Ivan Werner Explained

Ivan Werner
Office:28th Mayor of Zagreb
Birth Date:18 June 1887
Birth Place:Zagreb, Austria-Hungary
Death Place:Zagreb, Independent State of Croatia
Term Start:1941
Term End:1944
Predecessor:Jozo Dumančić
Successor:Eugen Starešinić
Party:Ustaše (UHRO)

Ivan Werner (18 June 1887 – 26 June 1944) was a Croatian politician in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Independent State of Croatia who served as the mayor (Croatian: gradonačelnik) of Zagreb from 1941 to 1944.[1] [2] A member of the fascist Ustaše party, Werner is best known for ordering the demolition of the Zagreb Synagogue in 1941 and for collaborating and cooperating with the Nazis during the Holocaust.[3]

A butcher by trade, Werner was an expert on food processing and logistics.[4] Werner died on June 26, 1944, and is buried in Mirogoj Cemetery.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: U ozračju svjetla hanukije . Vesna . Kusin . December 9, 2001 . . Croatian . PDF . 2010-04-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20011214005333/http://www.vjesnik.hr/pdf/2001/12/09/25A25.PDF . December 14, 2001 .
  2. Web site: The Synagogue of Zagreb, 1867-1942 . The Synagogue and Zagreb . 2001 . Snješka . Knežević . Jewish Community of Zagreb . 42–46 . PDF . 2010-04-18 . 2016-03-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223839/http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/education/lesson_plans/pdf/zagreb1.pdf . dead .
  3. Web site: Zagrebački gradonačelnici . Milčec . Zvonimir . Zagreb.hr . City of Zagreb . Croatian . 2010-04-19 . 2012-03-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120323122245/http://www.zagreb.hr/default.aspx?id=15573 . dead .
  4. [Bernd Jürgen Fischer]
  5. http://www.gradskagroblja.hr/Trazilica/MapPreview.aspx?CemeteryID=1&Field=3&DeptID=1&PersonID=37696 Ivan Werner at Gradsko groblje

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