Katarina Tepesh’s harrowing and engagingly straightforward account of her family history in communist Croatia and then in the United States after fleeing an abusive and alcoholic father in 1968 should be added to the shelf of memoirs of such family legacy, both for the new information it adds as well as for the story it continues to tell. This is the familiar story of the legacy of family trauma, alcoholism, and abuse—and as old as Original Sin. Since the mid-1990s, there has been a rise
History of Football in Croatia Valeri 2 In the late 19th century football was popularized in Croatia by Franjo Bučar. When the beautiful game first came into play, its Croatian name was ‘Nogomet’. The earliest clubs in Croatia were founded before World War I. Some clubs included HASK and PNISK in 1903, Hajduk and Gradanski in 1911. The Croatian Football Federation was founded in 1912. After World War I, the
Croatia under the Ustasha Stuart Germain History 312: Totalitarianism in the Twentieth Century Dr. K. Flatt Redeemer University College November 10, 2014 Many European countries adopted new forms of government in the twentieth century. One of these countries was Croatia which under the control of a group called the Ustasha adopted a Fascist political system for the Independent State of Croatia that emerged in 1941. The name Ustasha came from the Croatian word for uprising, ustanak
According to the research conducted by Brajdić, Birkelund, & Štulhofer (2007), in Croatia there exists very significant differences in gender roles and expectations for both men and women based on the Catholic Church. These significant differences in gender roles and expectations have been developed as well as based on the fundamental values of the church as stated, “religious beliefs remain an important predictor of traditionalism. Religion plays a significant role in Croatian society… “in the context
SUBJECT: ZAGREB, CROATIA Welcome to one of the most beautiful cities in Central Europe, Zagreb! Although located in a country plagued by war, it offers safety, a strong history, and many tourism destinations. It is considered to be “the focal point of culture and science, and now of commerce and industry as well” in Croatia. HISTORY: Originally a “suburb of the ancient Roman town of Andautonia”, the Mongols invaded it in 1242. It became an important city of Croatia and Slovenia, which at the present
he said. ‘It’s just the Fourth of July!’ I could not understand what the date had to do with an air raid” (Nović 129). Even though they were fireworks, she believed it was an air raid, because the large explosions reminded her of the war back in Croatia, her home. In America, her adoptive parents tried to avoid talking to Ana about her past, which is a good thing because they wanted her to forget about her past and instead sent Ana to a guidance counselor. Even with the counseling, Ana was still
I: Background After the Second World War, the Balkan states of Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia and Slovenia joined the Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia. Years later, in 1980, after the untimely death of Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito, the growing nationalism and patriotism among the different Yugoslav people threatened to split their still fragile union apart. This process reached a tipping point in the mid-1980s during the rise of the former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic
Split the second biggest city in Croatia,is one of the beautiful cities in the world, known for its great balance between tradition and modernity. The cities most renown and unique features include the coastal mountains, ancient walls and the Adriatic waters. The city hosts the largest ferry port since it is a point on the transit routes towards other islands in Croatia. The city contains narrow streets where tourists like to stroll and catch a glimpse of their hidden treasures. Built using historical
Dr. Efraim Zuroff is a Nazi hunter who started the organization Operation Last Chance which focuses on punishing Nazi war criminals while offering monetary rewards. Dr. Zuroff writes about his experiences as a Nazi hunter in his book Operation Last Chance: One Man’s Quest to bring Nazi Criminals to Justice which came out in 2009. (Dr. Efraim Zuroff OPERATION LAST CHANCE) The Houston Holocaust Museum invited him to come speak to the community on November 23, 2015 to discuss his experience as a Nazi
Being a Refugee Ha, from the book Inside Out & Back Again, and all refugees have experienced a feeling of being “inside out” because they had to deal with the dreadful process of getting out of their own country. The refugees also don’t know the culture that they are going to. Refugees from all over the world are constantly being forced to leave their home and they have to make a decision on what they need and what they don’t need. “Into each pack: one pair of pants, one pair of shorts, three pairs
