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| '''Petar Brzica''' was a fascist and ] ]. Before the war he was a scholarship student at the Franciscan college of Široki Brijeg in Herzegovina and a member of the "Great Brotherhood of Crusaders". Some time he spent studying the law in Zagreb where he became the Ustashe Youth member<ref>Špijun u mantiji by Siniša Ivanović, Nova knjiga Belgrade, 1987 page 78</ref> and later a member of the Croatian fascist ] organization and one of the guards in the ]. As an Ustashe he held the rank of a lieutenant<ref> Sećanja Jevreja na logor Jasenovac by Dušan Sindik, Savez jevrejskih opština Jugoslavije 1972 - page 154<br> | |||
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'''Petar Brzica''' was a fascist and ] ]. Before the war he was a scholarship student at the Franciscan college of Široki Brijeg in Herzegovina and a member of the "Great Brotherhood of Crusaders". Some time he spent studying the law in Zagreb where he became the Ustashe Youth member<ref>Špijun u mantiji by Siniša Ivanović, Nova knjiga Belgrade, 1987 page 78</ref> and later a member of the Croatian fascist ] organization and one of the guards in the ]. As an Ustashe he held the rank of a lieutenant.<ref> Sećanja Jevreja na logor Jasenovac by Dušan Sindik, Savez jevrejskih opština Jugoslavije 1972 - page 154'</ref> He is known for winning a bet in which a curve-bladed knife, also called a ], was used to kill concentration camp prisoners.<ref>Jasenovac and the Holocaust in Yugoslavia by Barry M. Lituchy Jasenovac Research Institute; First edition, New York 2006 </ref><ref name="blum">Wanted! : The Search for Nazis in America, Howard Blum, Quadrangle/New York Times Book Co. 1977</ref><ref>Smokescreens by Jack T. Chick, Chick Publications 1983, page 28</ref> He won the bet by killing the largest amount of prisoners, possibly between 670<ref>Taborišče smrti--Jasenovac by Nikola Nikolić (author), Jože Zupančić (translator) Published 1969 Založba "Borec" - page 293: </ref> and 1360<ref>The Glass Half Full by Alan Greenhalgh ISBN 0977584410 page 68 </ref> people. | ||
| After ] he fled to the ]. Yugoslav authorities were never able to capture him and he most likely changed his identity and died hidden. His name was on a list of 59 ] living in the US given by a Jewish organization to the ] during the 1970s. As of |
After ] he fled to the ]. Yugoslav authorities were never able to capture him and he most likely changed his identity and died hidden. His name was on a list of 59 ] living in the US given by a Jewish organization {{Fact|date=July 2008}} to the ] during the 1970s. As of 2008, it was still not known what had become of him.{{Fact|date=July 2008}} | ||
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Petar Brzica was a fascist and World War II war criminal. Before the war he was a scholarship student at the Franciscan college of Široki Brijeg in Herzegovina and a member of the "Great Brotherhood of Crusaders". Some time he spent studying the law in Zagreb where he became the Ustashe Youth member and later a member of the Croatian fascist Ustaša organization and one of the guards in the Jasenovac concentration camp. As an Ustashe he held the rank of a lieutenant. He is known for winning a bet in which a curve-bladed knife, also called a srbosjek, was used to kill concentration camp prisoners. He won the bet by killing the largest amount of prisoners, possibly between 670 and 1360 people.
After World War II he fled to the United States. Yugoslav authorities were never able to capture him and he most likely changed his identity and died hidden. His name was on a list of 59 Nazis living in the US given by a Jewish organization to the Immigration and Naturalization Service during the 1970s. As of 2008, it was still not known what had become of him.
References
- Špijun u mantiji by Siniša Ivanović, Nova knjiga Belgrade, 1987 page 78
- Sećanja Jevreja na logor Jasenovac by Dušan Sindik, Savez jevrejskih opština Jugoslavije 1972 - page 154'
- Jasenovac and the Holocaust in Yugoslavia by Barry M. Lituchy Jasenovac Research Institute; First edition, New York 2006
- Wanted! : The Search for Nazis in America, Howard Blum, Quadrangle/New York Times Book Co. 1977
- Smokescreens by Jack T. Chick, Chick Publications 1983, page 28
- Taborišče smrti--Jasenovac by Nikola Nikolić (author), Jože Zupančić (translator) Published 1969 Založba "Borec" - page 293:
- The Glass Half Full by Alan Greenhalgh ISBN 0977584410 page 68