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The Trial of Mile Budak was the one-day trial of
Mile Budak Mile Budak (30 August 1889 – 7 June 1945) was a Croatian politician and writer best known as one of the chief ideologists of the Croatian fascist Ustaša movement, which ruled the Independent State of Croatia during World War II in Yugoslavia ...
and a number of other members of the government of the
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for
high treason Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance. This typically includes acts such as participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to overthrow its government, spying on its military, its diplo ...
and war crimes on 6 June 1945 in
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. The trial was held by the Military Court of the II. Army of
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. Seven of the accused were executed the following day, and another died in prison.


Apprehension

Following the
Independent State of Croatia evacuation to Austria The Bleiburg repatriations ( see terminology) occurred in May 1945, after the end of World War II in Europe, during which Yugoslavia had been occupied by the Axis powers, when tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians associated with the Axis ...
, several of the accused were apprehended by the British in their occupation zone in Austria. They were subsequently held at the Spittal detainment camp. On 17 May the British sent
Nikola Mandić Nikola Mandić (; 20 January 1869 – 7 June 1945) was a Croatian politician and one of the leading political figures in Bosnia and Herzegovina under Austrian-Hungarian rule. He also served as a Prime Minister of the Independent State of Croati ...
,
Julije Makanec Julije Makanec (19 September 1904 – 7 June 1945) was a Croatian politician, teacher, philosopher and writer. During the World War II in Yugoslavia, he was the Minister of Education of the Independent State of Croatia and a high-ranking member of ...
and Pavao Canki from Spittal to a train headed to Zagreb. They were joined en route by Nikola Steinfel and
Mile Budak Mile Budak (30 August 1889 – 7 June 1945) was a Croatian politician and writer best known as one of the chief ideologists of the Croatian fascist Ustaša movement, which ruled the Independent State of Croatia during World War II in Yugoslavia ...
.Nada Kisić Kolanović. "Politički procesi u Hrvatskoj neposredno nakon Drugoga svjetskoga rata", ''1945 - Razdjelnica hrvatske povijesti'', Zbornik radova sa znanstvenog skupa u Hrvatskom institutu za povijest u Zagrebu 1-6, svibnja 2006, pp. 75-97, see pg. 85; .


The Indicted

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Mile Budak Mile Budak (30 August 1889 – 7 June 1945) was a Croatian politician and writer best known as one of the chief ideologists of the Croatian fascist Ustaša movement, which ruled the Independent State of Croatia during World War II in Yugoslavia ...
- Minister of Education (1941), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1943) #Pavao Canki - Minister of Justice and Religion (1943-1945) #
Julije Makanec Julije Makanec (19 September 1904 – 7 June 1945) was a Croatian politician, teacher, philosopher and writer. During the World War II in Yugoslavia, he was the Minister of Education of the Independent State of Croatia and a high-ranking member of ...
- Minister of Education (1943-1945) #
Nikola Mandić Nikola Mandić (; 20 January 1869 – 7 June 1945) was a Croatian politician and one of the leading political figures in Bosnia and Herzegovina under Austrian-Hungarian rule. He also served as a Prime Minister of the Independent State of Croati ...
- Prime Minister (1943-1945) #
Ademaga Mešić Ademaga Mešcić or Adem Aga Mešcić (25 March 1868 – 1 July 1945) was a Bosnian politician and military officer who served in the Austro-Hungarian '' Schutzkorps'', and later a member of the Ustaše government of the Independent State of Croa ...
- Doglavnik #Lavoslav Milić - General #Bruno Nardelli - Governor #Juraj Rukavina - Ustaša Colonel #Nikola Steinfel - Minister of the Armed Forces (1944-1945) #Ivan Vidnjević - President of "Mobile Kangoroo Court"


Sentences


Executed 7 June

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Mile Budak Mile Budak (30 August 1889 – 7 June 1945) was a Croatian politician and writer best known as one of the chief ideologists of the Croatian fascist Ustaša movement, which ruled the Independent State of Croatia during World War II in Yugoslavia ...
#Pavao Canki #
Julije Makanec Julije Makanec (19 September 1904 – 7 June 1945) was a Croatian politician, teacher, philosopher and writer. During the World War II in Yugoslavia, he was the Minister of Education of the Independent State of Croatia and a high-ranking member of ...
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Nikola Mandić Nikola Mandić (; 20 January 1869 – 7 June 1945) was a Croatian politician and one of the leading political figures in Bosnia and Herzegovina under Austrian-Hungarian rule. He also served as a Prime Minister of the Independent State of Croati ...
#Nikola Steinfel #Juraj Rukavina #Ivan Vidnjević


Life imprisonment

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Ademaga Mešić Ademaga Mešcić or Adem Aga Mešcić (25 March 1868 – 1 July 1945) was a Bosnian politician and military officer who served in the Austro-Hungarian '' Schutzkorps'', and later a member of the Ustaše government of the Independent State of Croa ...
(died at
Stara Gradiška Stara Gradiška (, german: Altgradisch) is a village and a municipality in Slavonia, in the Brod-Posavina County of Croatia. It is located on the left bank of the river Sava, across from Gradiška in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Etymology The first wo ...
, 1945)


Twenty years imprisonment

#Lavoslav Milić #Bruno Nardelli


Notes

{{Genocide of Serbs 1945 in Croatia World War II war crimes trials 1945 in Yugoslavia