Stijepo Perić

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Knight
Stjepan "Stijepo" Perić
Italy
In office
October 1941 – April 1943
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byAnte Nikšić
Personal details
Born
Stjepan Perić

(1896-10-12)12 October 1896
Broce, Ston, Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary
Died12 June 1954(1954-06-12) (aged 57)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Political partyUstaše
Alma materUniversity of Zagreb
OccupationDiplomat, politician
ProfessionLawyer

Stjepan "Stijepo" Perić (12 October 1896 – 12 June 1954) was a Croatian lawyer, politician, diplomat and member of the Croatian ultra-nationalist Ustaše. After the creation of the Independent State of Croatia in April 1941, he served as ambassador to Italy and to Bulgaria, and then as Foreign Minister. He was forced to resign from his ministerial post in April 1944 after a string of incidents in which his attitude and behavior irritated senior Axis leaders, including Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.

Early life

Stijepo Perić was born in

Marseilles in 1934 he was detained for a short period. In 1937 he returned to Dalmatia where he was involved in organizing the Ustaše and kept in contact with Mile Budak.[4]

Diplomatic career

At the end of October 1941 he was named Ambassador to Italy. Before he was sent to Rome, Perić requested that he be appointed as Ambassador to Spain, but his request was refused.

Chetnik auxiliaries in the areas of the NDH that were occupied by Italy. The protest was ineffective, as the Italians continued to arm and supply the Chetniks.[6]

Perić was aware that the Italian forces supported the Chetniks on the Croatian territory to gain support against pro-German oriented Croats.[7] He discussed the Chetnik issue with Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano, who stated that he personally was opposed to the Italian Army's use of Chetnik auxiliaries but that only Benito Mussolini was able to do influence the Army to stop using the Chetniks. Ciano proposed a meeting between Pavelić and Mussolini to resolve the matter.[8]

Perić was recalled from duty on 8 April 1943 because of his action against Italian Ambassador to Croatia, Raffaele Casertano. After that he was Ambassador to Bulgaria in Sofia from July until beginning of November 1943. Perić was named a Knight of the Independent State of Croatia.[citation needed]

From 5 November 1943 he was

Levantine",[9] while German Foreign Minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop stated that Perić was a person with whom they would have problems. Perić protested and demanded punishment for German soldiers who had robbed Ston during the November and December 1943.[citation needed
]

In March 1944, members of the

Poljica in Dalmatia. After a complaint from Edo Bulat [hr], the NDH Minister for Liberated Areas, Perić directed the NDH chargé d'affaires in Berlin, Tomislav Sambugnach to lodge a sharp note of protest with the German Foreign Ministry. The note demanded that criminal charges be made against the German troops involved in the killings, and that the Chetniks involved be handed over to the NDH authorities. The Germans refused to accept the note, and instead had a note of protest read to the NDH Prime Minister advising him that any future communications should reflect the relative positions of the NDH and the Greater German Reich.[10][11]

When the NDH authorities arrested 70 Chetniks in connection with the killings, the

Slovakia. At the end of April 1945 he went to Italy where he stayed in various Allied camps. He escaped one of the camps in 1947 and went to Argentina, where he died in Buenos Aires.[13]

References

Citations
  1. ^ a b Matković 2002, p. 268.
  2. ^ Matković 2002, p. 269.
  3. ^ Dizdar et al. 1997, p. 16, 17.
  4. ^ Dizdar et al. 1997, p. 317.
  5. ^ Boban 1988, p. 203.
  6. ^ Tomasevich 2001, p. 261.
  7. ^ Jelić-Butić 1986, p. 59.
  8. ^ Krizman 1986, p. 478.
  9. ^ Krizman 1986, p. 351.
  10. ^ Tomasevich 2001, p. 322.
  11. ^ Pavlowitch 2008, p. 244.
  12. ^ Tomasevich 2001, pp. 322–323.
  13. ^ Dizdar et al. 1997, p. 17.
Bibliography
  • Boban, Ljubo (1988). Hrvatska u diplomatskim izvještajima izbjegličke vlade: 1941-1943 (in Croatian). Globus.
  • Dizdar, Zdravko; Grčić, Marko;
    ISBN 953-6377-03-9
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  • Jelić-Butić, Fikreta (1986). Četnici u Hrvatskoj (in Croatian). Globus.
  • Krizman, Bogdan (1986). NDH između Hitlera i Mussolinija (in Croatian). Globus.
  • Matković, Hrvoje (2002). Povijest Nezavisne Države Hrvatske (in Croatian). Naklada Pavičić.
  • Pavlowitch, Stevan K. (2008). Hitler's New Disorder: The Second World War in Yugoslavia. Columbia University Press.
    ISBN 978-0-231-70050-4
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