Ivan Werner

Ivan Werner
Mayor of Zagreb
In office
1941 – 26 June 1944
Preceded byJozo Dumančić
Succeeded byEugen Starešinić
Personal details
Born(1887-06-18)18 June 1887
Zagreb, Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary
Died26 June 1944(1944-06-26) (aged 57)
Zagreb, Independent State of Croatia
PartyUstaše (UHRO)

Ivan Werner (18 June 1887 – 26 June 1944) was a Croatian politician in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Independent State of Croatia who served as the mayor (gradonačelnik) of Zagreb from 1941 to 1944. A member of the fascist Ustaše party, Werner is best known for ordering the demolition of the Zagreb Synagogue in 1941 and for collaborating and cooperating with the Nazis during the Holocaust.

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

References

  1. 1 2 Kusin, Vesna (December 9, 2001). "U ozračju svjetla hanukije" (PDF). Vjesnik (in Croatian). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 14, 2001. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  2. 1 2 Knežević, Snješka (2001). "The Synagogue of Zagreb, 1867-1942" (PDF). The Synagogue and Zagreb. Jewish Community of Zagreb. pp. 42–46. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  3. ↑ Milčec, Zvonimir. "Zagrebački gradonačelnici". Zagreb.hr (in Croatian). City of Zagreb. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
  4. ↑ Bernd Jürgen Fischer, Balkan strongmen: dictators and authoritarian rulers of South Eastern Europe. Purdue University Press, 2007. (p. 218)
  5. ↑ Ivan Werner at Gradsko groblje Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine