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'''Niko Koprivica''' ([[Cavtat]], 1889 - [[Dubrovnik]], October 25, 1944) was a politician of the [[Croatian Peasant Party]] who was mayor of [[Dubrovnik]] in the final days of it being a part of the [[Independent State of Croatia]]. He was a lawyer by profession.<ref>[http://www.dubrovacki-list.hr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1292&Itemid=95 Udruga Daksa 1944./1945. podignula kaznenu prijavu za ratne zločine]</ref>
'''Niko Koprivica''' (1889 in [[Cavtat]] – 25 October 1944, in [[Dubrovnik]]) was a politician of the [[Croatian Peasant Party]] who was mayor of [[Dubrovnik]] in the final days of the [[Independent State of Croatia]]. He was a lawyer by profession.<ref>[http://www.dubrovacki-list.hr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1292&Itemid=95 Udruga Daksa 1944./1945. podignula kaznenu prijavu za ratne zločine] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615043248/http://www.dubrovacki-list.hr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1292&Itemid=95 |date=2008-06-15 }}, dubrovacki-list.hr; accessed 12 August 2015.{{in lang|hr}}</ref>


Koprivica was admitted to the [[Catholic Church]]'s [[Order of St. Gregory the Great]] in 1926.<ref name="GlasDalmacije"/> He was a member of the [[Brethren of the Croatian Dragon]] and held the title of ''Dragon of Cavtat'' within the organization.<ref>[http://www.braca-hrvatskoga-zmaja.hr/ZmajskeVijesti1-07.pdf Zmajske vijesti] (pg. 47)</ref> Koprivice was selected by the city council to be mayor on October 13, 1944.<ref name="GlasDalmacije">[http://www.glasdalmacije.hr/?show=0&article=12798 Dubrovnik: Pokopani posmrtni ostatci nekadašnjeg gradonačelnika dr. Koprivice], ''Glas Dalmacije''</ref> Koprivica was killed by [[Yugoslav Partisans]] on October 25, 1944.
Koprivica was admitted to the [[Catholic Church]]'s [[Order of St. Gregory the Great]] in 1926.<ref name="GlasDalmacije"/> He was a member of the [[Brethren of the Croatian Dragon]] and held the title of ''Dragon of Cavtat'' within the organization.<ref>[http://www.braca-hrvatskoga-zmaja.hr/ZmajskeVijesti1-07.pdf Zmajske vijesti] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316153810/http://www.braca-hrvatskoga-zmaja.hr/ZmajskeVijesti1-07.pdf |date=2012-03-16 }}, braca-hrvatskoga-zmaja.hr; accessed 12 August 2015.{{in lang|hr}} (pg. 47)</ref>


Koprivica was selected by the city council to be mayor on 13 October 1944.<ref name="GlasDalmacije">[http://www.glasdalmacije.hr/?show=0&article=12798 Dubrovnik: Pokopani posmrtni ostatci nekadašnjeg gradonačelnika dr. Koprivice] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019163450/http://www.glasdalmacije.hr/?show=0&article=12798 |date=2008-10-19 }}, ''Glas Dalmacije'', glasdalmacije.hr; accessed 12 August 2015.{{in lang|hr}}</ref> He [[Daksa executions (1944)|was killed]] by [[Yugoslav Partisans]] as a collaborationist on 25 October 1944.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} He was interred on 10 October 2008 following a funeral mass at the [[Assumption Cathedral in Dubrovnik]].<ref name="GlasDalmacije"/>
He was finally buried on October 10, 2008 after a funeral mass at the [[Assumption Cathedral in Dubrovnik]].<ref name="GlasDalmacije"/>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Daksa massacre]]
* [[Daksa massacre]]


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 12:45, 27 March 2023

Niko Koprivica (1889 in Cavtat – 25 October 1944, in Dubrovnik) was a politician of the Croatian Peasant Party who was mayor of Dubrovnik in the final days of the Independent State of Croatia. He was a lawyer by profession.[1]

Koprivica was admitted to the Catholic Church's Order of St. Gregory the Great in 1926.[2] He was a member of the Brethren of the Croatian Dragon and held the title of Dragon of Cavtat within the organization.[3]

Koprivica was selected by the city council to be mayor on 13 October 1944.[2] He was killed by Yugoslav Partisans as a collaborationist on 25 October 1944.[citation needed] He was interred on 10 October 2008 following a funeral mass at the Assumption Cathedral in Dubrovnik.[2]

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  1. ^ Udruga Daksa 1944./1945. podignula kaznenu prijavu za ratne zločine Archived 2008-06-15 at the Wayback Machine, dubrovacki-list.hr; accessed 12 August 2015.(in Croatian)
  2. ^ a b c Dubrovnik: Pokopani posmrtni ostatci nekadašnjeg gradonačelnika dr. Koprivice Archived 2008-10-19 at the Wayback Machine, Glas Dalmacije, glasdalmacije.hr; accessed 12 August 2015.(in Croatian)
  3. ^ Zmajske vijesti Archived 2012-03-16 at the Wayback Machine, braca-hrvatskoga-zmaja.hr; accessed 12 August 2015.(in Croatian) (pg. 47)