11.  He has repeatedly declared that wartime Croatia was not simply a fascist state, but also an expression of Croat desire for independence.

12.  In his campaign, Tudjman has put the fascist state squarely in a historic line of Croatian attempts at independence.

13.  President Franjo Tudjman and his ruling Croatian Democratic Union have been accused of tolerating expressions of admiration and respect for the fascist state.

14.  The president of the fascist Slovak state was Jozef Tiso, a Catholic priest, who was sentenced to death by Czechoslovak authorities after the war.

15.  During World War II, an independent fascist state was set up in Croatia under the aegis of the German occupiers.