Since the establishment of the
Independent State of Croatia the leading Croatian dailies, have become; '
and ', the leading ideological weekly newspaper of general type was
Spremnost. Other newspapers that are coming out then were; weekly humorous magazine '
, newspapers ', '
, ', ''
, Hrvatska revija and Vijenac''. Newsmagazine
Spremnost was initiated only when the
Ustaša regime mastered the methods of total control of the press. The initiator and main organizer was and chief editor was
Tias Mortigjija (until 1944). In addition with Mortigjija and Bogdan, the magazine regularly published articles on politics by ,
Savić Štedimlija and
Ante Ciliga (since 1943). Magdić was responsible for the critique of
Marxism–Leninism, Štedimlija was some kind of specialist in
Balkans issues, especially for the
Chetnik movement, and Ciliga wrote about the
Soviet Union (where he had lived from October 1926 to December 1935). Other important collaborators were
Ljubomir Maraković (literature), ,
Radoslav Glavaš, ,
Antun Barac and . Overall
Spremnost was a typical puppet news magazine of this time with a strong nationalistic note; it defended the policy of its
sponsors, and critical writing about politics of
Allies tried to show his politics as disastrous for Europe. Allies are generally portrayed as unnatural interest coalition of
Jews, Freemasonry and Communists. Thus, to illustrate the
Spremnost published on 13 September 1942. Ivo Bogdan article that says that the
Independent State of Croatia must resist »the Jews, freemasons, communists«, as internal enemies, with »courage, determination and political foresight«. Even when it was clear that the Axis powers have lost the war - the Allied successes were depicted in an entirely different light, or are completely minimized. In this light is described
Allied invasion of Sicily - as a completely insignificant event, which does not have any military significance in relation to the main east front. The editor of the Australian publication, Fabijan Lovoković, was a founder and leading figure of the far-right Ustasĕ
Croatian Liberation Movement (, HOP) branch in Australia. This group is regarded as being responsible for many terrorist acts in the post-WW2 era. == Literature ==