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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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Tihomir Miljković

Tihomir Miljković

Tihomir Miljković was born in 1941 in Novi Jankovci. During the Second World War his father was mobilised and later...

Mijo Šajtoš

Mijo Šajtoš

Mijo Šajtoš was born in 1962 in Stari Jankovci. He grew up in a Rusyn family that had moved to the area of eastern...

Marina Maglov

Marina Maglov

Marina Maglov was born in 1960 in Nova Gradiška. After her marriage she moved to Knin, where she has been living since...

Nenad Boban

Nenad Boban

Nenad Boban was born in 1943 in Split. After graduating from the Faculty of Law in Sarajevo, he started his career as a...

Kristian Petric

Kristian Petric

Kristian Petric was born in 1970 in Split. Kristijan's father comes from the island of Vis and during the Second World...

Zdravko Pavičić

Zdravko Pavičić

Zdravko Pavičić was born in 1961 in Slavonski Brod. His parents come from Lika, but after the Second World War they...

Milena Perčin

Milena Perčin

Milena Perčin was born in 1949 in the village of Trbounje, in the Municipality of Drniš. She is a nurse. At the...

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...

Darko Smolić-Ročak

Darko Smolić-Ročak

Darko Smolić Ročak was born in 1961 in Sukošan, near to Zadar. Members of his family fought on opposite sides during...

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