
Hrvatska mladost — list za srednjoškolsku mladež, god. XXV, broj 3.
"Hrvatska mladost" — a magazine for high school youth, year XXV, issue 3, one of the first issues published in the Independent State of Croatia, when the magazine became intended for high school students as part of Ustasha propaganda and youth education.
Hrvatska mladost – a magazine for high school youth, year of publication XXV, issue 3, was published in 1941 in Zagreb. The magazine was edited by Đuro Arhanić and published by the Association of Croatian High School Teachers. It continued the pre-war tradition (previously under other names), but in the NDH it was completely adapted to the new regime and served as an important publication for high school youth in the Ustaše Mladža system.
Issue 3 from 1941 is among the first issues in the new circumstances after the proclamation of the NDH (April 1941). The content is typical for this type of periodical: a combination of patriotic texts, literary contributions (poems, essays), pedagogical topics, reports on the work of youth organizations and propaganda messages of the Ustaše movement. The emphasis was on education in the spirit of Croatian nationalism, sacrifice, discipline, Catholic morality and loyalty to the Poglavnik and the new state. Texts about "Christmas in a free homeland" (as in the Christmas issue of the 4th of the same year) or similar motifs celebrating the establishment of the NDH were often published.
The paper was intended for high school students — the key target group of the Ustasha youth (especially the Starčević youth for the age of 15–21). It served as a tool for the ideological formation of future intellectuals, teachers and activists of the regime. In the broader context of the NDH, such publications were part of the systematic control over education and youth, along with other papers such as crusader or purely Ustasha publications.
It was published until 1944/1945. (until year 28/29). Today copies from 1941. are rare and represent an important historical source for the study of media, propaganda, education and youth education in the NDH. This number testifies to the rapid adaptation of pre-war institutions (such as the Association of Croatian High School Teachers) to the new Ustasha order and the regime's efforts to win over the worldview of the high school population as quickly as possible in the turbulent first year of the existence of the NDH.
One copy is available
- Slight damage to the cover





