 The second part of this book focuses on the establishment of the 1941–45 Independent State of Croatia (NDH), the active support extended to the state by the Catholic clergy, and the clergy's involvement and support in the extermination and/or forceful conversion of the Orthodox Serbs as well as the extermination of the Jews and the Roma people.Novak bases his gloomy picture of the NDH and the wartime not only on written documents which, despite strict police measures found their way to the occupied capital, but also on personal narratives by some of his fellow prisoners in the Banjica konclogor.Archbishop Aloysius Stepinac is portrayed in this book as an ardent Catholic crusader who publicly endorsed the establishment of the NDH, acknowledged the Ustashe as Croatian patriots, defended it before the Roman Pope  and was responsible for the racist attitude and behaviour of his clergy.