In this thesis author analyses problematics of Bleiburg and its later repatriations commonly known as The Way of cross, focusing especially on occurrences in Podravina. One of the columns being repatriated from Bleiburg passed through Podravina and this thesis analyses victims from this region especially those from Koprivnica, Đurđevac and Ludbreg counties. Victims are furthermore differentiated by their professions and service in armed forces. Results of the research and statistical analysis of the victims are presented in both graphs and tables. Aforementioned events represent one of the greatest tragedies of Croatian people because the victims were not only soldiers but civilians as well. These events fall into the sphere of Yugoslav communist crimes committed immediately after the Second World War ended. The thesis also explores the events leading up to the Bleiburg repatriations and foundations for their occurrence originating in communist ideology. Thesis also analyses the happenings connected to the British extradition of prisoners to the Yugoslav communist government that took place on the fields near Bleiburg. By using available historical sources and archival material the thesis has an intention to establish if these crimes were premeditated as a political action of extermination the economic and political elites. Except for the victims, the thesis also analyses the perpetrators and their motivations for carrying out mass liquidations. In the conclusion of the thesis, the problem of unwillingness to take the responsibility is exposed and a conclusion is made based upon literature and sources which details the individuals which hold full responsibility for the committed crimes.