Identity, Suffering, Memory and Assimilation of Serbs in the area of Grubišno Polje and Bjelovar Cover Image

Identitet, stradanje, sjećanje i asimilacija Srba na području Grubišnog Polja i Bjelovara
Identity, Suffering, Memory and Assimilation of Serbs in the area of Grubišno Polje and Bjelovar

Author(s): Filip Škiljan
Subject(s): Military history, Political history, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Inter-Ethnic Relations, Politics and Identity, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Srpsko narodno vijeće, Arhiv Srba u Hrvatskoj
Keywords: Grubišno Polje; Bjelovar; Bilogora; identity; assimilation; Serbs; orthodox religion;

Summary/Abstract: Author based this article on oral testimonies collected in the area of Bilogora between Bjelovar and Grubišno Polje and on published literature. In the article, the author provides information on the customs of childbirth, weddings, deaths, religious customs, and then deals with the elements that influenced assimilation in socialism (anti-fascist struggle and its memory, Yugoslavism, atheism of Serbs, etc.). He especially deals with memories of the past, the Homeland War (1991 — 1995) and the suffering of the population of Grubišno Polje and the Bjelovar region in that war.

  • Issue Year: 4/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 7-72
  • Page Count: 66
  • Language: Croatian