Stella Alexander , author of '' The Triple Myth '' , a sympathetic biography of Stepinac , writes about him that " Two things stand out . He feared Communism above all ( especially above fascism ) ; and he found it hard to grasp that anything beyond the boundaries of Croatia , always excepting the Holy See , was quite real . ... He lived in the midst of apocalyptic events , bearing responsibilities which he had not sought . ... In the end one is left feeling that he was not quite great enough for his role . Given his limitations he behaved very well , certainly much better than most of his own people , and he grew in spiritual stature during the course of his long ordeal . " Croatian historian Jozo Tomasevich wrote that while Stepinac is to be commended for his actions on behalf of individuals and groups , as well as his general proclamations of human rights , Stepinac 's failure to publicly condemn the genocide against the Serbs , “ can not be defended from the standpoint of humanity , justice and common decency ” . The historian Robert McCormick states , “ for all the Archbishop ’s hand wringing , he continued to be a tacit participant in the Independent State of Croatia ( NDH ) . He repeatedly appeared in public with the Poglavnik ( the Ustaše leader Ante Pavelić ) , and issued Te Deum 's on the anniversary of the NDH ’s creation . His failure to publicly denounce the Ustaše 's atrocities in the name of the NDH , was tantamount to accepting Pavelić 's policies "
genocide
Persecution of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia
Aloysius Stepinac