In 1918, at the end of WWI, Italian troops had occupied large parts of the
former Habsburg Kronland Dalmatia. By the Treaty of Rapallo of 1920, they
were however forced to give up most of the occupied lands, only being left
in possession of the city of Zara and some surrounding territories, which ,
in 1923, were organized into an Italian province. (1)
In 1941 the province was extended with new territories taken from Yugoslavia
and became part of the Italian governorship of Dalmatia.
After the Italian surrender in 1943, Croatia proclaimed the annexation of the
province, but before its representative could take over, the Germans occupied
the territory.
(1) The province included :
- The City of Zara
- The Municipalities of Boccagnazza, Brogo-Erizzo,
Cerno and part of Dielo
- The islands of Lagosta group (three lighthouses
and an airbase)
- The islands of the Pelagosa group (one lighthouse)
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ITALIAN CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Civil Commissioners for Dalmatia
Commissario Civile per la Dalmazia
1921 Corrado Bonfanti Linares 1866 - 1934
1921 - 1922 Amadeo Moroni 1876 - 1926
Prefects of Zara
Prefetti di Zara
1922 - 1923 Luigi Maggioni 1877 - 1957
1923 - 1924 Corrado Tamajo 1866 - 1927
1924 - 1925 Giulio Basile 1877 - 1950
1925 - 1929 Pietro Carpani 1878 - 1933
1929 - 1932 Marcello Vaccari 1897 -
1932 - 1933 Carlo Solmi 1876 - 1958
1933 - 1934 Efisio Baccaredda 1875 - 1966
1934 - 1939 Eduardo Spasiano 1879 - 1945
1939 - 1941 Giovanni Zattera 1882 - 1956
1941 Manlio Binna (2) 1891 -
1941 - 1942 Vezio Orazi 1904 - 1942
1942 Camillo Bruno* 1890 - 1971
1942 - 1943 Gaspero Barbera 1899 - 1977
1943 Alberto, Conte Degli Alberti* 1885 - 1973
1943 - 1944 Vincenzo Serentino (3) 1897 -
1944 Giacomo Vuxani*, surrendered Zara to
the Yugoslavs
(2) Binna and his four successors were subordinated
to the Italian Governor of Dalmatia.
(3) Although the province was not part of the German
Operation Zone Adriatisches Küstenland Serentino
and Vuxani, appointed by the government of the
Italian Social Republic, were subordinated to the
Italian Chief Prefect of Trieste.
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GERMAN MILITARY COMMANDERS IN CHARGE OF ZARA
(A small German garrison was posted in Zara, as part of the following army
corpses, which were themselves under the overall authority of the commanders
of the German forces in Croatia.)
Commander of the 114th "Jäger" Division
1943 Karl Eglseer
Commanders of the 264th Division
1943 - 1944 Albin Nake 1888 - 1947
1944 Otto Lüdecke
1944 Martin Gareis 1891 - 1976
1944 Paul Hermann
1944 Alois Windisch 1892 - 1958
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