Photo: Igrane
Igrane
The village of Igrane was mentioned for the first time in 1430 in the Portolano Magliabecchi (Parma). Already in the Middle Ages there was a religious organization around the church of St. Michael. During the time of Turkish rule, the people were spiritually guided by the Franciscans from Živogošće.
The parish consists of the villages: Igrane by the sea, Gornje Igrane and Drašnice. Until 1830, the parish belonged to the Diocese of Makarska, then to the Diocese of Split-Makarska, and since 1969 the Archdiocese of Split-Makarska.
The Igrane locals greeted the proclamation of the Independent State of Croatia with a special mood. At that time there were only eight Communists in Igrane. All those killed by the Partisans were victims of the personal intolerance of the Communist party organization of Igrane, which secretly condemned the poor, honest locals in the town of Igrane and handed them for liquidation in Biokovo. In 1942, 18 young men were forced to join the Partisans in Biokovo. During an Italian attack, all eighteen left the Partisans and sided with the Croatian authorities. After the fall of Italy (August 8, 1943), many people were forced to join the Partisans to fight against the Germans and the NDH, whereby the Communists calculatedly threw them to the front to die as cannon fodder. In Igrane, no Communist Partisan was ever held accountable for the crimes they committed against their neighbors, who lost their lives and property due to false denunciations.
Below is a list of the fallen and missing:
1. Antičić-Lović, Petar, son of Ante, born in 1925, unmarried, allegedly deserted the Partisans, starved, travelled on foot for two days to Igrane. Between Igrane and Drašnice they were met by a Partisan guard and began to flee. The exhausted Petar was arrested by a Partisan from Drašnice; the Partisan took him to Biokovo and killed him in August 1943.
2. Bakalić, Ana, Stipe’s wife, born in 1848, died on the run in El Shatt (in Egypt) in 1944.
3. Bakalić, Jela, wife of Ante, born in 1857, died on the run in El Shatt, Egypt in 1944.
4. Benutić, Fransciscan Father Ante, priest of Igrane, born in Kaštel Stari on August 9, 1897, murdered with a bullet to the head by a local Communist in Igrane on March 20, 1944
5. Deur, Božo, born in Stankovci on November 13, 1887, father of two children, living in Igrane, killed by Partisans in Kozica on November 4, 1944
6. Lulić, Karmelo, son of Ante, born on September 12, 1913, father of three children, was with the Partisans, the Partisans did not allow him to see his newborn daughter; he fled to Makarska and a Partisan from Drvenik, according to some, killed him with a bullet to the head while Karmelo was walking in front of him in Baćin in 1943
7. Lulić, Jela, wife of Mate (Bustruc), born on September 10, 1886, from Vitina, widow, remarried to Žarković, an only child; Partisan artillery fired from Sućurje on Igrana, hit the bell tower and the church, and a shell hit her and she died.
8. Lulić, Marijan (Dane), son of Niko, born in 1916, unmarried, very talented and well-read, a local lance corporal, refused the flattering invitations of the Partisans; in 1943 he was taken to Biokovo – Gornje Igrane – Sošići and shot there in front of his younger brother Andrija’s eyes.
9. Mihaljević, Toma, son of Mijo, born on December 16, 1877, killed on March 9, 1943, buried on March 10, 1943
10. Peko, Petar, son of Ante, born October 19, 1923, unmarried, Croatian soldier, captured near Bleiburg, killed on the Way of the Cross in May 1945.
11. Šimić, Dragomir Filip, son of Tomo, born on April 30, 1921, killed after the attack on Šolta during the bombardment of the Partisan ship “Ivan” on June 5, 1944
12. Žarković, Jela, killed in Igrane during the bombardment of Igrane on October 20, 1944, buried in Igrane on October 23, 1944.
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13. Brajković, Ivan, son of Jozo, born on December 20, 1904, killed during the bombardment of Živogošće on January 4, 1943
14. Miočević, Nedjeljko, son of Luka, born on January 30, 1915, killed in Gornji Vakuf on August 4, 1944
15. Miočević, Krsto, son of Ivan, born in 1922, killed in Gornji Vakuf in March 1943
16. Miočević, Krsto, son of Nikola, born in 1927, killed near Duvno in early March 1943
17. Miočević, Vice, son of Nikola, born in 1910, captured near Duvno and killed in Sarajevo on April 25, 1943
18. Rudelj, Andrija, son of Ivan, born November 21, 1860, killed on July 13, 1943
19. Rudelj, Ante, son of Jakov, born on January 10, 1930, killed on December 30, 1944, buried on December 30, 1944
20. Rudelj, Jure, son of Juer, born in 1917, killed in Perić Brig near Imotski in May 1944
21. Rudelj, Mate, son of Vice, born in 1926, killed in 1943
22. Šulenta, Ivka, wife of Pavao, born February 20, 1884, killed on October 9, 1943.
23. Šulenta, Kata, wife of Grga, born July 20, 1910, killed on October 9, 1943
24. Šulenta, Neda Katina, born February 26, 1938, killed January 9, 1943
Most of the correct information was provided by: Antičić Andrija Lucin, Ivan Prug and Ante Bakalić from Igrane. The list was compiled according to their statements by doctor of science BARIŠA TALIJANČIĆ, Split, Kranjčevića Street 39, May 6, 1997; PARISH OFFICE IGRANE, Anagraf, ŽAI; STATE REGISTRY OFFICE, Makarska, Register of Deaths; Fra Tomislav Duka, Report, Živogošće, May 10, 1999; URLIĆ, quoted work, 149-150, 183.
Source and literature: Fra Petar Bezina, Župljani – Žrtve rata 1941.-1945., 1991.-1995., Split, 2003.
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