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Croatian Prime Minister appoints special advisor for combating antisemitism

Sara Lustig, daughter of the late Croatian-Jewish producer Branko Lustig, was recently appointed as a special advisor for combating antisemitism to Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković. Lustig has been deputy head of the Croatian delegation to IHRA.

Croatian football fans perform Nazi salute in Milan

Dinamo Zagreb fans marched through the streets of Milan displaying the Nazi salute before their team was set to play against AC Milan in the UEFA Champions League.

Ognjen Kraus urges Croatian government to ban Ustasha Symbols

The President of the Coordinating Committee of Jewish communities in Croatia, Ognjen Kraus, has called for a ban on symbols and slogans of the fascist Ustasha regime in the country.

Croatia to boycott Durban conference over antisemitism

Croatia will boycott the conference marking the 20th anniversary of the Durban Declaration on Antiracism, which will be held on the sidelines of the opening session of the 76th United Nations General Assembly.

“Stolperstein” in Memory of Chief Rabbi of Zagreb Re-installed

The Stolperstein (stumbling block) in memory of Miroslav Šalom Freiberger, the Zagreb chief rabbi who was killed in Auschwitz, was reinstalled in Zagreb's Amruševa Street, after it had been destroyed the previous month.

Most parliamentary groups in Croatia support draft law banning Ustasha symbols

The Jewish community of Zagreb reported that a majority of the political groups in the Croatian Parliament support an initiative for a legal framework to ban Ustasha insignia and the glorification of Ustasha war criminals in Croatia.

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