Review article
I Cry But I Don't Have Anyone To Cry To: Mass Exodus Of Civilian Population In Banija In 1943
Zvezdana Ostojić
orcid.org/0000-0001-8426-6612
; Archive of Serbs in Croatia, Zagreb
Abstract
In the Archive of Serbs in Croatia (Adam Dupalo Fund) the author found a transcript of interviews made on the occasion of the filming of a documentary film on the mass exodus of civilian population in Banija in the first months of 1943. This article presents and interprets the document, together with author's explanation and interpretation of the circumstances that led to the exodus, as well as with general remarks on this event. The document contains statements by participants/ victims of the event of which some were used in the documentary film that was completed in 1983 to mark the 40th anniversary of the exodus.
Keywords
Banija; exodus 1943; witness statements; people's liberation struggle; suffering of civilian population
Hrčak ID:
279356
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Publication date:
20.6.2022.
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