DISCUSSION TOPIC: BALKANS AND WORLD WAR II MEMORY
Some Questions
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Possible Starting Places
Stephen A. Hart, "Partisans:
War In The Balkans, 1941-1945,"
BBC History, 2011.
"Yugoslavia," Holocaust Encyclopedia:
Sven Milekic, "Croatia's
WW II Revisionism 'Terrifying,' Says Historian,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, September 28, 2016.
Sven Milekic, "Zagreb
Marks 70th Anniversary Of WW II Liberation,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, May 8, 2015.
Richard J. Evans, "'1941:
The Year That Keeps Returning' By Slavko Goldstein -- Review,"
Guardian, January 15, 2014.
Balkans And World War II: Useful Links
World War II In Yugoslavia -- Wikipedia:
Museum
Of 4 July -- Wikipedia:
Yugoslav Partisans -- Wikipedia:
Uprising In Serbia (1941) -- Wikipedia:
Axis Occupation Of Serbia -- Wikipedia:
Communist Purges In Serbia In 1944-45 -- Wikipedia:
World War II Persecution Of Serbs -- Wikipedia:
Yugoslav World War II Monuments And Memorials -- Wikipedia:
Holocaust In Serbia -- Wikipedia:
Jasenovac: Useful Links
"Concentration Camps: Jasenovac," Jewish Virtual Library:
Jasenovac Concentration Camp,
Wikipedia:
Archives Of Republic Of Srpska:
General: World War II Memory In The News
Vanja Dhuric, "Yugoslav
WW II Hero Recalls 'Victory Day' In 1945,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, May 9, 2017.
Sven Milekic, "Croatia:
Historical Controversies Stir Tension With Serbia,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, December 28, 2016.
Dusica Tomovic, "Pro-Yugoslav
Montenegrins Oppose German War Cemetery,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, November 4, 2016.
Milivoje Pantovic, "Unmarked
Grave Hides Belgrade's Post-WW II Execution Victims,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, November 4, 2016.
Sasa Dragojilo, "Serbia
Slams Croatia For Clearing 'Collaborator' Stepinac,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, July 22, 2016.
Sasa Dragojlo, "Old
Partisan Songs Have 'New Revolutionary Potential,'"
Balkan Transitional Justice, May 27, 2016.
Denis Dzidic, "Bosnian
Journalists Attacked At Chetnik Commemoration,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, March 14, 2016.
Petrit Collaku, "The Forgotten Heroes Of Serb-Albanian Comradeship," Balkan Transitional Justice, January 15, 2016.
Gordana Andric, "Serbian
Minister Sparks 'Fascism' Row With Croatia,"
Balkans Transitional Justice, June 23, 2015.
Sven Milekic et al., "Croatian
President Slams Chetnik General's Rehabilitation,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, May 14, 2015.
Denis Dzidic, "Bosnia Soldiers Escape Censure For 'Chetnik Ceremony,'" Balkan Transitional Justice, January 26, 2015.
Dusica Tomovic, "Pro-Yugoslav
Montenegrins Oppose 'Nazi' Cemetery,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, January 15, 2015.
Dusica Tomovic, "Pro-Yugoslav
Montenegrins Oppose German WW II Cemetery,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, May 16, 2014.
Marija Ristic, "Serbia To Remove Bosniak's WW 2 Leader Plaque," Balkan Transitional Justice, August 24, 2012.
Nemanja Cabric, "TV
Show Aims To Unite Partisans And Chetniks,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, July 31, 2012.
Serbia: World War II Memory In The News
"Serbia's
Rehabilitation Of Chetnik General Postponed,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, January 5, 2017.
Milivoje Pantovic, "Serbian
City Plans Monument To Partisans' WW II Victims,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, August 31, 2016.
Sasa Dragojlo, "Serbia's
Nazi-Backed Leader 'Did Not Kill Jews,'"
Balkan Transitional Justice, May 23, 2016.
Sara Manisera, "The
Chetnik Priest: 'I'm Still In A Mood To Kill,'"
Al Jazeera, May 21, 2016.
Ivana Nikolic, "Nazi-Allied
Serbian Leader 'Can't Be Rehabilitated,'"
Balkan Transitional Justice, February 9, 2016.
Ivana Nikolic, "Nazi-Backed
Leader Milan Nedic 'Helped Serbs,'"
Balkan Transitional Justice, February 8, 2016.
Ivana Nikolic, "Thousands
Of Communist-Era 'Criminals' Petition Serbian Courts,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, December 30, 2015.
Ivana Nikolic, "Rehabilitation
Of Nazi-Backed Leader Begins In Belgrade,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, December 7, 2015.
Ivana Nikolic, "Serbian
Veterans Slam Threat To Russian WW II Graves,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, October 30, 2015.
