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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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Kristian Petric

Kristian Petric was born in 1970 in Split. Kristijan's father comes from the island of Vis and during the Second World War spent time in the El Shatt refugee camp. At the beginning of the war in the 1990s, Kristian Petric was performing compulsory military service in the Yugoslav National Army. As a conscript, amongst other duties, he was posted to barricades that were put up around Knin at the beginning of the war. After leaving the Yugoslav National Army he signed up for the Croatian Army and joined Special Units of the Ministry of Interior. As part of activities with the Special Units he spent time on battlefields all over Croatia and took part in Operations Flash and Storm. He was wounded in one of the actions. In the year 2000 he was retired. Today he is involved with humanitarian work. He lives in Split.

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