Difficulties around the foundation of a branch of the Red Cross in Senj in 1914 Cover Image

Poteškoće oko osnivanja podružnice Crvenog križa u Senju 1914. godine
Difficulties around the foundation of a branch of the Red Cross in Senj in 1914

Author(s): Mira Kolar-Dimitrijević
Subject(s): Politics, Civil Society, Local History / Microhistory, Welfare systems, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Senjsko muzejsko društvo i Gradski muzej Senj
Keywords: Senj; Red Cross; Krajacz family; Drago Vlahović; Devčić family; 1914;

Summary/Abstract: In the town of Senj which was a tower of the rights movement two branches of the Red Cross were founded at the beginning of the First World War, both orientated towards rights, although mutually opposed due to various economic interests. One group was connected to theDevčić family and the other to the Krajacz family. Bad relations within the Senj members of the rights movement and this division were also reflected in the work of Senj’s Red Cross, which from the very start lost the possibility of successful activities, and instead of opening a war hospital the city and district doctors also left Senj and only a pharmacy and a small hospital remained in the town. Senj’s members of the rights movement lost their most significant people by the First World War which was a consequence of the economic decline of last quarter of the 19th century which began with the collapse of the sailing industry and the rail bypassing of Senj.

  • Issue Year: 41/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 349-380
  • Page Count: 32
  • Language: Croatian