Tag: Croatia
Artist’s series on display for first time in Croatia depicts Holocaust victims, partisans
An exhibition of 30 paintings and graphic works titled “Nazi Occupation in Graphic Works of Meer Axelrod” opened in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia—the first time the artist’s works have been shown in the...
FM Katz meets with Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
Minister of Foreign Affairs Israel Katz met today (Monday, 29 July 2019) with Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, who is on a state visit to Israel.
FM Katz thanked President Grabar-Kitarović for Croatia’s support of Israel...
Croatia ignores charges by Jewish leaders of rewriting history of Holocaust
Rabbi Kotel Dadon, leader of Bet Israel Jewish community of Croatia, has alarm regarding the decision of the city assembly of Zagreb to dedicate a memorial to 6 million victims of the Holocaust without...
Report: Mattis rejected request by Netanyahu to spur arms deal with Croatia
Outgoing U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis reportedly denied a request from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to soften the U.S. conditions that were holding up a $500 million arms deal between Israel and Croatia over...
Historians accuse Croatia of covering up World War II crimes
Croatia’s parliament passed legislation last month barring public access to archive materials on individuals aged 100 and over, living and deceased. Critics say the legislation, which was presented to lawmakers in Zagreb as aimed...