For Immediate Release
Jonathan Levy and Tom Easton, Attorneys
Tel. 513-528-0586
E mail: <mailto:resistk@...>
www.vaticanbankclaims.com
February 16, 2002
The Original Butcher of the Balkans: Pavelic not Milosevic
Ante Pavelic was the original Butcher of the Balkans." He was the leader
of the Nazi puppet government of the "Independent State of Croatia" who
died peacefully in Madrid in 1959. The mass murderer of 80,000 Jews,
30,000 Gypsies, and over 500,000 Serbs survived the Second World War and
never faced a war crimes tribunal unlike Slobodan Milosevic whose
alleged crimes pale in comparison. Instead Pavelic was offered sanctuary
by the Vatican and became a security advisor to Juan and Eva Peron
before retiring to fascist Spain. Key to Pavelic s survival was the
so-called Croatian Treasury, really nothing more than Pavelic s personal
wealth, the plunder of concentration camps and massacres throughout the
Balkans and beyond. Wherever the loyal Ustashe (Croatian Nazis) served
Pavelic and Hitler, Orthodox Christian churches and Jewish synagogues
were plundered and the property of Serbs, Jews, Gypsies, Ukrainians and
others were confiscated. The crimes of Pavelic and the Ustashe were so
barbaric that even hardened Nazis were disgusted by it.
In the final days of World War II, Pavelic and his inner circle bought
and bribed their way to Rome where help was waiting at the Vatican.
Pavelic committed genocide on a level far greater than any known before
or since in the Balkans but he had been personally received by Pius XII
during his reign of terror. The Franciscan Order and Vatican bank
eagerly helped launder Pavelic s loot the proceeds of which were used to
establish the so called ratline which helped thousands of Nazis and
Ustashe escape to South America.
Over 50 years later, a class action lawsuit was filed in Federal Court
in San Francisco in 1998 seeking an accounting of the Pavelic loot. The
defendants, the Vatican bank, Franciscan order, and the remaining
Ustashe were asked to account for the gold, silver, and gems plundered
so many years ago. A Federal judge has taken the case under submission.
Last month, an ex US Army intelligence official revealed that Pavelic s
body is secured at a secret location in Madrid awaiting its eventual
return to the homeland. Pavelic s followers view the current Croatian
state as the successor to the Nazi inspired Independent State of
Croatia, their legacy will be fulfilled only by the return of their
supreme leader or in the Croatian language, Poglavnik, to lie in state
in Zagreb. Tudjman, the late blood stained ruler of Croatia, was a
proponent of returning Pavelic to Croatia and indeed Pavelic would be
pleased to find many new public monuments to his loyal Ustashe springing
up like toadstools after a spring rain in democratic Croatia.
Attorneys in the class action lawsuit even while awaiting the court s
ruling are opening up a second front against the Croatian Nazis in
Madrid.
It is thought a large portion of the Croatian treasure was secreted in
Madrid and remains there yet along with Pavelic s relatives and loyal
Ustashe who maintain a vigil over their leaders grave. According to
attorney Jonathan Levy, Spanish law firms have been contacted and an
action of some sort in Spain is likely especially in light of the
Spanish National Court s recent interest in the Pinochet case. According
to Levy, "The Spanish courts have been interested in fighting Fascism
abroad but here is an even worse case at home, let s hope they will put
the principles of International Law at work on this domestic case and
stop the Ustashe."
A ceremony presided over by Croatian Franciscan priests is thought to
take place annually on Pavelic s birthday. At such Ustashe ceremonies
eternal hatred towards Serbs and others are sworn on a crucifix, knife,
and a revolver. Many Ustashe returned to Croatia in 1991 and have played
a role in the ongoing hostilities in Herzegovina ensuring the
continuation of a cycle violence that began in 1941 with Pavelic.
For more information:
See http://www.vaticanbankclaims.com/
Tel 513-528-0586
mailto: Jlevy1@...
Jonathan Levy, Esq.
