Officials in Croatia”s capital Zagreb have announced a proposal to rename four streets named after high-ranking members of the Ustasha, a fascist regime that ruled the Independent State of Croatia puppet state established by Nazi Germany during World War II.
The move is seen as a blow to the historical revisionism of the period that took place in the 1990s, Euractiv reported.
The measure to rename the streets in Zagreb”s Pescenica district was agreed upon unanimously by city council. The proposal will now be sent to the city”s committee for streets for approval, and then will be sent back to councillors for a final vote.

The streets are named after four World War II figures connected with the Ustasha government, which established the Jasenovac concentration camp during the Holocaust: two regime loyalists who were responsible for publishing pro-Ustasha propaganda an archbishop who wrote addresses in support of the Ustasha party and its leader and a business leader who financed the Independent State of Croatia”s military.
The measure comes as far-right groups in the country continue to push the downplaying of wartime atrocities and human rights abuses committed by the Ustasha regime, while showing regime members from the era as patriotic heroes.