CROATIAN EXILE STAMP, ISSUED IN ARGENTINA, 1951, HONORS THOSE FALLEN
AT THE END OF WORLD WAR TWO, WHEN CROATIAN TROOPS AND COLUMNS OF CIVILIANS, INCLUDING FAMILIES AND CHILDREN CURRENDERED TO THE ALLIES, NEAR BLEIBURG, AUSTRIA. THIS LARGEST MASSACRE SOME TEN DAYS AFTER THE END OF WORLD WAR II, WAS KEPT SECRET FOR SOME 50 YEARS. THIS EXILE STAMP MARKS ONE OF THE GREATEST TRAGEDIES AND DISASTERS OF THE CROATIAN PEOPLE IN THEIR MODERN HISTORY. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, AND A SET OF 20 DIFFERENT COLORFUL CROATIAN EXILE STAMPS, ISSUED BY VARIOUS CROATIAN PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATIONS IN EXILE, IS AVAILABLE FROM CROATIAN PHILATELIC SOCIETY: WWW.CROATIANSTAMPS.COM


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