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    The aim of the project Unveiling personal memories on war and detention is to affirm personal memories of all interested witnesses of political events in Croatia and to preserve them from falling into oblivion.Read more

    The methodology which Documenta – Centre for Dealing with the Past uses in collecting personal memories is partially grounded in the basic methodological principles of the oral history method. It has been used since 1948, when the oral history method was accepted in the scientific community as a technique of documenting history and it enables Documenta, as a human rights organization working on the process of dealing...Read more

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    The CroMe project is financed by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs under Matra Programme: supporting social transition. The Matra programme supports countries in Southeast and Eastern Europe in the transition to a pluralist and democratic society, governed by the rule of law.Read more

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Jovo Kovačević

Jovo Kovačević was born in 1957 in Donji Lapac. During the Second World War his family supported the Partisan movement. In September 1991 he was mobilised by the SAO Krajina Army [Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Krajina]. On August 5, 1995 he left with the column of refugees, together with his wife and two small children, to seek refuge in Serbia. In 1997 he managed to have the necessary papers issued by the Croatian authorities and decided to return to Donji Lapac. His house was rebuilt in 2002. His father-in-law stayed in the village of Brezovac following Operation Storm, and was killed. The crime is currently being examined by the Donji Lapac office of the Gospić Municipal Court.

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