Ante Pavelić

Ante Pavelić was a devout Catholic and an antisemitic ally of the Nazi regime. As leader of the Nazi puppet state of the Independent State of Croatia, Pavelić and his organization persecuted and killed Serbs, Jews, Romani, and anti-fascist Croats. He had Serbs forcefully convert to Catholicism under pain of death.

"God, who directs the destiny of nations and controls the hearts of Kings, has given us Ante Pavelić and moved the leader of a nation that is friendly and allied to us, Adolf Hitler, to use his victorious troops to disperse our oppressors and enable us to create an Independent State of Croatia. Glory be to God, our gratitude to Adolf Hitler, and infinite loyalty to our leader, Ante Pavelić.", Croatian Catholic press covering Ante Pavelić.