'Croatian Institute of History (Hrvatski Institut za Povijest)'
Abstract
Komunistička partija dopustila je, u tijeku rata i nakon njega, osnivanje HRSS čijoj je organizaciji svesrdno pomogla kako bi spriječila stvaranje prave oporbe. U tom e je imala potpunu podršku užeg vodstva IO HRSS. Neki od članova IO HRSS iskreno su surađivali u stvaranju stranke, ali, shvativši da ona služi komunistima u izgradnji totalitarnog sistema, pokušavali su izvojštiti autonomnu poziciju. Međutim, kako je odmah od početka HRSS bila stranka bez vlastita identiteta, njihovi su pokušaji bili uzaludni i unaprijed osuđeni na neuspjeh. U svom radu autor na osnovi fragmentarne građe opisuje slučajeve devetorice članova IO HRS S koji su se od saveznika KP, s obzirom na svoju poziciju sljedbenika učenja braće Radića, pretvorili u neprijatelje novog režima. To su bili Joso Posavec, Dane Škarica, Imro Filaković, Tonča Dujmović, Ivan Dujmović- Brada, Ivan Vukašinović, Mate Sučić, Ivan Tor i Ivan Vrgoč.On the basis of fragmentary materials, the author describes the cases of the nine members of the Executive Council of HRSS, who ceased to be members of the party in the period 1945 — 1948. The HRSS was organized by the Communist Party in order to give the impression of the multiparty political life and the existence of opposition, and to attract the Croatian peasants to the Party. It was precisely because of the opposition to such a role of the HRSS and because of the opposition to other moves of the communists that these members of the Executive Council were either removed or dismissed from the leadership. Interestingly, these members were not mutually connected, and they were representatives of various regions of Croatia. The totalitarian style of the newly established power of the communists placed these men among "reactionaries" and "mačekovists", which meant that they were the "enemy of the people". Unfortunately, no more substantial insight into the confrontation of the HRSS with the Communists is possible on the based of available documents
