Niko Koprivica

Niko Koprivica (1889 in Cavtat – 25 October 1944, in Dubrovnik) was a politician of the Croatian Peasant Party who was mayor of Dubrovnik in the final days of the Independent State of Croatia. He was a lawyer by profession.^[1]

Koprivica was admitted to the Catholic Church's Order of St. Gregory the Great in 1926.^[2] He was a member of the Brethren of the Croatian Dragon and held the title of Dragon of Cavtat within the organization.^[3]

Koprivica was selected by the city council to be mayor on 13 October 1944.^[2] He was killed by Yugoslav Partisans as a collaborationist on 25 October 1944.^{[citation needed]} He was interred on 10 October 2008 following a funeral mass at the Assumption Cathedral in Dubrovnik.^[2]

See also

• Daksa massacre

References

1. Udruga Daksa 1944./1945. podignula kaznenu prijavu za ratne zločine 2008-06-15 at the Wayback Machine, dubrovacki-list.hr; accessed 12 August 2015.(in Croatian)
2. Dubrovnik: Pokopani posmrtni ostatci nekadašnjeg gradonačelnika dr. Koprivice 2008-10-19 at the Wayback Machine, Glas Dalmacije, glasdalmacije.hr; accessed 12 August 2015.(in Croatian)
3. Zmajske vijesti 2012-03-16 at the Wayback Machine, braca-hrvatskoga-zmaja.hr; accessed 12 August 2015.(in Croatian) (pg. 47)