Споменик краљу Петру I Карађорђевићу у Бијељини 1937-1993.
A Monument Dedicated to King Petar I Karadjordjevic in Bijeljina, 1937-1993.

Author(s): Tanja Lazić
Subject(s): Politics, History, Anthropology, Politics of History/Memory
Published by: Етнографски институт САНУ
Keywords: King Petar I Karadjordjevic; social and politic changes
Summary/Abstract: Chronology of rising, destruction and rebuilding of Kings’ Peter I monument in Bijeljina reprezents fine example that changing of social and political circumstances and system in very short period of time changes symbols, national and cultural values, and that certenly is not the specific of this local community. Trying to reconstruct history of original monument rising from the year 1937 as well as history of rebuilding of King Peter I statue, we discovered mostly real mess in data and almost complete lack any archive documents. The same goes for period in between 1946-1992 when in preserved original monumnet base was placed symbol of Socialist Yugoslavia-column with red star. Therefore is very certain, that magnified stories about subject noted in local press, without serious answers to hard questions, without other resources, will eventually become original and certified historic source. And that brings us to the beginning. And certenly it’s one of the main reason why monuments dedicated to great events and important individuals signified for our cultural, historic and national identity have such „short period of duration“.

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