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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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Mileva Babić

Mileva Babić was born in Željava, in Lika, in 1933. The village is near to the Željava underground airbase which served as an important military installation until the break-up of Yugoslavia in 1992. The area suffered greatly in the Second World War. She spent the entire course of the Homeland War in the territory of SAO Krajina [Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Krajina]. One of her sons was killed in 1992. After Operation Storm she took refuge in Rijeka and Belgrade. Today she lives alone in Ličko Petrovo Selo.

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