Tias Mortigia ( Croatian: Tias Mortigjija ; April 7, 1913 , Dubrovnik , Austria-Hungary - September 14, 1947 , Samobor , Croatia ) is a Croatian journalist, publicist and member of the Ustasha movement. During the existence of the Independent State, Croatia was the editor-in-chief of the weekly Spremnost .
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| Date of Birth | April 7, 1913 |
| Place of Birth | Dubrovnik , Austria-Hungary (modern-day Croatia ) |
| Date of death | September 14, 1947 (34 years old) |
| Place of death | Samobor , Croatia |
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| Occupation | writer and journalist |
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Early biography
Tias Mortigia was born in Dubrovnik , then part of Austria-Hungary , on April 7, 1913. He received primary and secondary education in his hometown. Even at that time, several Croatian newspapers and magazines began to publish his poems, reviews, articles and discussions. After receiving secondary education in 1931, Mortigia entered the University of Zagreb , where he studied history and geography. He graduated in 1940. During his stay at the University of Zagreb, he continued to publish, and also worked as an editor in various Croatian publications in 1933-1936 [1] . Mortigia was appointed Assistant Professor of Economic History at the Higher Economic and Commercial School in Zagreb, but never worked in this position because of his employment as an editor.
In his autobiography, Mortigia recalls that in his youth he supported the ideas of Yugoslavism , but his opinion changed dramatically after the execution of Croatian deputies by Serbian extremist Punisza Racic directly in the Yugoslav parliament. This event forced Mortigia to turn to Croatian nationalism. He was inspired by the ideas of Ante Starcevic [1] of the mid-19th century on the creation of an independent Croatian state.
Career in the Independent State of Croatia
With the formation of the Independent State of Croatia, in April 1941 Mortigia worked as an editor in the leading national newspaper of the time, Hrvatski narod . In February 1942, he left her, becoming director and editor-in-chief of the newly formed weekly journal of the Ustasha movement Spremnost . Mortigia has been a member of this movement since 1941, with the rank of sergeant and later captain of the reserve, although he never declared his adherence to Ustash’s ideology.
The editions of Hrvatski narod and Spremnost pursued the policy of [2] Axis countries and partly of the Third Reich . They published anti-Jewish propaganda reprinted from German publications Franz-Eher-Verlag [3] . Newspapers also published material about Serbs , Gypsies and other “lower races”. In December 1944, Mortiggia was dismissed from Spremnost , and Franjo Nevistich took his place.
When the death of the Independent State of Croatia became imminent, Mortigia with thirty journalists fled to Austria on May 6, 1945. While in the refugee camp, he took up the organization of public events and lectures on Croatian history, and also created a committee of initiative Croatian refugees in Carinthia . On March 1, 1946, Mortigia began to publish a newspaper that served as the voice of Croatian refugees in Austria [1] .
Judgment and Death
At the request of the newly formed SFRY, the British occupation forces in Austria extradited her to Mortigia on September 2, 1946. He was convicted of the crimes imputed to him and sentenced to death and the loss of all his civil rights. On September 8, 1947, the Supreme Court upheld the verdict. On October 23, 1947, Mortigia was executed in the vicinity of Samobor [1] .
Rehabilitation
In the late 1990s, Mato Mortiggia, son of Tias Mortiggia, went to court with a lawsuit for a new trial in his father’s case. On February 18, 2003, Tias Mortigia was acquitted. The judges did not find personal support for totalitarianism in his texts, and also noted that he did not in any way approve of the abuse [4] .
Bibliography
- Tias Mortigjija: Dinko Tomašić u pravom svijetlu, Odbor hrvatskih pravnika, Zagreb 1937. (Croatian)
- Tias Mortigjija: Moj životopis (Priredio Trpimir Macan), Nakladni zavod Matice Hrvatske, Zagreb 1996. ISBN 953-6014-59-9 (Croatian)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Melina Lučić: Tias Mortigjija, Moj životopis (Priredio Trpimir Macan), Ocjene i prikazi, Fontes (Zagreb) 2, str. 465-495, Portal znanstvenih časopisa Republike Hrvatske (Croatian)
- ↑ A Labus: Saveznici u tisku NDH 1943 - 1945. *, Retrieved: september 2, 2010. (Croatian)
- ↑ Ivo Horvat: Ne može se rehabilitirati novinstvo koje je služilo totalitarističkoj politici i praksi ustaškoga režima (22. travnja 2004.), Vjesnik online (unavailable link) (Croatian)
- ↑ Josip Grbelja: Senzacionalna presuda: Rehabilitiran jedan od četrdeset strijeljanih novinara iz doba NDH (Vjesnik, 13. travnja 2004.) (unavailable link) (Croatian)