Viktor Gutić

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Viktor Gutić (23 December 1901 – 1946) was the Ustaše commissioner (Serbo-Croatian: 'stožernik') for Banja Luka in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) during World War II. He was responsible for the persecution of Serbs, Jews and Roma in the Bosanska Krajina region of Bosnia between 1941 and 1945, and reported to the principal commissioner for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Jure Francetić. As commissioner, Gutić was responsible for organising Ustaše camps and centres in the region and appointing their staff.^[1]

Biography

Viktor Gutić was born in Banja Luka on 23 December 1901.^[2]

On 23 April 1941, less than two weeks after the proclamation of the NDH, Gutić ordered that all Serbs and Montenegrins then living in the Bosanska Krajina that had been born in Serbia or Montenegro were to leave the area within five days. This order was promulgated in the local "Croatian frontier" (Serbo-Croatian: 'Hrvatska krajine') newspaper.^[3] Gutić subsequently announced his intention to kill the entire Serb population over the age of 15 in the Bosanska Krajina, and place the children in the care of monasteries to become "good Catholics",^[4] and he was one of the main organisers of the massacres of Serbs that occurred in that region.^[5] After the NDH collapsed, Gutić fled to Austria and Italy. In Venice he was recognized, arrested, and taken to the Grottaglie camp. During his captivity he was in the presence of Slovenian general Leon Rupnik and Chetnik commander Dobroslav Jevđević. In early 1946, he was extradited to Sarajevo in Yugoslavia where he was sentenced to death.^[2]

Notes

↑ Redžić 2005, p. 70.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Dizdar et al. 1997, p. 145.
↑ Goldstein 2007, p. 22.
↑ Redžić 2005, p. 73-74.
↑ Redžić 2005, p. 75.

Bibliography

Dizdar, Zdravko; Grčić, Marko; Ravlić, Slaven; Stuparić, Darko (1997). Tko je tko u NDH (in Serbo-Croatian). Zagreb: Minerva. ISBN 953-6377-03-9.
Goldstein, Ivo (2007), "The Independent State of Croatia in 1941: On the Road to Catastrophe", in Ramet, Sabrina P., The Independent State of Croatia 1941-45, New York: Routledge, pp. 19–29, ISBN 0-415-44055-6
Redžić, Enver (2005). Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Second World War. Abingdon: Frank Cass. ISBN 0-7146-5625-9.

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1941: Invasion of Yugoslavia Uprising in Serbia Battle of Loznica Battle of Banja Koviljača Operation Uzice (First Enemy Offensive) Operation Mihailovic 1942: Operations Southeast Croatia and Ozren (Second Enemy Offensive) Operation Trio (Third Enemy Offensive) Kozara Offensive Operation Alfa 1943: Case White (Fourth Enemy Offensive) Case Black (Fifth Enemy Offensive) 1944: Operations Kugelblitz and Schneesturm (Sixth Enemy Offensive) Operation Rösselsprung (Seventh Enemy Offensive) Belgrade Offensive Kosovo Operation 1945: Syrmian Front Battle of Lijevče Field Bar massacre Battle of Poljana Macedonia: National Liberation War of Macedonia Slovenia: World War II in the Slovene Lands Strategic bombing: Belgrade Podgorica Zadar Zagreb	Partisans People's Liberation Army of Macedonia (Partisan faction in Macedonia) Soviet Union (1944-1945) Bulgaria (1944-1945) National Liberation Movement (limited involvement, 1944–45) Chetniks (nominally Allied, extensively collaborated with the Axis) Montenegrin People's Army (rogue faction of the Chetnik movement, 1945) Germany Italy (1941–43) Albania (1941–44) Vulnetari Hungary (1941–44) Bulgaria (1941–44) Independent State of Croatia Armed Forces Ustaše militia Black Legion Army (Home Guard) Air Force Air Force Legion Hadžiefendić Legion Government of National Salvation Serbian State Guard Serbian Volunteer Corps Montenegrin Volunteer Corps Pećanac Chetniks Russian Corps Kingdom of Montenegro (Italian protectorate 1941–43) Lovćen Brigade (Greens movement, 1942–44) Slovene Axis supporters White Guard Slovene Home Guard Legion of Death Anti-Communist Volunteer Militia	Josip Broz Tito Milovan Đilas Aleksandar Ranković Kosta Nađ Peko Dapčević Koča Popović Petar Drapšin Svetozar Vukmanović Tempo Arso Jovanović Sava Kovačević Ivan Gošnjak Franc Rozman Stane Draža Mihailović Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin Dobroslav Jevđević Pavle Đurišić Momčilo Đujić Vojislav Lukačević Petar Baćović Jezdimir Dangić Maximilian von Weichs Alexander Löhr Edmund Glaise von Horstenau Franz Böhme Paul Bader Lothar Rendulic Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig Edmund Glaise von Horstenau Mario Roatta Ante Pavelić Dido Kvaternik Mladen Lorković Milan Nedić Dimitrije Ljotić Kosta Pećanac Sekula Drljević Leon Rupnik

Persondata
Name	Gutić, Viktor
Alternative names
Short description	Croatian politician
Date of birth	23 December 1901
Place of birth	Banja Luka, Bosnia Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Date of death	1946
Place of death	Sarajevo, Yugoslavia

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