The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/yugoslavia/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:29:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Yugoslavia | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/yugoslavia/ 32 32 As Croatia’s fascist past sheds taboo, some local Jews fear for their future https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-croatias-fascist-past-sheds-taboo-some-local-jews-fear-for-their-future/ Sat, 03 May 2025 05:41:45 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3539432 Symbols from the era of Nazi collaboration have resurfaced in former Yugoslav nation, and community leaders say the government in Zagreb won't 'accept responsibility'

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]]> Six former Yugoslavia nations to renovate a barracks at Auschwitz https://www.timesofisrael.com/six-former-yugoslavia-nations-to-renovate-barracks-at-auschwitz/ Fri, 26 Jan 2024 00:29:28 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3209810 Block 17 project to include installation of permanent exhibit on the Holocaust in Yugoslavia, which saw the murder of some 66,000 of its 80,000 Jews

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]]> Slovenian court voids executed Nazi collaborator’s 1946 treason conviction https://www.timesofisrael.com/slovenian-court-voids-executed-nazi-collaborators-1946-treason-conviction/ Wed, 15 Jan 2020 08:40:47 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2221274 Local Jewish community, Simon Wiesenthal Center condemn decision to nullify trial of Leon Rupnik, Germany's wartime puppet ruler for the country

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]]> Serbia slams Israeli envoy for celebrating Croatian ‘pogrom’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/serbia-slams-israeli-envoy-for-celebrating-croatian-pogrom/ Mon, 05 Aug 2019 08:00:57 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2124493&preview=true&preview_id=2124493 Congratulating Zagreb on its Victory Day violates 'basic human principles of modern societies,' Belgrade's ambassador in Tel Aviv fumes

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]]> Serbia angered as Israeli fighter jets fly in Croatian victory parade https://www.timesofisrael.com/serbia-angered-as-israeli-fighter-jets-fly-in-croatian-victory-parade/ Sun, 05 Aug 2018 09:07:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1902419 Israel said to be first foreign nation to celebrate 1995 Operation Storm; Belgrade 'deeply disappointed' at Jewish state for feting 'pogrom'

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]]> Prosecutors say war criminal poisoned himself at court with potassium cyanide https://www.timesofisrael.com/prosecutors-say-war-criminal-poisoned-himself-at-court-with-potassium-cyanide/ Fri, 01 Dec 2017 22:38:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1741375 Slobodan Praljak died from heart failure after swallowing poison in front of UN judges who upheld his 20-year prison term

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]]> Croat war criminal who drank poison in court could have walked free soon https://www.timesofisrael.com/croat-war-criminal-who-drank-poison-in-court-could-have-walked-free-soon/ Thu, 30 Nov 2017 02:36:10 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1740138 Slobodan Praljak had already served most of his 20-year sentence, upheld moments before he took his own life; experts say sneaking poison in courtroom fairly easy

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]]> Bosnian Croat war criminal drinks poison in court, dies https://www.timesofisrael.com/bosnian-croat-war-criminal-drinks-poison-dies-in-court/ Wed, 29 Nov 2017 15:03:23 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1739695 On losing appeal against 20-year sentence, Slobodan Praljak shouts his innocence, fatally ingests contents of a bottle

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]]> Slovenia starts burying hundreds killed as Nazi collaborators https://www.timesofisrael.com/slovenia-starts-burying-hundreds-killed-as-nazi-collaborators/ Fri, 28 Oct 2016 04:35:28 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1487484 President says it is 'state duty' to give 'civilized' funeral to some 800 people executed by communist forces after WWII

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]]> Trump campaign apologizes to Serbia for US bombing https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-campaign-apologizes-to-serbia-for-us-bombing/ Thu, 13 Oct 2016 17:27:56 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1479449 In an interview with the Serbian weekly magazine Nedeljnik, Trump says Clinton's policy made a mess in the Balkans

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]]> Croatia quashes controversial WWII cardinal verdict https://www.timesofisrael.com/croatia-quashes-controversial-wwii-cardinal-verdict/ Fri, 22 Jul 2016 16:43:52 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1432281 Alojzije Stepinac still revered by Croatians, but is considered a war criminal in neighboring Serbia for his ties to the Nazis

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]]> Even in Vienna’s socialist utopia, Austria’s far-right reigns https://www.timesofisrael.com/even-in-red-vienna-austrian-far-right-is-king/ Sat, 07 May 2016 04:00:58 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1388221 District of Simmering, once considered a left-wing haven, became first part of capital to be run by populist Freedom Party

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]]> Ex-Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic found guilty of genocide https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-bosnian-serb-leader-karadzic-found-guilty-of-genocide/ Thu, 24 Mar 2016 16:54:09 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1364224 UN war crimes judges hand down 40-year jail term for worst atrocities committed in Europe since World War II

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]]> Andreja Preger, Jewish anti-Nazi partisan, dies at 104 https://www.timesofisrael.com/andreja-preger-jewish-anti-nazi-partisan-dies-at-104/ Mon, 21 Dec 2015 01:33:31 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1306300 A noted concert pianist, the communal leader was 'always torn between Jewish public work and music'

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]]> Far-right surges in Croatia as EU disappointment spreads https://www.timesofisrael.com/far-right-surges-in-croatia-as-eu-disappointment-spreads/ Wed, 24 Jun 2015 01:48:48 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1203566 Rise of pro-Nazi activism in EU's newest member state has many in Europe, and in Croatia, worried about country's future

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