Ambroz Andrić

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Ambroz Andrić , also Ambrozije Andrić (born December 10, 1939 in Tuzla , † July 21, 1972 in the hamlet of Tomići near Omiš ), was a Croatian political emigrant, terrorist and assassin .

Ambroz Andrić was a member of the Croatian Revolutionary Brotherhood (Hrvatsko revolucionarno bratstvo - HRB) and, together with his brother Adolf Andrić, led the 19-member paramilitary group with the code name “Planinske lisice” (Mountain Foxes), which invaded Yugoslavia in June 1972 to relocate 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 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.

Both brothers left the SFR Yugoslavia via Italy in 1960 . Ambroz Andrić followed his brother to Australia in 1962 , who was staying in Geelong , Victoria at the time. In Australia, they teamed up with HRB supporters. Together with Pavo Vegar, the two brothers ran the HRB headquarters in the state of Victoria. In 1965, the commissioned by Vjekoslav Luburić Jozo Oreč (also Josip Oreč ; † 1977 in South Africa) carried out an assassination attempt on Ambroz Andrić in front of a café in Melbourne , where he was hit in the arm but was able to escape.

Ambroz Andrić married Ružica, divorced Buzuk, née Martinovic (* 1944), who was also a member of the HRB, in Melbourne on August 29, 1967. On September 2, 1967, he carried out a self-made pen bomb attack on City Hall in Richmond , Melbourne, according to investigations by the Crime Intelligence Unit of the Commonwealth Police . In 1968 they started planning the “Feniks” campaign. They left Australia illegally in 1969. After that he was registered in France.

Ambroz Andrić was killed in action with Yugoslav forces near Omiš.

Posthumously

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. ↑ Rođakinja nobelovca otkriva: Ivo Andric per Fratarski sin. Večernji list, April 17, 2011.
  3. ↑ a b c 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.
  4. ↑ Ružica Andrić: Otrovna knjiga Bože vukušića. safaric-safaric.si, July 31, 2011.
  5. ↑ Mark Aarons : Was criminals welcome. Australia, a sanctuary for fugitive war criminals since 1945. Black Inc., 2001, p. 619. ISBN 978-1-863-95370-2 .
  6. ↑ Ružica Andrić o Bugojanskoj grupi, hkv.hr, February 8, 2008.
  7. ^ Marta G .: Ružica Andrić - Cvjetovi zla, specijalni rat protiv hrvatskog političkog iseljeništva, dokumenti i analize. http://kamenjar.com , August 9, 2013.
  8. ^ A b Parliamentary Debates (Hansard): House of Representatives. Volume 55, Commonwealth Government Printer, 1973, pp. 534, 544, 869.
  9. ↑ Dičimo se svojim, a cijenimo tuđe: U Posušju otkriven spomenik Bugojanskoj skupini. Retrieved April 19, 2015 (Croatian).
personal data
SURNAME Andrić, Ambroz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Andrić, Ambrozije
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Croatian political emigrant, terrorist and assassin
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Tuzla , Independent State of Croatia
DATE OF DEATH July 21, 1972
Place of death Tomići near Omiš