Senj victims
As victims of Senj ( Croatian Senjske žrtve ) are seven Croatian youth from Gospic called that on 9. May 1937 in Senj of Royal Yugoslav gendarmes were killed.
The victims wanted to take part in a celebration of the Croatian Peasant Party for the Croatian peasant leader Stjepan Radić and his brother Antun (1868-1919), who were murdered in the Yugoslav parliament in 1928 .
Victim
Died on May 9, 1937
- Nikola Bevandić (* 1913)
- Frane Jelača (* 1916)
- Tomo Nikšić (* 1914)
- Marko Smolčić (* 1917)
- Katica Tonković (* 1913)
Died after May 9, 1937
- Petar Frković (* 1914)
- Jakov Milković (* 1912)
Injured
- Vlado Adžija
- Mile Biljan
- Ante Došen
- Branko Milinković
- Zlatko Vlahinic
Others
In Senj as well as in Gospić, official memorial events for the victims take place every year. In Gospić there is a memorial street called Ulica Senjskih žrtava (Street of the Senj Victims).
Web links
- Nikola Bićanić: Senjske žrtve (article on croatia.ch). Retrieved December 20, 2015 .
- Short TV documentary of the historical TV series TV kalendar of the Croatian television HRT on YouTube
literature
- Nikola Bićanić: Senjske žrtve . Hrvatsko književno društvo sv. Jeronima, Zagreb 1994, ISBN 953-6111-18-7 .
- Koraljka Manojlović: DOGAĐAJI U SENJU 9th SVIBNJA 1937.: Prilog proučavanju političkog terora u Hrvatskoj [The events in Senj on May 9, 1937: Contributions to the exploration of political terror in Croatia between two world wars] . In: Senjski zbornik . tape 18 , no. 1 , 1991, p. 237-258 ( srce.hr [accessed December 20, 2015]).
- Vladko Maček : Istina o krvavim dogadjajima u Senju dne 9th V. 1937. [The truth about the bloody events in Senj of 9th V. 1937] . Mercantiles, Zagreb 1937.