http://www.croatia.org/crown en-us http://www.croatia.org/crown N/A nenad@nenadbach.com Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:13:26 -0800 20 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9693/1/Research-concering-Croatian-Professionals-in-Illinois-and-NW-Indiana.html Dr. Ante Cuvalo (left) is preparing a book on the history of Croatians in the Chicago area and Northwest Indiana. The book will include names of outstanding Croatians from this part of the country. If you want to help with the project, e-mail him a short CV and any other information that might be useful for the project. stecak@sbcglobal.net (Marko Puljiæ) Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9692/1/Dr-Vinko-Ribariae-Hawaiian-captain-John-Dominis-originates-from-the-island-of-Rab.html Captain John Dominis is the father of John Owen, the husband of the last Hawaiian queen Liliuokalani. Prof. Dr. Vinko Ribariæ, on the photo, has issued a monograph in 2008 proving that both John Dominis and his son John Owen have their roots from the island of Rab in Croatia. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9663/1/Dr-Slaven-Letica-If-Streets-Could-Talk-Kad-bi-ulice-imale-dar-govora.html If Croatian streets and squares could talk, what a thrilling story they could tell about the meaning of all the name changes, and the dramatic, bloody, and tragic history that lies beneath. In my book, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, I decided to "freeze history", at least for a brief moment. I gambled on posthumous recognition for my efforts, fully aware that any such appreciation in Croatia is always fleeting, and never long-lasting. slaven1947@gmail.com (Prof.Dr. Slaven Letica) Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9658/1/Lavoslav-Ruzicka-Croatian-Nobel-Prize-winner-from-Vukovar.html Lavoslav Leopold Ru¾ièka (1887-1976) is one among three Croatian winners of the Nobel Prize. Born in the town of Vukovar, he obtained the Nobel Prize for chemistry while working et ETH, Zurich, Switzerland. In Vukovar the home of his birth has been renovated in 2007 from the 1991 destruction, now known as the Ru¾ièka House. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9657/1/Dr-Slaven-Letica-Vukovar-ili-hrvatska-knjiga-postanka-Gdje-zlo-ne-otima-NADU.html Ovo je osvrt dr. Slavena Letice na pad Vukovara kroz dva èlanka, jedan iz 1991. i drugi iz 2008. Naslovi èlanaka su "Vukovar ili hrvatska knjiga postanka" i "Vukovarski pouèak ili Odva¾nost hrvatske nade". slaven1947@gmail.com (Prof.Dr. Slaven Letica) Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9656/1/Dr-Drago-Stambuk-Speech-at-the-Holy-Mass-for-Vukovar-Victims-Tokyo-2008.html Dr. Drago ©tambuk in his speech in Tokyo at the Holy Mass for Vukovar Victims, November 16th 2008, said that "... Vukovar's treatment by the Serbian forces onslaught from August to November 1991, when up to 15,000 missiles would fall daily on this beautiful baroque town, turned its citizens into martyrs and town into a waste land. The lives of the inhabitants were conducted inside cellars..." darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9653/1/Croatian-Heroes-Kata-oljiae-legendary-Croatian-mother-died.html Kata ©oljiæ, considered as a hero of Homeland War, lost her four sons who defended Croatia in 1990s during the Battle for Vukovar. She was seeking the remains of her children for twelve years, and the last one was found in 2003. During the Second World War she lost her four brothers. Kata ©oljiæ died in 2008 in Zagreb, at the age of  87. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9651/1/St-Paul-visited-Croatian-island-of-Mljet-on-his-journey-to-Rome.html An important conference is organized in Dubrovnik where outstanding specialists will prove that St Paul went to Rome across the island of Mljet in Croatia, and not via Malta. This fact is contained in a book by Ignjat Ðurðeviæ, 18th century Croatian Baroque writer from the city of Dubrovnik. The prinicpal contributor on the conference is Dr. Miho Demoviæ, on the photo. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9649/1/Croatian-Heroes-Heroes-of-Vukovar-TV-serial-by-Eduard--Dominik-Galic-part-10.html Part 10 is the last one from the Vukovar Heroes series by Eduard and Dominik Galiæ, entitled Blago Zadro. It will be available on Friday 07.11.2008 20.10. This episode is about legendary Blago Zadro and his influence on Vukovar's defenders. dominik.galic@missart.hr (Dominik Galiæ, producer) Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9641/1/Croatian-Heroes-Heroes-of-Vukovar-TV-serial-by-Eduard--Dominik-Galic-part-8.html Part 8 of the Vukovar Heroes series by Eduard and Dominik Galiæ, entitled Slavonska and Hercegovaèka Street will be available on Friday 24.10.2008, at 20.10. You'll meet Mirko Brekalo senior, Nenad Gagiæ (on the photo), Ivan Kapular, Ivica Lukiæ, Dragan Luketiæ, Ivica Habajec. dominik.galic@missart.hr (Dominik Galiæ, producer) Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9637/1/The-CRAVAT-instead-of-a-TIE-and-NECKTIE.html On the occasion of the International Day of The Cravat on the 18th of October we invite all the English speaking individuals to call the knotted scarf around their neck by it's original name the cravat instead of tie and necktie. The earliest known cravat in history was worn by Ivan Gunduliæ from the City of Dubrovnik, a