Niko Koprivica Explained

Niko Koprivica (1889 in Cavtat – 25 October 1944, in Dubrovnik) was a politician of the Croatian Peasant Party who was mayor of Dubrovnik in the final days of the Independent State of Croatia. He was a lawyer by profession.[1]

Koprivica was admitted to the Catholic Church's Order of St. Gregory the Great in 1926. He was a member of the Brethren of the Croatian Dragon and held the title of Dragon of Cavtat within the organization.[2]

Koprivica was selected by the city council to be mayor on 13 October 1944.[3] He was killed by Yugoslav Partisans as a collaborationist on 25 October 1944. He was interred on 10 October 2008 following a funeral mass at the Assumption Cathedral in Dubrovnik.[3]

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  1. http://www.dubrovacki-list.hr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1292&Itemid=95 Udruga Daksa 1944./1945. podignula kaznenu prijavu za ratne zločine
  2. http://www.braca-hrvatskoga-zmaja.hr/ZmajskeVijesti1-07.pdf Zmajske vijesti
  3. http://www.glasdalmacije.hr/?show=0&article=12798 Dubrovnik: Pokopani posmrtni ostatci nekadašnjeg gradonačelnika dr. Koprivice