Ivana Nikolic, "Serbia's Nazi-Backed WW II Leader Awaits Rehabilitation," Balkan Transitional Justice, July 27, 2015.
Ivana Nikolic, "Belgrade
Urged To Name Street After Chetnik Leader,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, May 18, 2015.
Marija Ristic and Sven Milekic, "Serbia
Rehabilitates WW II Chetnik Leader Mihailovic,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, May 14, 2015.
Ivana Nikolic, "Belgrade
Again Promises Nazi Death Camp Memorial,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, April 8, 2015.
Ivana Nikolic, "Serbian Chetnik's Proposed Rehabilitation Sparks Dispute," Balkan Transitional Justice, March 23, 2015.
Gordana Andric, "Serbia To Mull Rehabilitation Of Nazi-Backed WW II Leader," Balkan Transitional Justice, August 8, 2014.
Marija Ristic, "Belgrade To Build Nazi Death Camp Memorial," Balkan Transitional Justice, May 13, 2014.
Marija Ristic, "Serbia To Rebuild WW II Death Camp As Memorial," Balkan Transitional Justice, May 20, 2013.
Marija Ristic, "Court Determines Ex-Chetnik Leader's Death," Balkan Transitional Justice, September 17, 2012.
Marija Ristic, "Bosniak WW2 Hero's Plaque Stirs Controversy In Serbia," Balkan Transitional Justice, August 13, 2012.
Marija Ristic, "Chetnik's Hero Gets A Guardian," Balkan Transitional Justice, July 5, 2012.
Bojana Barlovac, "Heirs Of Serbia's WW 2 Leader Seek Return Of Property," Balkan Transitional Justice, June 26, 2012.
Marija Ristic, "Historian: WW 2 Chetnik Leader Resisted Nazis," Balkan Transitional Justice, June 25, 2012.
Marija Ristic, "Serbian
Ex-Chetniks Still Without Pensions,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, April 18, 2012.
Marija Ristic, "Ghost
Of Draza Mihailovic Still Divides Serbia,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, March 29, 2012.
Marija Ristic, "Protests Over Chetnik Hero's Rehabilitation," Balkan Transitional Justice, March 23, 2012.
Marija Ristic, "NGOs Against Chetniks' Hero Rehabilitation," Balkan Transitional Justice, March 21, 2012.
Stjepan Mesic, "Serbia Endangers Region By Rehabilitating Chetniks," Balkan Transitional Justice, March 21, 2012.
"Serbia Probes Suspect WW II War Criminal," Balkan Transitional Justice, August 29, 2008.
Jasenovac: World War II Memory In The News
Sven Milekic, "Serbs
Recall Childhood Jailing In Croatian WW II Camp,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, April 25, 2017.
"Croatia
Anti-Fascists, Serbs Gather At Second World War Death Camp Site,"
CTV News, April 22, 2017.
Sven Milekic, "Zagreb Minority Award For Jasenovac Film Director Draws Protests," Balkan Transitional Justice, April 20, 2017.
Sven Milekic, "Croatian
Serbs Boycott WW II Camp Concentration,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, March 27, 2017.
Sven Milekic, "Zagreb Event Challenges Concentration Camp Death Toll," Balkan Transitional Justice, January 25, 2017.
Sven Milekic, "Ecumenical
Patriarch Visits Croatia WW II Concentration Camp,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, September 9, 2016.
Milivoje Pantovic, "Serbia To Highlight Croatia Concentration Camp At UN," Balkan Transitional Justice, August 11, 2016.
Sven Milekic, "Croatian
Director Reported For Jasenovac Camp Film,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, July 15, 2016.
Sven Milekic, "Croatia
Pays Tribute To Jasenovac Camp Victims,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, April 27, 2016.
Sven Milekic, "Croatia Govt. Criticised At WW II Death Camp Commemoration," Balkan Transitional Justice, April 23, 2016.
Sven Milekic, "Boycott
Overshadows Croatian Concentration Camp Memorial,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, April 22, 2016.
Sven Milekic, "Israeli
Diplomat Slams Croatian Concentration Camp Film,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, April 7, 2016.
Sven Milekic, "Croatian Jews Outraged By Concentration Camp Film," Balkan Transitional Justice, April 5, 2016.
Sven Milekic, "Croatian
President Mourns At Controversial WW Memorial,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, May 15, 2015.
Sven Milekic, "Zagreb
Commemorates Biggest WW II Killing Site,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, May 7, 2015.
Milekic, Sven. "Croatia
Pays Tribute To Jasenovac Camp Victims,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, April 25, 2015.
Elvira M. Jukic and Ivana Nikolic, "Serbian
PM 'Misused' WW II Death Camp Anniversary,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, April 20, 2015.
Josip Ivanovic, "Croatia Remembers WW II Concentration Camp Victims," Balkan Transitional Justice, May 5, 2014.
