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Marshal Tito struck directly at the only organized force left in Yugoslavia with the power to criticize his dictatorship. Into jail he clapped grave, ascetic Dr. Aloysius Stepinac, 48, Roman Catholic Primate of Yugoslavia, and twelve Catholic priests. The charge: crimes against the people...
Archbishop Stepinac was born (1898) into a Croat peasant family of eleven children. In 1916, he served in the Austrian Army on the Italian front. He was captured, but was later allowed to join the Serbian Army. In 1924 he went to Rome to study for the priesthood. Four years after his ordination, King Alexander unexpectedly approved him as successor to the Archbishop. He took office in 1937. No sycophant, the new Archbishop repeatedly urged his royal benefactor to abolish the royal dictatorship. Later, Archbishop Stepinac lashed out at the Nazi "master race" idea and condemned the execution of hostages...
...Martyr Complex." A month later Stepinac again criticized Tito's systematic efforts to discredit and disrupt the Catholic Church. He was jailed for 17 days, then summoned to Tito's presence. Said the Marshal of the Archbishop: "I consider that he suffers from a martyr complex...