According to reports, manifestations of Mary, mother of Jesus were said to have occurred in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzogovina as seen by six Herzogovinian youths in 1981. The apparition which was entitled, mother of the redeemer and Queen of Peace began during the time of the socialist federal union of Yugoslavia; and according to reports has also been seen in Sarajevo and elsewhere.
The socialist federation originated in ww2 with the anti fascist council for the liberation of Yugoslavia, reportedly a response to the 1941 invasion and partitioning of the kingdom of Yugoslavia by Germany, Italy, Hungary and Bulgaria, leading to resistance from pro Yugoslav communists.
Reportedly there was a build up of political and economic tensions prior to the 1981 apparition and throughout the 1980’s. President Tito, leader of the Yugoslav partisans and the sfuy died in 1980. According to reports in March 1981 an Albanian student protest in the socialist autonomous republic of Kosovo lead to more protests and civil unrest. Eleven deaths were recorded, seven of whom were protestors. There were an estimated 4,200 arrests followed by a declaration of a state of emergency. Protests were outlawed. According to the league of communists the riots were a product of Albanian nationalism.
Muslim contingents were thought to be a product of the Ottoman era which spanned over 400 years. Bosnia and Herzogovina were reportedly annexed by Austro-Hungary in 1908, a catalyst for the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, heir presumptive, and his wife, Sophie in 1914 by Gavrilo Princip, reportedly a student, possibly with saxon ideas. Said to be serb. Not believed.
From 1868 a Hungarian-Croat settlement lead to a merger of Croatia and Slovenia and a reported magyarisation. The treaty of San stefano was signed in the wake of russian victory over the Ottomans in 1878. The uk and Austria-Hungary were said to have been dissatisfied and the treaty was replaced by the treaty of Berlin which reportedly consisted of a restructuring of the Balkans.
The catholic church which had mission status during the ottoman empire reportedly came under the influence of pro- Croat military officers during the Austro-Hungarian empire and Fransiscan schools were under the control of the emperor. Serbian and Croatian names were reportedly forbidden. There was thought to have been a takeover bid of the Catholic church via new appointments and ecumenical directives. According to documentation lutheran and anglican fransiscan orders still exist. Bosnia and Herzogovina who reportedly operate as a condominium are thought to be divided by cultural and political interests. Bosniacs were said to be adherents to Islam. A plan was to merge Bosnia with Croatia and Christian Herzogovina and Serbia, but from around 1880 fransiscans in Herzogovina were preparing to seperate from Bosnia in favour of Croatia.
Reportedly from 1881 the emperor had the exclusive right to appoint bishops in the territories. Relations remained cordial with Rome. In 1882, according to reports a bishop in Magydus in asian Turkey was appointed to northern Herzogovina. Reportedly he was instrumental in the building of universities in Croatia leading to widespread education and he bought property in the republic of Srpska and Montenegro from muslims who were leaving the country. According to a report this was followed by a catholic migration from Herzogovina. He is said to have helped relatives to move to near Nevesinje in the republic of Srpska.
Reportedly, during ww2 the Yugoslav partisans targeted Germany and collaborators. The as called independent state of Croatia under ustaśe were said to have had similar ideas to Hitler and were the only state to operate death camps independently. According to a report a systematic persecution and genocide of Serbs began during the war which resulted in mass murder and deportations. Tens of thousands of Serbs and Romanians were killed in the Jasenovac death camp in Slovenia. According to the report, the ustaśe government killed an estimated 25,000 Romanians. 26,000 left Croatia.
Reportedly in 1944 Belgrade was liberated from german influence by Yugoslav partisans and the Russian and Bulgarian armies which lead to a german withdrawal from Greece and most of Yugoslavia. According to documentation in 1946 the Bulgarian monarchy was replaced by the peoples’ republic, reportedly until 1990. A Bulgarian socialist republic was short lived.