“Plačem, a nemam kome plakat” – Zbeg naroda Banije početkom 1943. godine
I Cry But I Don't Have Anyone To Cry To: Mass Exhodus Of Civilian Population In Banija In 1943
Author(s): Zvezdana OstojićSubject(s): Military history, Studies in violence and power, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Source Material, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Srpsko narodno vijeće, Arhiv Srba u Hrvatskoj
Keywords: Banija; exhodus 1943; witness statements; people's liberation struggle; suffering of civilian population;
Summary/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 exhodus 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 exhodus, 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 exhodus.
Journal: Tragovi: časopis za srpske i hrvatske teme
- Issue Year: 5/2022
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 151-193
- Page Count: 43
- Language: Croatian, Serbian