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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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Petar Rapaić

Petar Rapaić was born in 1926 in the village of Krbavica, in Lika. In that area there was a strong Partisan movement and the village suffered greatly in the Second World War. In Yugoslavia, his family was occupied with agriculture and livestock farming. During the time of the SAO Krajina [Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Krajina] he lived with his wife in the village of Krbavica. After Operation Storm he took refuge in Vojvodina. He spent five years there, performing heavy manual labour. Today he is retired and he lives with his wife in the village of Krbavica.

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