''Rosenkavalier'' (On women's collaboration in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the second World War) Cover Image

''Rozenkavlir'' (o ženskoj kolaboraciji u Bosni i Hercegovini za vrijeme Drugog svjetskog rata)
''Rosenkavalier'' (On women's collaboration in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the second World War)

Author(s): Senija Milišić
Subject(s): History, Gender Studies, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Institut za istoriju
Keywords: World War II; occupying soldiers; collaboration; informing; intimate relationship of women;

Summary/Abstract: There have been and will be collaborations in all periods and in all wars. It is how the story always begins with the arrival of the occupying soldiers. Although “collaboration horizontale” could not have affected in any way the outcome of military conflicts, it has led to the disappearance of previous forms of behaviour and conduct. After the war, such behaviour was sanctioned by court. Many women were also questioned about intimate life before the courts of national honour. An analysis of the relationships between women and occupying soldiers shows that these were not just relationships of emotional nature. Although Margita Lukičić wants to show her relationship with a member of the occupying army as an emotional one, and the head of the German intelligence administration for Bosnia and Herzegovina as a “Rosenkavalier”, the analysis of these documents leads to the creation of a war image and establishment of relationships between the local population and the occupying troops, as well as the consequences arising from these relationships.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 46
  • Page Range: 175-191
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Bosnian