Jakov Sedlar

Jakov Sedlar
Born (1952-11-06) 6 November 1952 (age 72)
NationalityCroatian
Occupation(s)fim director, film producer
Known forNationalist documentary films, Gospa, Jasenovac – The Truth
Spouses
  • Nina Er Grott
  • Almira Osmanović
ChildrenDominik, Marija and Emili Ema
Awards

Jakov Sedlar (born 6 November 1952) is a Croatian film director and producer. A former cultural attaché during the 1990s in the Franjo Tuđman government, his documentaries promote Croatian nationalist views through propaganda.[1][2] His 2016 documentary Jasenovac – The Truth sparked controversy and condemnation for downplaying and denying the crimes committed at the Jasenovac concentration camp by the Ustaše during World War II, instead focusing on crimes supposedly committed against Croats by communist Partisans at the camp following the war, while using alleged misinformation and forgeries to present its case, in addition to naming former and current Croatian officials, intellectuals, historians and journalists it dubs as "Yugoslav nationalists concealing the truth".[3]

  1. ^ Perica 2002, p. 121 & 172.
  2. ^ Fisher 2006, p. 112.
  3. ^ Milekic, Sven (21 April 2017). "Dishonour for Zagreb Over 'Alternative Facts' About Holocaust". BalkanInsight. Retrieved 5 September 2019.