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I keep books in the pharmacy. In the afternoon the “abschub”of the wounded in one “krankenzug” – A war diary from WW1, by pharmacist Vojko Arko

Stella Fatović-Ferenčić
Jasenka Ferber Bogdan


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Abstract

In this paper we will present a segment of a preserved war diary written by Vojko Arko (1887–1948), a renowned pharmacist and the owner of Sv. Duhu pharmacy in Zagreb. The diary is in the possession of the family of his daughter, prof. Ksenija Arko Krstić, PhD, also a pharmacist. It covers the period from 29 August to 23 September 1915, several weeks on the Russian front, after the fall of Lvov. His diary, written a hundred years ago during his 26 days at the front, records the destiny of an individual, a soldier/pharmacist in the turmoil of war, violently ripped out from his civilian life, which is not often found in offi cial chronicles of war. The description of his days becomes a document of war on the east front in 1915. Sv. Duhu pharmacy, one of the oldest pharmacies in Zagreb, does not exist today.

Keywords

war diary; Vojko Arko; WW1; Sv. Duhu pharmacy

Hrčak ID:

161783

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/161783

Publication date:

13.7.2016.

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