ​​cemetery , and his body was exhumed and autopsied .

On September 27, 2014, a memorial for the 19 group members killed by the action was inaugurated in Posušje with the participation and participation of official representatives from politics and the military.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ustanak na Raruši. In: Marko Lopušina: Ubice u ime države . [Murder on behalf of the state]. Agencija TEA BOOKS, 2014, ISBN 978-86-6329-189-8 . ( limited preview in Google Book search)
  2. ↑ Ružica Andrić: Otrovna knjiga Bože vukušića. safaric-safaric.si, July 31, 2011.
  3. ↑ Rođakinja nobelovca otkriva: Ivo Andric per Fratarski sin. Večernji list, April 17, 2011.
  4. ↑ Croatia Press . Croatia Press, 1973 ( google.de [accessed November 19, 2017]).
  5. ↑ a b Nakon 4 desetljeća otkriven roughly člana Bugojanske skupine. HercegBosna, August 16, 2011.
  6. ↑ a b Les Shaw: Trial by Slander. A Background to the Independent State of Croatia, and an account of the Anti-Croatian Campaign in Australia. Harp Books, 1973, p. 110 ff.
  7. ↑ Protection of the Constitution. Federal Ministry of the Interior, Public Relations Department, 1974, p. 145.
  8. ^ Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) .: House of Representatives. Volume 55, Commonwealth Government Printer, 1973, pp. 534, 544, 869.
  9. ↑ Marko Lopušina: Ubice u ime države . Agencija TEA BOOKS, 2014, ISBN 978-86-6329-189-8 ( google.de [accessed November 19, 2017]).
  10. ↑ Dičimo se svojim, a cijenimo tuđe: U Posušju otkriven spomenik Bugojanskoj skupini. Retrieved April 19, 2015 (Croatian).
personal data
SURNAME Andrić, Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Plemić, Apostol (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav political emigrant and terrorist
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Tuzla , Independent State of Croatia
DATE OF DEATH June 26, 1972
Place of death Mountains Raduša near Uskoplje , SFR Yugoslavia