Boris Pavelic, "Croatia Commemorates WW II Jasenovac Camp Victims," Balkan Transitional Justice, May 13, 2013.
Bojana Barlovac, "Parliaments
Urged To Declare Jasenovac As Genocide,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, May 25, 2011.
"Croatian Cardinal Makes Historic Camp Visit," Balkan Transitional Justice, September 24, 2009.
Roger Cohen, "At A Womb Of Horror, Croats Offer Ray Of Hope," New York Times, May 9, 1995.
Croatia: World War II Memory In The News
Sven Milekic, "Austrians
Seek To Ban Croatia WW II Commemoration,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, May 11, 2017.
Relja Dusek, "Anti-Fascist
Monuments: Croatia's 'Unwanted Heritage,'"
Balkan Transitional Justice, April 3, 2017.
Sven Milekic, "Croatia Threatened With Lawsuit By WW II Victims," Balkan Transitional Justice, March 20, 2017.
Sven Milekic, "U.S.
Lawyer: WW II Lawsuit Against Croatia 'Invalid,'"
Balkan Transitional Justice, March 16, 2017.
Sven Milekic, "WW
II Compensation Lawsuit Against Croatia 'Likely To Fail,'"
Balkan Transitional Justice, March 13, 2017.
Sven Milekic, "Nazi
Hunter Warns Against Canonising Croatian Archbishop,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, February 16, 2017.
Sven Milekic, "Croatian
Court Urged To Rehabilitate WW II Fascist Ally,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, February 6, 2017.
Sven Milekic, "Croatian
Anne Frank Tribute Commemorates Fascists' Victims,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, January 27, 2017.
Sven Milekic, "Fascist
Slogan Near Croatia Concentration Camp Sparks Anger,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, December 5, 2016.
Sven Milekic, "Croatian
Minister Praised WW II Fascist Official,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, October 28, 2016.
Sven Milekic, "Nazi-Hunter Warns Croatia Over 'Fascist Nostalgia,'" Balkan Transitional Justice, September 15, 2016.
Sven Milekic, "Croatian
Rightists Disrupt Anti-Fascist Anniversary Rally,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, July 27, 2016.
Sven Milekic, "Nazi-Hunter
Condemns Quashed Stepinac Conviction,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, July 25, 2016.
Marcus Tanner, "It
Is Time To Let Go Of Cardinal Stepinac,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, July 25, 2016.
Sven Milekic, "Croatia Quashes Conviction Of WW II Cardinal Stepinac," Balkan Transitional Justice, July 22, 2016.
Sven Milekic, "Croatian
Right-Wingers Removed From Anti-Fascist Monument,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, July 18, 2016.
Sven Milekic, "Ustasa
Pier Makes Waves In Small Croatian Town,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, June 27, 2016.
Sven Milekic, "Croatian
Church Urged To Tackle 'Fascist Sympathisers,'"
Balkan Transitional Justice, May 10, 2016.
"Nazi-Hunter Condemns 'Fascist Nostalgia' In Croatia," Balkan Transitional Justice, April 14, 2016.
"Nazi-Hunter
Criticises Croatia Fans' Fascist Chants,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, April 6, 2016.
Sven Milekic, "Croatian
Minister's 'Pro-Nazi' Video Sparks Anger,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, February 24, 2016.
Sven Milekic, "Croatian Culture Minister Wrote For Pro-Fascist Journal," Balkan Transitional Justice, February 11, 2016.
Sven Milekic, "Croatia Parliament Backs Controversial WW II Commemoration," Balkan Transitional Justice, February 5, 2016.
Sven Milekic, "Croatian
Fascist Leader's Memorial Mass Sparks Protest,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, December 29, 2015.
Sven Milekic, "Croatian Army Petitioned To Adopt Fascist Slogan," Balkan Transitional Justice, August 25, 2015.
Sven Milekic, "Croatian
Wartime General Poses With Hitler Wine,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, August 12, 2015.
Sven Milekic, "Right-Wingers
Target Croatian WW II Uprising Anniversary,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, July 27, 2015.
Sven Milekic, "Croatian
President Apologises For Nazi Regime Deaths,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, July 23, 2015.
"UEFA
Punishes Croatia For Football Match Swastika,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, July 23, 2015.
Sven Milekic, "Croatian
WW II Veterans Remember Fight Against Fascism,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, June 22, 2015.
Sven Milekic, "Stop Pensions For Nazi-Allied Troops, Croatia Urged," Balkan Transitional Justice, May 19, 2015.
Sven Milekic, "20,000
Mourn Croatia's Dead At Controversial WW II Site,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, May 18, 2015.
Sven Milekic, "Croatia
Reopens WW II Village Massacre Memorial,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, April 9, 2015.
