DEVASTACIJA ARHIVA HERCEGOVINE – MOSTAR (1992-1995)
DEVASTATION OF THE ARCHIVES OF HERZEGOVINA - MOSTAR (1992-1995)
Author(s): Irma ŠabanovićSubject(s): Cultural history, Museology & Heritage Studies, Archiving, Social history, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Wars in Jugoslavia
Published by: Fakultet humanističkih nauka, Univerzitet »Džemal Bijedić« u Mostaru
Keywords: Archive of Herzegovina Mostar; archive material; archive building; war circumstances;
Summary/Abstract: This paper follows and shows the development of Archive of Herzegovina Mostar, with special focus on the period of war. Archive has faced many challenges and problems since the establishment itself in 1954., but the beginning of the aggression on Bosnia and Herzegovina questioned the existence of this exceptionally important heritage institution, as well as archive material that it preserves. During the war years, Archive suffered a massive damage, the building was shelled, and archive material was saved in all ways. Archive library has suffered special damage also. Despite the war circumstances, the Archive employees, often risking their own lives, were saving the material, carring it in the basement area, and they even organized exhibitions. The paper also treats early post-war years, as well as the problems that the Archive meets in its work today.
Journal: Hercegovina
- Issue Year: 2024
- Issue No: 23
- Page Range: 147-157
- Page Count: 11
- Language: Bosnian