For more on Ante Pavlic see:
http://www.diacritica.com/degenerate/4/pavelic0.html
Jonathan Levy and Tom Easton, Attorneys
Tel. 513-528-0586
E mail: <mailto:resistk@...>
www.vaticanbankclaims.com
February 16, 2002
The Original Butcher of the Balkans: Pavelic not Milosevic
Ante Pavelic was the original Butcher of the Balkans." He was the leader
of the Nazi puppet government of the "Independent State of Croatia" who
died peacefully in Madrid in 1959. The mass murderer of 80,000 Jews,
30,000 Gypsies, and over 500,000 Serbs survived the Second World War and
never faced a war crimes tribunal unlike Slobodan Milosevic whose
alleged crimes pale in comparison. Instead Pavelic was offered sanctuary
by the Vatican and became a security advisor to Juan and Eva Peron
before retiring to fascist Spain. Key to Pavelic s survival was the
so-called Croatian Treasury, really nothing more than Pavelic s personal
wealth, the plunder of concentration camps and massacres throughout the
Balkans and beyond. Wherever the loyal Ustashe (Croatian Nazis) served
Pavelic and Hitler, Orthodox Christian churches and Jewish synagogues
were plundered and the property of Serbs, Jews, Gypsies, Ukrainians and
others were confiscated. The crimes of Pavelic and the Ustashe were so
barbaric that even hardened Nazis were disgusted by it.
In the final days of World War II, Pavelic and his inner circle bought
and bribed their way to Rome where help was waiting at the Vatican.
Pavelic committed genocide on a level far greater than any known before
or since in the Balkans but he had been personally received by Pius XII
during his reign of terror. The Franciscan Order and Vatican bank
eagerly helped launder Pavelic s loot the proceeds of which were used to
establish the so called ratline which helped thousands of Nazis and
Ustashe escape to South America.
Over 50 years later, a class action lawsuit was filed in Federal Court
in San Francisco in 1998 seeking an accounting of the Pavelic loot. The
defendants, the Vatican bank, Franciscan order, and the remaining
Ustashe were asked to account for the gold, silver, and gems plundered
so many years ago. A Federal judge has taken the case under submission.
Last month, an ex US Army intelligence official revealed that Pavelic s
body is secured at a secret location in Madrid awaiting its eventual
return to the homeland. Pavelic s followers view the current Croatian
state as the successor to the Nazi inspired Independent State of
Croatia, their legacy will be fulfilled only by the return of their
supreme leader or in the Croatian language, Poglavnik, to lie in state
in Zagreb. Tudjman, the late blood stained ruler of Croatia, was a
proponent of returning Pavelic to Croatia and indeed Pavelic would be
pleased to find many new public monuments to his loyal Ustashe springing
up like toadstools after a spring rain in democratic Croatia.
Attorneys in the class action lawsuit even while awaiting the court s
ruling are opening up a second front against the Croatian Nazis in
Madrid.
It is thought a large portion of the Croatian treasure was secreted in
Madrid and remains there yet along with Pavelic s relatives and loyal
Ustashe who maintain a vigil over their leaders grave. According to
attorney Jonathan Levy, Spanish law firms have been contacted and an
action of some sort in Spain is likely especially in light of the
Spanish National Court s recent interest in the Pinochet case. According
to Levy, "The Spanish courts have been interested in fighting Fascism
abroad but here is an even worse case at home, let s hope they will put
the principles of International Law at work on this domestic case and
stop the Ustashe."
A ceremony presided over by Croatian Franciscan priests is thought to
take place annually on Pavelic s birthday. At such Ustashe ceremonies
eternal hatred towards Serbs and others are sworn on a crucifix, knife,
and a revolver. Many Ustashe returned to Croatia in 1991 and have played
a role in the ongoing hostilities in Herzegovina ensuring the
continuation of a cycle violence that began in 1941 with Pavelic.
For more information:
See http://www.vaticanbankclaims.com/
Tel 513-528-0586
mailto: Jlevy1@...
Jonathan Levy, Esq.
For more on Ante Pavlic see:
http://www.diacritica.com/degenerate/4/pavelic0.html