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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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Milan Nakarada

Milan Nakarada was born in 1939 in Ličko Petrovo Selo. His father was an Orthodox priest. Both of his parents were executed in the Second World War. He graduated from the JNA [Yugoslav National Army] military engineering school and was posted all over Yugoslavia. He retired in 1988 and came back to his home village of Ličko Petrovo Selo. During the period of the war in the 1990s he remained in the territory of SAO Krajina [Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Krajina]. After Operation Storm, he sought refuge in Serbia. He returned in 1998. By his efforts, he managed to ensure payment of his pension and assistance in the restoration of his house. Today he lives in Ličko Petrovo Selo.

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