Katarina Tepesh has probed the depths in her compelling and powerful memoir, “Escape from Despair: A Croatian Family’s Survival”. Born into an impoverished family in the former Communist Yugoslavia, Katarina’s mother is taught to believe that there are “rewards in heaven and punishment in hell.”
Category: Croatian Life Stories
Croatia's Sailing Grandmothers
One group of Croatian grandmothers may have found the secret to staying young: sailing. Meet the seafaring seniors as they navigate their skiff off the Dalmatian coast of Croatia
New book: Escape From Despair – A Croatian Family's Survival
Katarina Tepesh (left) has published a memoir titled “Escape From Despair – A Croatian Family’s Survival” learn more about the author, the book and where you can get it.
Celebration at the Dubrovnik Maritime College
Fifty years ago 22 young students graduated from the Dubrovnik Maritime College. On September 14, 2007 in Dubrovnik, Croatia, a special celebration is in the works to mark this event.
The perfect wine legacy – It all started when Peter Vegar's great grandfather left Croatia
It all started when Peter Vegar’s great grandfather left Croatia with a grape cutting to escape the poverty and to fulfil his dream of living the perfect life in a vineyard.
U.S. could take a lesson from Irish and Croatians
So many prospective good Americans from various countries, who want to follow the rules, have been discouraged by our bizarre immigration policy: reject the honest people, and allow the rule-breakers to sneak in.
Mijo Jurić: Osamnaesto Proljeće
Na svim stranama osjećalo se zajedništvo i odlučnost u borbi za samostalnost. Sloga i solidarnost postajale su dio nas. Pokrenuta je akcija prikupljanja novca za gradnju autoceste Zagreb – Split, koju smo već bili nazvali Autocesta kralja Tomislava. Ljudi su davali od srca, neki i preko granica svojih mogućnosti. Govorilo se već i o članstvu Hrvatske u UN-u, o samostalnom nastupanju hrvatskih športaša itd…1971.
Croatian Instructor Knows How it Feels to be a Citizen
When John Basor isn’t teaching citizenship classes, he’s teaching English and Spanish at Watsonville High School. He knows what it’s like to be an immigrant because he first arrived in Watsonville from Croatia in 1963 with his mother and his father and his three sisters when he was 14.
Josip Novakovich: On Raising a Prodigy
My father tried it. In Daruvar, Croatia, he bought a piano and sat my oldest brother at it, and hired a teacher. Whenever Vlado made a mistake, the teacher caned his fingers. After a few such lessons, Vlado skipped one; the teacher complained and wanted his money.
Andrija Mohorovičić and his MOHO discontinuity of the Earth
Among scientists studying seismology the famous Moho layer (or Moho discontinuity) of the Earth is well known. It was named after the great Croatian geophysicist Andrija Mohorovičić (1857-1936), professor at the University of Zagreb. His discovery was essential for understanding the inner structure of the Earth and the behavior of seismic waves. This is one of the greatest achievements in the history of Croatian science.
William Feller, outstanding Croatian – American mathematician
William Feller (Zagreb, 1906 – New York, 1970), graduated in mathematics from the University of Zagreb (1925), earned his PhD in Göttingen (1926), since 1939 living in the USA. One of the founders of Probability Theory as a scientific discipline. Many mathematical notions bear his name. Author of a one of the best math textbooks of the 20th century. Recipient of the National Medal of Science, USA.
Josip Novakovich: Ruth’s Death, nonfiction (memoir)
It’s hard for me to write about parents since I know more about children than about parents. That is because when I was a child, I was more interested in myself and my siblings than in my parents, and now that I am a parent, I find our children more interesting than us parents.
Can We Go Higher?
www.croatia.org is a web site initiated by Nenad Bach. It is an attempt to answer the question “Can We Go Higher?”, raised in the title of his beautiful song. We invite you to visit his fantastic video-clips maintained at video.google.com, revealing the driving force and spirituality of the artist. This video is a Christmas gift for all of us, that everybody should see and listen to.
Razgovor: dr. Radoslav Marić
Dr. Radoslav Marić, autor knjige “Moja polnoćka” (urednik knjige prof. dr. Ivan Biondić, naklada “Kamen” Publishing LLC.), rođen je g. 1938 u Hercegovini, školu je polazio u Širokom Brijegu i Mostaru, medicinski fakultet završio u Zagrebu, a porodništvo i ginekologiju specijalizirao je u Petrovoj bolnici. Zbog političkih pritisaka šezdesetih godina odlazi sa ženom i djecom u Kanadu. Jedan je od utemeljitelja i član Upravnog odbora Udruge američkih Hrvata “Croatian American Association” (CAA).
Ana Rukavina – novinarka koja ne zna za predaju
ANA RUKAVINA, 29-godišnja novinarka “Vjesnika” liječi se od leukemije u zagrebačkom KBC-u Rebro. Smrtonosna bolest otkrivena joj je sredinom prošle godine, a nakon uspješnog liječenja stanice leukemije ove godine ponovno su joj otkrivene.
(H) Moja Polnocka
PRIKAZ KNJIGE “MOJA POLNOCKA” Subota, 10 Lipanj 2006 Dana 8. lipnja 2006. godine u sedam sati na vecer u velikoj kinodvorani Studentskog centra u Zagrebu vrlo uspjesno je predstavljena knjiga Dr. Radoslava…
(E) I have traveled to the soil you washed from your hands
I have traveled to the soil you washed from your hands First printed in the Zajednicar FraternalistCroatian Fraternal Union of AmericaPUBLISHED on 31 August, 1988; Vol.#83/No.33; Page 6Written by Constant (Connor)…
(E) Vedran Vukusic is Traveling man with a big plan
Traveling man with a big plan Vukusic survives war, injuries, SAT to become NU starBy Terry BannonTribune staff reporterJanuary 31, 2006In the fall of 2001, Vedran Vukusic left his home in…
(E) Pianist plays lounges at night, preschools during day Bob Voca story
Pianist plays lounges at night, preschools during dayBy Nicole JanokPalm Beach Post Staff WriterWednesday, October 26, 2005For Palm Beach Gardens resident Bob Voca, life is about one thing: music.For most of his…
(H) Prvi i Zadnji Bozic u emigraciji 1945-2005
Prvi i Zadnji Bozic u emigraciji 1945-2005 Bolonia, Italia 25 dicembar 1945 PRVI BOZIC U EMIGRACIJI, pisalisu moj otac i moja majka, Nikola Francetic i Anda BiondicLa Plata, Argentina 25 dicembar…