Review article
Pluralism of the Croatian struggle for statehood
Božidar Novak
Abstract
A complete history of the Croatian journalism starting from the anti fascism
war and a subsequent period of 45 years of Tito's Yugoslavia has never been written.
The author of the paper is among first who has been researching the principles on
which the anti fascist journalism in Croatia during the Second World War was based
upon. The author has also been describing published newspapers of the time in detail,
the conditions under which they were published and the most prominent journalists
and editors. Anti fascist newspapers printed illegally like Vjesnik invited people to rise up
against fascism and to fight for freedom. During the war, every larger region and every
unit of the National-Liberation Army has its own newspaper. Every political group
prints its own party paper.
Vjesnik gave an enthusiastic welcome to the foundation of ZAVNOH by
putting a banner headline: “Long live Federal State of Croatia in the Democratic Federal
Yugoslavia”. With this act, anti fascist Croatia was welcomed too. Tito did not like that
and he prevented similar future attempts.
Keywords
History; Journalism; World War II; anti-fascism
Hrčak ID:
42367
URI
Publication date:
4.2.2008.
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