Sven Milekic, "Memorial
Mass For Croatian Nazi Slammed As 'Disgrace,'"
Balkan Transitional Justice, December 30, 2014.
Sven Milekic, "Croatian
Activist Target Fascist Slogan Near WW II Camp,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, December 29, 2014.
Sven Milekic, "WW
II Children's Concentration Camp Remembered In Croatia,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, October 6, 2014.
Josip Ivanovic, "Anti-Fascist
Victims Of WW II Honoured In Zagreb,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, September 23, 2014.
Josip Ivanovic, "Croatia
Anti-Fascist Street Naming Thwarted,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, August 25, 2014.
Josip Ivanovic, "Croatia
Mourns WW II Jadovno Concentration Camp Victims,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, June 30, 2014.
Josip Ivanovic, "Croatian
Leaders Condemn 'Evil" WW II Fascist State,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, June 23, 2014.
Josip Ivanovic, "Croatia
Footballer's 'Fascist' Chant Ban Upheld,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, May 12, 2014.
Josip Ivanovic, "Croatia
Finds 19 Bodies In WW II Mass Graves,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, May 7, 2014.
Josip Ivanovic, "Croatian 'Fascist" Chant Footballer Gets Facebook Support," Balkan Transitional Justice, November 25, 2013.
Boris Pavelic, "Anti-Fascist Uprising Commemorated In Croatia," Balkan Transitional Justice, July 29, 2013.
Damien McElroy, "Croatian Island Of Vis Remembers World War Two Role," Telegraph, May 23, 2011.
James Bissett, "Croatia Should Apologize For World War II Genocide Before Joining The EU," Christian Science Monitor, April 2, 2010.
"Israel Slams Croat Nazi's Funeral," Balkan Transitional Justice, August 1, 2008.
"Croatian Nazi Suspect 'Enjoying Soccer,'" Balkan Transitional Justice, June 16, 2008.
"Croatia 'Failing" To Arrest Nazis," Balkan Transitional Justice, May 1, 2008.
"President Steps Into Croatia War Fund Row," Balkan Transitional Justice, April 17, 2008.
Neil A. Lewis, "Documenting A Death Camp In Nazi Croatia," New York Times, November 14, 2001.
Holocaust: World War II Memory In The News
Sven Milekic, "Balkan
States Rapped Over Holocaust Property Restitution,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, April 25, 2017.
Vanja Djuric, "Serbian
Holocaust Survivors Recall Escape From Nazis,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, April 22, 2017.
Sven Milekic, "Dishonour
For Zagreb Over 'Alternative Facts' About Holocaust,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, April 21, 2017.
Sven Milekic, "U.S.
Holocaust Envoy Warns Croatia About Fascist Symbols,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, March 24, 2017.
Eleanor Rose, "'Compensation
Unlikely' For Bosnian Jews' Seized Property,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, March 15, 2017.
Maja Zivanovic, "Serbian
Draft Holocaust Legislation Sparks Criticism,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, March 1, 2017.
Sven Milekic, "Croatian
Jews Boycott State-Run Holocaust Commemoration,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, January 23, 2017.
Sven Milekic, "Croatian School Removes Anne Frank Exhibition," Balkan Transitional Justice, January 20, 2017.
Natalia Zaba, "Belgrade
Jews Oppose WW II Serbian Leader's Rehabilitation,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, October 24, 2016.
"Croatia
Jews Snub Official Holocaust Event Over Neo-Nazi Sentiment,"
BBC News, April 15, 2016.
Sasa Dragojlo, "Serbian
Jews To Reclaim Seized WW II Property,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, February 22, 2016.
Ivana Nikolic, "Surviving The Holocaust In Occupied Serbia," Balkan Transitional Justice, February 5, 2015.
Denis Dzidic, "Bosnia
Urged To Criminalise Holocaust Denial,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, January 27, 2015.
Sven Milekic, "Boyhood
Memories Of Auschwitz, 70 Years On,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, January 27, 2015.
Boris Pavelic, "Croatia To Rebuild Synagogue Demolished By Fascists," Balkan Transitional Justice, July 25, 2013.
Milekic, Sven, "Croatian
Jews Boycott State-Run Holocaust Commission,
Balkan Transitional Justice. January 23, 2007.
Kosovo: World War II Memory In The News
Die Morina, "Kosovo
Could Restore Serb-Albanian Anti-Fascist Monument,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, September 21, 2016.
Petrit Collaku, "Kosovo
Appalled By Serbia's Rehabilitation Of Chetnik Chief,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, May 20, 2015.
Petrit Collaku, "Kosovo Partisans Set To Lose Their Memorial," Balkan Transitional Justice, March 28, 2013.
Macedonia: World War II Memory In The News
Sinisa Jakov Marusic, "Renaming
Skopje Streets Anger WW 2 Veterans,"
Balkan Transitional Justice, March 15, 2012.