The Croatian Way


Basle, Switzerland edited by H. Foerter jr. January-February 1933 Paper, print 31 x 23 cm, 16 pages Illegal newspaper containing instructions to the groups and representatives of the Croatian National Revolutionary Movement, explaining their goals, aims and ways of carrying out the struggle, dealing with the organisation, material funds and work of the leaders of the Movement in the country. The articles also refer to the social and political situation in Croatia and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. On the edge above the title there is a hand-written inscription: Kerep Stevo 27/8/33. The paper was discovered by the Yugoslav police in Sisak during the search of Stjepan Kerep's apartment; the printing and distribution of the paper, as well as the activities of the Movement in Yugoslavia were prohibited. D. Gajdek, Spanjolski borci Siska i Banije, Sisak, 1985 The National and University Library has no evidence concerning the paper; the only copy is kept at the CHM. S. Kerep (1909 - 1936) had mastered the bakers' and merchants' trade. He was a member of the illegal Yugoslav Communist Party from 1931. From 1933, after the police raid, he went to study in the USSR, at the Communist Faculty of National Minorities of the West. On October 10th 1936 he went to Spain, where he died as a soldier of the 12th International Brigade, on November 20th 1936.




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