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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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Josip Bašić

Josip Bašić

Josip Bašić was born in 1926 on the island of Molat. Still a minor, he joined the resistance movement that existed on...

Sanja Sarnavka

Sanja Sarnavka

Sanja Sarnavka was born in 1954 in Skopje, in Macedonia. Her father was a serviceman, a member of the People's...

Ante Prkačin

Ante Prkačin

Ante Prkačin was born in 1953 in Slavonski Brod in a family that comes from eastern Herzegovina. At the end of the War,...

Mate Vuković

Mate Vuković

Mate Vuković was born in Saborsko, Lika, in 1961. During WWII, some members of his family were involved in the Ustashe...

Stanislava Gregurinčić Žilić

Stanislava Gregurinčić Žilić

Stanislava Gregurinčić Žilić was born in 1935 in Petrinja. She comes from a Partisan family. One of her aunts was...

Nikola Miljević

Nikola Miljević

Nikola Miljević was born in 1951 in the village of Šibine, near to Glina. His family suffered during the Second World...

Marko Gojević

Marko Gojević

Marko Gojević was born in 1959 in Kijevo, in the Dalmatian hinterland. During the Second World War, his father was...

Ana Raffai

Ana Raffai

Ana Raffai was born in 1959 in Zagreb. Her family legacy was based on Catholic values. During the time of Yugoslavia her...

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