Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.52328/t.6.2.2
Identity and Memory - Serbs in the area of Donji Miholjac
Filip Škiljan
; Institute for migration and ethnic studies
Hrvoje Volner
orcid.org/0000-0002-8665-5889
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Osijek
Abstract
In the text, the authors provide information about the identity of Serbs in the vicinity of Donji Miholjac. In the text, they refer to the migration of Serbs to the area of the Miholjac region, especially to the villages of Kućanci and Kapelna, which were already settled in the 17th century. They also bring a list of surnames of people who moved to the mentioned settlements. Then, they bring information about the colonization after the First World War and the immigration of Serbs to the area of the villages of Blanje, Cret Viljevski, Martinci Miholjački, Bockovac, Gložđe, Krunoslavlje, Karlovac, Gezinci and Brezovica. In the next chapter, the authors deal with the suffering of Serbs in the area of the Donji Miholjac during the Second World War. They especially deal with forceful conversions to Catholicism, organized forced migrations and liquidations. The next chapter deals with the Serbs in the Miholjac region during socialism. Here, the authors also provide information about customs that existed and are still preserved. A special chapter is dedicated to the last war, in which the Serbs of the Miholjac region were exposed to various types of reprisals despite being relatively far from the battlefield. The authors also deal with the demographic structure of the Miholjac region and especially the villages inhabited by Serbs. In the conclusion, the authors present their view of the perspective of the Serbs in the Miholjac region.
Keywords
Serbs; Donji Miholjac; Kućanci; Kapelna; Identity
Hrčak ID:
311217
URI
Publication date:
12.12.2023.
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