Nikola Rušinović (13 November 1908 – 28 August 1993) was a Croatian-American physician and diplomat who served as the first unofficial representative of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) to the Holy See from 1941 to 1942, during World War II. Born in Philadelphia, he resettled in his mother's native Dalmatia as a child and obtained his MD at the Zagreb Faculty of Medicine. Following the creation of the NDH in April 1941, he joined the puppet state's civil service.
Nikola Rušinović (13 November 1908 – 28 August 1993) was a Croatian-American physician and diplomat who served as the first unofficial representative of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) to the Holy See from 1941 to 1942, during World War II. Born in Philadelphia, he resettled in his mother's native Dalmatia as a child and obtained his MD at the Zagreb Faculty of Medicine. Following the creation of the NDH in April 1941, he joined the puppet state's civil service.
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