 According to the MICT verdict against Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Šešelj, he came to this village in May 1992 and gave an inflammatory speech calling for the expulsion of Croats from the area and reading a list of individual Croat residents who should leave for Croatia.As a result of this speech, a number of Croat resident decided to leave Hrtkovci.After this speech, supporters and associates of Šešelj, including members of Serbian Radical Party and Serbian Chetnik Movement, began a campaign of harassment and intimidation of local Croats, forcing them to "leave" the area.