Liječnički vjesnik, Vol. 137 No. 3-4, 2015.
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TRACING A JOURNAL FRAGMENT FROM THE WORLD WAR I
Stella Fatović-Ferenčić
Abstract
The paper presents a fragment of the World War I journal, discovered recently to belong to Vladimir Jelovšek (1879–1934) the physician, writer and one of the most prominent editors of Liječnički vjesnik. The journal was written during his attendance at the eastern front from June 1915 to July 1916 beginning with the fall of Lvov and partly following both Brusilov’s invasions. On the territory of Croatia the war journals written by medical representatives are very rare. However, such sources could extend our knowledge on individual war reflexions, soldiers’ principles or mindset, as well as to enable the comparison of their content with the body of already published autobiographical and other sources. Recently detected journal of Vladimir Jelovšek exposes the individual perception of war carried out through traumatic war experience of an individual abruptly exposed to war conditions. Furthermore, it adds to our knowledge the Jelovšek’s life enlightening in those segments of his life which haven’t been explored so far.
Keywords
World War I.; History, 20th century; Physicians – history; Periodicals as topic – history; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
172694
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Publication date:
5.5.2015.
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