Čuvari svoje braće: policijsko nadgledanje američkih Hrvata tijekom Drugoga svjetskoga rata

Na temelju arhivskoga gradiva i literature autor istražuje opseg i narav nadziranja Amerikanaca hrvatskoga podrijetla od Federal Bureau of Investigation i drugih vladinih organizacija u vrijeme Drugoga svjetskog rata. Autor ujedno oslikava posljedice srpske propagande i američkoga nadzora na komunističku infiltraciju hrvatskih organizacija u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama i na priklanjanje američkih Hrvata ideji obnove Jugoslavije i podrške partizanima.
Using the archival sources and the existing literature the paper presents how Federal Bureau of Investigation surveilled Croatian community in the United States during World War II. The existing archival documents show that Serb who worked as FBI informers often presented Croats as a threat to Western allies. FBI obviously accepted such Serb propaganda as a real threat to American national security and began the surveillance of all distinguished persons from the Croat community. Croatian journalists and various organizations of American Croats were also put under observation. At the same time American Croat community and its organizations were infiltrated by persons who supported communist ideas. Communist influence resulted in widespread support of American Croat community for Yugoslav partisans. Croatian catholic priests in the United States warned of a growing communist influence in the American Croat community. Their warning was rejected because they were often considered to be friendly to Axis powers and the Independent State of Croatia.