Miroslav Filipović: The Fascist Priest Known as “Brother Satan” of Jasenovac

World History: True Stories of the 20th Century · Jul 4, 2026 · 12m

Miroslav Filipović was one of the most disturbing figures to emerge from the machinery of terror created by the Ustaša regime during the Second World War. A former Franciscan friar and Catholic priest, Filipović became a willing participant—and later a leading executioner—in the genocidal system of the Independent State of Croatia, a fascist puppet state allied with Nazi Germany.

After the Axis invasion and occupation of Yugoslavia in April 1941, the Ustaša launched a campaign of mass violence against Serbs, Jews, Roma, and political opponents. Concentration camps were established across…