Ivan Werner was a Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

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 in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

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 and the Independent State of Croatia

Independent State of Croatia

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 who served as the mayor  of Zagreb

Zagreb

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 from 1941 to 1944. A member of the fascist

Fascism

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 Ustaše

Ustaše

The Ustaša - Croatian Revolutionary Movement was a Croatian fascist anti-Yugoslav separatist movement. The ideology of the movement was a blend of fascism, Nazism, and Croatian nationalism. The Ustaše supported the creation of a Greater Croatia that would span to the River Drina and to the border...

 party, Werner is best known for ordering the demolition of the Zagreb Synagogue

Zagreb synagogue

The Zagreb Synagogue was the main place of worship for the Jewish community of Zagreb in modern-day Croatia, from its construction in 1867 in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia within the Austrian Empire, until its demolition by the fascist authorities in 1941 in the Axis-aligned Independent State of...

 in 1941 and for collaborating and cooperating with the Nazis

Nazism

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 during the Holocaust

The Holocaust in Croatia

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

Mirogoj Cemetery

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