Miroslav Filipović
Bosnian Croatian Franciscan friar and war criminal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Miroslav Filipović (5 June 1915 – 29 June 1946), also known as Tomislav Filipović and Tomislav Filipović-Majstorović, was a Croatian Franciscan friar and Ustashe military chaplain who participated in atrocities during World War II in Yugoslavia.[1] Convicted as a war criminal in a Yugoslav civil court, he was executed by hanging in 1946.
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Born | (1915-06-05)June 5, 1915 |
Died | June 29, 1946(1946-06-29) (aged 31) |
Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
Nationality | Croatian |
Known for | Slaughtering inmates at Jasenovac concentration camp |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Church | Croatian Catholic Church |
For the duration of the war, the Vatican kept full diplomatic relations with the Independent State of Croatia and was briefed on the efforts of the Ustaše to convert ethnic Serbs to Catholicism. Some former priests, mostly Franciscans, particularly in, but not limited to, Herzegovina and Bosnia, took part in the atrocities themselves. Filipović-Majstorović joined the Ustaše on 7 February 1942. He was reportedly subsequently dismissed from his order. He became the Chief Guard of the Jasenovac concentration camp where he was nicknamed "Fra Sotona" ("Brother Satan") due to his sadism. When he was hanged for war crimes, he wore his clerical garb, although he had been reportedly defrocked.[2]