II victory for the Allies. While some countries can benefit from diversity, there was just too much for Yugoslavia to survive. Yugoslavia as a nation failed because of too much autonomy between the six nations that came to be, too many different cultures in one nation, and simply a subjugation of overflowing diversity. Nearing the end of the nineteenth century, talk truly begun about the South Slavs having their own nation. In the year of 1914, World War I was in full gear and a Yugoslav committee
Socialist Serbia’s Narratives: FromYugoslavia to a Greater Serbia Guzina, Dejan. "Socialist Serbia's narratives: From Yugoslavia to a greater Serbia." International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society 17, no. 1 (2003): 91-111. In the paper, Guzina presents Serbian national discourses about the relation between the official Yugoslavism and Serbian nationalism. They author suggests that such debate appeared in the early 1960s and continued to the end of Yugoslavia. The early stage of the
national speeches that focused on Serbian nationalism that gained him enough power to force the party leader Ivan Stambolic out of office. Thirdly his alliances with Serb nationalists and paramilitaries in other states such as Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia had implicated him in sending military munitions to these nationalists. Fourthly, the Time Magazine interview is important because it show’s Milosevic’s Machiavellian nature as someone who will lie directly to people on atrocities that his government
youth, which shaped him to be a fit ruler. Born on May 7, 1892 in Kumrovec in northern Croatia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, as the seventh child of Slovene and Croat parents , Tito moved to Sisak, in central Croatia, where he worked as a machinist’s apprentice . Joining a union of metallurgy workers, Tito was introduced to the labour movement and became a member of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia and Slavonia . In the following years, his work took him to the German Empire, employed
south and 250 miles from west to east at its widest part. Its total area was 98,766 square miles. Three years later the country’s area had been reduced by 60 percent and its population of 23 million cut by more than half. The provinces of Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina had seceded, leaving Serbia and Montenegro as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The description below covers Yugoslavia, as it existed prior to disintegration. Yugoslavia has a mountainous terrain. The northwestern
Human Rights Watch’s selective and biased application of the human rights norms enshrined in the UN Declaration not only undermines its credibility, it also promotes injustice. Over the past thirty years, Human Rights Watch has become one of the most recognized non-governmental organizations in the world due to its global promotion of human rights. But despite its claims to be an advocate of international human rights law, the reports issued by Human Rights Watch over the past decade have increasingly
While folk art is unique to it's individual cultures we can't help but recognize running themes in subject, style, and feel. From these groups comes a remarkably rich and unique collection of music, food, holidays, arts and crafts, and literature. Naïve Art could simply be classified as folk art, but is distinctly the work of untrained, or rather, self taught artists, many of whom are capable of creating the most evocative and relatable scenes with tools as simple as matchsticks and mud. Contributions
Bosnia and Herzegovina recently became an independent country. Bosnia was a republic in the former Yugoslavia before all six of the republics decided to split amidst differences of culture within the nation following the death of Josip Broz Tito’s. Bosnia endured much difficulty during the separation process from Yugoslavia. Today, Bosnia has a population of 3.830 million people and continues to grow. Get to know about Bosnia’s history, landmarks, and most famous city. Bosnia and Herzegovina was
Architects as Managers of Change in Croatia Transition in a social sense is a change from one system into another. Globally, the modernist paradigm changed to the post-modern with the disappearance of central authorities, universal dogmas and foundational ethics. The post-modern world introduced fragmentation, instability, indeterminacy and insecurity. Architectural responses to these conditions occurred as a 'semantic nightmare' of the post-modern discourse and/or the attempted completion of
The suppression of ethnic culture and identity also made people want to return to older ways. When Tito died in 1980, a council of ethnic chieftains replaced him. His bans on nationalism and ethnic identity were undone, and while peace did last, Yugoslavia was as divided as it had