Milivoj Ašner
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Milivoj Ašner (born 1913?) is a former police chief in eastern Croatia who allegedly enforced racist laws under Croatia's World War II Nazi-allied regime, which persecuted hundreds of thousands of Serbs, Jews and Roma. He currently resides in Austria.
In 2005, Croatia indicted Ašner for crimes against humanity and war crimes in the city of Požega in 1941 - 1942.
In February 2006, Austrian judicial officials said they were close to deciding on whether to arrest Ašner. In the past, Austrian officials ruled he could not be handed over to Croatian authorities because he held Austrian citizenship.
However, subsequent investigations by the state attorney's office in the province of Carinthia where Ašner lives have revealed that he no longer holds citizenship in Austria.
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- Holocaust Encyclopedia Entry on Yugoslavia - US Holocaust Memorial Museum
