Croatian left-wing intelligentsia. A few weeks later the prison was taken by the new Ustasha regime. On 9 July, the Ustasha had ten prisoners, including Božidar Adžija, Otokar Keršovani and Ognjen Prica, shot in retaliation for Partisan activities. Fearing the impending execution of the rest of the inmates, the Croatian Communist Party organised a prison-break on the night of 13 July 1941. The prison guards were overpowered and inmates escaped. But the operation proved poorly organised, and most of the prisoners, including Cesarec, were quickly recaptured and shot in the Maksimir woods. There are no exact records on his death, but it is assumed that he was part of a group shot on 17–18 July in the Dotrščina forest. The manuscripts of August Cesarec are preserved in the Archive of the Croatian Institute of History. A number of monographs were made about him, including those published in Zagreb 1946–1964, a collection published in Belgrade/Zagreb/Sarajevo in 1964, a section in the "Five centuries of Croatian literature" published in Zagreb in 1966, and collections published in Zagreb 1970–1972 and then in 1982–1986. The phrase , , based on the protagonist of his 1920s novel who engaged in excesses of nouveau riche, entered the general vocabulary in Croatia. Sources Further reading 1893 births 1941 deaths Politicians from Zagreb People from the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia Journalists from Zagreb Writers from Zagreb League of Communists of Croatia politicians Croatian communists Croatian people of the Spanish Civil War Executed writers 20th-century journalists Croatian civilians killed in World War II People executed by the Independent State of Croatia