How War Criminal Ante Pavelić Escaped Justice With Help of the Vatican

Ante Pavelić, the leader of the ultranationalist Ustaše regime in Croatia during World War II, fled the Balkans as the Axis powers crumbled in 1945. Known for his brutal policies and collaboration with Nazi Germany, Pavelić escaped justice after the war by joining the infamous "ratlines" — clandestine escape routes organized with the help of sympathetic clergy and former Axis collaborators. Initially finding refuge in Austria, Pavelić made his way to Italy, where he received assistance from elements within the Catholic Church. In 1948, he secured safe passage to Argentina, a haven for many Axis fugitives under the protection of President Juan Perón. In Buenos Aires, Pavelić lived under the alias "Don Pedro Gónzalez," working as an advisor and quietly maintaining contact with Ustaše supporters. His relative safety ended in 1957 when he survived an assassination attempt by a Serbian migrant: Blagoje Jovović. Gravely wounded, Pavelić fled Argentina and sought refuge in Francoist Spain, a country sympathetic to anti-communist exiles. Despite lingering injuries, Pavelić avoided extradition and lived quietly near Madrid until his death on December 28, 1959. History Hustle presents: How War Criminal Ante Pavelić Escaped Justice With Help of the Vatican. SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ►   / historyhustler   SUPPORT ME ON PAYPAL ► https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Histo... BUY ME A COFFEE ► https://buymeacoffee.com/historyhustle SUBSCRIBE ►    / @historyhustle   INSTAGRAM ►   / historyhustle   FACEBOOK ►   / historyhustler   TWITTER ►   / hustlehistory   SOURCES – Nationalism and Terror, Ante Pavelic and Ustasha Terrorism From Fascism to the Cold War (Pino Adriano and Giorgio Cingolani). – God and the Fascists. The Vatican Alliance with Mussolini, Franco, Hitler, and Pavelic (Karlheinz Deschner). – Hitler's New Disorder. The Second World War in Yugoslavia (Stevan K. Pavlowitch). – The Independent State of Croatia 1941-45 (Sabrina P. Ramet). – War and Revolution in Yugoslavia, 1941–1945. Occupation and Collaboration (Jozo Tomasevich). – https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/... (05-12-2024). IMAGES Images from commons.wikimedia.org. VIDEO Video material from:    • Die Deutsche Wochenschau Nr. 555 (April 19...   Die Deutsche Wochenschau Nr. 555 (April 1941) [1440p] "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use." MUSIC "Constancy Part One" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "Lost Frontier" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... SOUNDS Freesound.org. E-MAIL historyhustle[at]gmail.com