Original scientific paper
DIFFICULTIES AROUND THE FOUNDATION OF A BRANCH OF THE RED CROSS IN SENJ IN 1914
MIRA KOLAR DIMITRIJEVIĆ
Abstract
In the town of Senj which was a tower of the rights movement two branches of the Red Cross were founded at the beginning of the First World War, both orientated towards rights, although mutually opposed due to various economic interests. One group was connected to the
Devčić family and the other to the Krajacz family. Bad relations within the Senj members of the rights movement and this division were also reflected in the work of Senj’s Red Cross, which from the very start lost the possibility of successful activities, and instead of opening a war hospital the city and district doctors also left Senj and only a pharmacy and a small hospital remained in the town. Senj’s members of the rights movement lost their most significant people
by the First World War which was a consequence of the economic decline of last quarter of the
19th century which began with the collapse of the sailing industry and the rail bypassing of Senj.
Keywords
Senj; Red Cross; Krajacz family; Drago Vlahović; Devčić family; 1914
Hrčak ID:
153593
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2014.
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