Italian “ethnic cleansing” of Istria during WWII — a historical note Excellent information from John Kraljic. There is only one problem – a big one – which is that these type…
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(E) Serb faces jury over bombing Dubrovnik
Serb faces jury over bombing DubrovnikDubrovnik suspect too unwell for courtThe first court appearance of a former Yugoslav army officer charged with the 1991 shelling of Dubrovnik in Croatia has been…
(E) Review by V M Raguz of “The Muslim-Croat War”
Review of “The Muslim-Croat Civil War in CentralBosnia: A Military History, 1992-1994,” Association for Croatian Studies Bulletin, Fall 2003, Issue 41Can the Shrader Book Help Blaskic and OthersReview of “The Muslim-Croat…
(E) Looking for Ellis Island Croatians
Looking for Croatians from Ellis Island time. Hi, my name is Michele Nevenka Larimer and I am a junior at Rutgers University and also a volunteer at Ellis Island in the…
(E) Watsonville’s ties run deep inside Croatia
Watsonville’s ties run deep inside Croatia “There was a large number of Croatians who emigrated to the Watsonville area in those days, and there’s probably well over 2,000 people of…
(E) Jokic pleads guilty to bombing Dubrovnik
Jokic pleads guilty to bombing Dubrovnik Reuters THE HAGUE — Wednesday — A retired Yugoslav vice admiral pleaded guilty at The Hague tribunal on Wednesday to killing civilians by shelling the…
(E) Ex-Yugoslav Army Officer Admits Dubrovnik Shelling
Ex-Yugoslav Army Officer Admits Dubrovnik Shelling Wed August 27, 2003 09:38 AM ET THE HAGUE (Reuters) – An ex-Yugoslav naval officer pleaded guilty at The Hague war crimes tribunal Wednesday…
(E) BBC Profile: Ratko Mladic – NATO failed
BBC Profile Ratko Mladic IMPORTANT FACT: Mr Mladic was appointed commander of the 9th Corps of the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA) in Knin in the Republic of Croatia in 1991. You…
(E) Ex-Mayor gets life for war crimes
Ex-Mayor gets life for war crimes Milomir Stakic was the top official of the Prijedor municipality in northwest Bosnia during the 1992-95 Bosnian war 15.24PM BST, 31 Jul 2003 An…
(E) These war crimes must be brought to the public
These war crimes must be brought to the public Pozdrav Nenade,I would appreciate if you could let me have addresses of any of the Croatian Societies or Clubs or Unions in…
(E) Dien Bien Phu and the Lasva Valley – NEW BOOK
Deconstructing WarDear folks:I write to draw your attention to a book that just came out, and is available from www.amazon.com. Short intro follows below.The author is Reg Shrader, former US military officer…
(E) Sljivancanin arrested
Sljivancanin, wanted in connection with the massacre of about 260Croatiancivilians at Vukovar, was arrested It leaves former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic and army commander Ratko Mladic as the two remaining…
(H) Dioklecijan – drzavnicki genij najviseg reda
Gaius Aurelius ValeriusDiocletianus (c 243-316) A. Demandt U.K.DIOKLECIJANPredavanje za Kongres o Dioklecijanu u Splitu/Hrvatska 2. travnja 2003.Pedeset je godina Rimsko carstvo u svojim temeljima bivalo potresano vanjskim i unutarnjim silama….
(E) Yankee Barhanovich, Elvis Presley & Alaska Indians
YANKEEBARHANOVICH, ELVIS PRESLEY AND ALASKA INDIANS Adam S. EterovichElvis grew up in Tupelo, Mississippi. Author Peter Guralnik, Ballatine Books,wrote Elvis Day by Day in 1955. Elvis had just started and…
(E) Research on Croatian fishermen
RESEARCH ON CROATIANFISHERMEN I am researching and writing a book on Croatian Fishermen and Oystermen in America from 1750 to 2000. They could have been known as Dalmatians,Istrians, Austrians, Slavs, Slavonians or Yugoslavs. It will…
(E) Book Review Balkan Holocausts?
Book Review: MacDonald, Balkan Holocausts? reviewed by Florian BieberBalkan Academic News Book Review 11/2003David Bruce MacDonald, Balkan Holocausts?: Serbian and Croatian VictimCentered Propaganda and the War in Yugoslavia. Manchester: ManchesterUniversity Press, 2003….
(E) Bleiburg/Jasenovac article in The Independent
Bleiburg Bleiburg: “It is a story that ought also to be wellknown in Britain, because it was largely due toBritish policies that the terrible events occurred.”The IndependentCroatians gather to mourn victims…
(E) New and Old Books – History of failed Idea
Yugoslavism: Histories of a Failed Idea, 1918-1992 The Centre for South-East European Studies and Hurst & Co. cordiallyinvite you to a Round Table Discussion of the recently publishedYugoslavism: Histories of a…
(E) Dubrovnik: A History by Robin Harris – Important new book
Dubrovnik: A History by Robin Harris Dear All An important new book is coming out in a few weekstime. It is entitled Dubrovnik: A History and is byRobin Harris, a top adviser…
(E) Gold Rush Pioneers from ancient Croatian Kingdom
Gold Rush Pioneers From Croatia, Bosnia-Hercegovina and the Boka Kotor NEW BOOK 2003ByAdam S. Eterovich The majority of the pioneers came from Dalmatia, Istria, Hercegovina and the Bay of Kotor, all…