page_title: Široki Brijeg
section_title: World War II and Yugoslavia
hierarchical_section_title: Široki Brijeg / History / World War II and Yugoslavia
caption_attribution_description: Hrvatski: Talijanska utvrda iznad Širokog Brijega English: Italian fort above Široki Brijeg
context_page_description: Široki Brijeg is a city and the administrative center of West Herzegovina Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it had a population of 29,809.
context_section_description: During the Second World War the Ustaše held the city together with Italian troops. During their presence, the Italians built several forts for observation of the city.
  Like some cities in West Herzegovina, Široki Brijeg was labeled as a pro-Ustaše and a pro-fascisct region. It was therefore demonized by the officials of Yugoslavia and was renamed Lištica (by the name of the river) instead of Široki Brijeg (Wide Hill). Investment in the city was also very poor. A number of people emigrated to Zagreb and Dalmatia, as well as to Germany as gastarbeiters.
  In 1985, the local Communist Party built a monument to the Yugoslav Partisans in the centre of the town with Partisans ostensibly reburied beneath it. On 3 May 2013 the monument was removed to explore the mass grave, revealing the remains of 95 people. The remains were characteristic of those killed by the Partisans themselves, with bodies being tied up with wire and some German dog tags being recovered.
caption: Italian fort above Široki Brijeg
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