Josip Jurčević
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| Born | 1951 (age 72–73) Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia, SR Croatia |
| Alma mater | University of Zagreb |
| Occupation | Professor, politician |
Josip Jurčević (born in Studenci near Imotski, 1951) is a Croatian politician, pseudohistorian, and a denier of a genocide done by fascists in NDH during the World War II.[2]
He grew up in Zagreb. He graduated in history and philosophy from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb in 1975. Josip Jurčević is the father of seven children.[1]
He is the author of several books. At the University of Osijek and at the Pedagogical University in Petrinja he has teaching positions.
Josip Jurčević is a member of a Croatian War Veterans Association. The Nacional newspaper described him in 2006 as the new voice of the Croatian right.[3]
Jurčević ran as a non-party candidate in the Croatian presidential election, 2009–2010 where he won 2.74% of the vote and was eliminated in the first round.
Research and views
In his book Prikrivena stratišta i grobišta jugoslavenskih komunističkih zločina Jurčević investigated mass executions in Yugoslavia after the end of WWII. According to his controversial analysis, Yugoslav Communists committed 89% of all crimes during the war and postwar period, Italian occupiers 8% of all crimes, Yugoslav partisans and Chetniks 1.5%, while the NDH regime committed only 0.13% of the crimes.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Biografija predsjedničkog kandidata Josipa Jurčevića". Večernji list (in Croatian). November 6, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
- ^ "Jurčević: Komunisti počinili 89 posto zločina, ustaše 0,13" (in Croatian). T-Portal. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ Bajruši, Robert (May 29, 2006). "Novi glas hrvatske desnice". Nacional (in Croatian) (550). Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help); Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Jurčević: Komunisti počinili 89 posto zločina, ustaše 0,13" (in Croatian). T-Portal. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
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