Viktor Gutić
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Viktor Gutić (23 December 1901 – 20 February 1947) was a Croatian army colonel who was an Ustaše commissioner (Serbo-Croatian: stožernik) for Banja Luka and the Grand Prefect of Pokuplje in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) during World War II. He was responsible for the persecution of Serbs, Jews and Roma in the Bosanska Krajina region of Bosnia between 1941 and 1945, and reported to the principal commissioner for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Jure Francetić.
Colonel Viktor Gutić | |
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Born | (1901-12-23)23 December 1901 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary (now Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
Died | 20 February 1947(1947-02-20) (aged 45) Banja Luka, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia |
Allegiance | Independent State of Croatia (1941–45) |
Service/ | Croatian Armed Forces |
Years of service | 1943–45 |
Rank | Colonel |
Battles/wars | World War II in Yugoslavia |
As commissioner, Gutić was responsible for organising Ustaše camps and centres in the region and appointing their staff. He fled to Austria and Italy following the collapse of the NDH in 1945 and was arrested in Venice and taken to a camp in Grottaglie before being extradited to Yugoslavia in early 1946. He was sentenced to death in Sarajevo and executed in February 1947 in Banja Luka.