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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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Zeev Milo

Zeev Milo was born in Zagreb in 1922. He comes from a Jewish family who were in Zagreb at the beginning of the Second World War and shared the destiny of other Jews in the period of Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH [Independent State of Croatia]. Fleeing from persecution, Zeev Milo and his family went to the Italian Zone, to Novi Vinodolski. After the capitulation of Italy in 1943, the whole family joined the Partisans. After the War they returned to Zagreb, where they had accommodation problems, and where Zeev Milo continued his studies. In the 1950s the family decided to leave Yugoslavia for Israel. It was then that he decided to change his name to Zeev Milo. He returned to Zagreb for the first time in 1992. He was unpleasantly surprised with the new situation in Croatia, and he believed that he would never return to the country again. However, in 2012 he visited Zagreb and took part in a gathering devoted to the massacre in the Church in Glina.

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Family origin Life in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia Position of Jews in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia Religious customs in family Jewish community in Zagreb before Second World War Interreligious and interethnic relations in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia Following socio-political events Nazism War on the horizon Adoption of anti-Jewish laws in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia Frankovci Establishment of the Independent State of Croatia Work obligations for Jews Zagreb Decision to escape from Zagreb Persecution Arrival in the Italian zone Joining the Partisans Glina at the end of the war British mission in Topusko Massacre in the Glina Orthodox Church The end of the war Housing problems after the Second World War University of Zagreb after the Second World War Demolition of the Zagreb Synagogue Position of Jews in the post-war period Departure to Israel Change of name Life in Israel Experience of the new Croatian state Croatia today
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