famous Croatian poet from the 17th century. Linda@croata.hr (Linda Prosenjak) Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9636/1/Croatian-Heroes-Heroes-of-Vukovar-TV-serial-by-Eduard--Dominik-Galic-part-7.html Part 7 of the Vukovar Heroes series by Eduard and Dominik Galiæ, entitled New Banijska Street will be available on Friday 17.10.2008, at 20.10. Main characters in this episode are Miroslav and Tomislav Josiæ, Vlatko Voloder, Ivica Bano¾iæ, Ivan Kapula and Dragutin ©pac (on the left). dominik.galic@missart.hr (Dominik Galiæ, producer) Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9633/1/Croatian-Heroes-Vinko-Gecan-USA.html Vinko Gecan (1862-1916) is one whose name is woven into the historical fabric of our Croatian and American people. True heroism is not something that is planned. Rather, it is something that takes place under difficult circumstances as presented by life. Heroic moments are those that for some mysterious urge within us surface out of love for others - those in danger or need. cuvalo@gmail.com (Dr. Ante Èuvalo) Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9632/1/Croatian-Heroes-Heroes-of-Vukovar-TV-serial-by-Eduard--Dominik-Galic-part-6.html We invite you to see Part 6 of the Vukovar Heroes series by Eduard and Dominik Galiæ, entitled Technical building. It will be available via Croatian Television on Friday, October 10th, 2008,  at 20.10. Main characters in this episode are Marko Filkoviæ, Ivo Kom¹iæ, Zdravko Mamiæ, and Ivica Mikula (on the left). dominik.galic@missart.hr (Dominik Galiæ, producer) Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9629/1/Croatian-Heroes-Heroes-of-Vukovar-TV-serial-by-Eduard--Dominik-Galic-part-5.html Part 5 of the Vukovar Heroes series by Eduard and Dominik Galiæ is among others about Zdenko Horvat, Croatian defender (on the left), who destroyed 10 tanks and one armored vehicle and almost alone stopped a large enemy breakthrough in Vukovar across Bobota channel in 1991. dominik.galic@missart.hr (Dominik Galiæ, producer) Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9626/1/Croatian-Heroes-Heroes-of-Vukovar-TV-serial-by-Eduard--Dominik-Galic-part-4.html Turbo platoon was sent on most delicate and dangerous tasks in Vukovar's defense. Blago Zadro formed the platoon and was their leader. The main characters are Miro Radmanoviæ, Tomo Jakovljeviæ and Nevenko Mauzer (on the left). Part  4 of the Heros of Vukovar TV serial, Turbo platoon - Friday 26.09.2008 20.10, on Croatian Television. dominik.galic@missart.hr (Dominik Galiæ, producer) Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9622/1/Croatian-Heroes-Dr-Juraj-Njavro-legendary-surgeon-at-the-Vukovar-Hospital-died.html  Dr. Juraj Njavro (1938-2008) was a legendary Croatian surgeon at the Vukovar Hospital in 1991, during one of the most dramatic events in the history of Croatia. He was known as exceptionally pleasant and tolerant person. He wrote a book about his internment after the Serbian occupation of the city of Vukovar. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9618/1/Croatian-Heroes-Heroes-of-Vukovar-TV-serial-by-Eduard--Dominik-Galic-part-3.html  Little groups of people had been organizing the defense, and soon volunteers have joined. Graduates, peasants and shoemakers became warriors. Heroes of Vukovar TV serial by Eduard & Dominik Galic proceeds with its third episode on Croatian Television: 3. Yellow Ants and Desert Rats -  Friday 19.09.2008 20.10. On the left Blago Zadro, a legendary Croatian defender. dominik.galic@missart.hr (Dominik Galiæ, producer) Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9617/1/Cradle-Of-Football-Is-Not-England-But-Dalmatia.html In the 1st ct BC, young Illyrian Delmata tribe warriors, bided their time by passing each other a ball made from leather or bull hair. Sinj-based amateur archaeologist Josip Bepo Britvic dedicated his entire life to proving and providing evidence for this theory. Taking a walk in 1947, in hometown Sinj, he saw a rooted relief on a facade, showing a young man holding...a "football". mocnaj@gmail.com (Ratimir Mocnaj) Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9616/1/Croatian-Heroes-Heroes-of-Vukovar-TV-serial-by-Eduard--Dominik-Galic-part-2.html Please, do not miss to see Episode 2 of the serial Heroes of Vukovar by Eduard and Dominik Galiæ on Croatian TV, Friday 12. 09. 2008. at 20.10.  On the photo on the left is Marko Babiæ, a legendary Croatian defender. dominik.galic@missart.hr (Dominik Galiæ, producer) Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9611/1/Croatians-in-America---photo-collection-by-Vladimir-Novak-part-3.html Mr. Vladimir Novak brings us a new series of exceptionally interesting photos related to life and work of Croatians in America, collected over several decades in the USA. As in previous two presentations,  much of this material is presented for the first time, exclusively for the readers of CROWN. On the left Marin Plestina, a famous wrestler. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9610/1/Croatian-Heroes-Heroes-of-Vukovar-TV-serial-by-Eduard--Dominik-Galic.html What about heroic 1991 resistance in Vukovar, which made Croatian state possible? What about men who destroyed those tanks and created the myth about Vukovar. Where are they? What are their names? What were they doing before the war? Who are they after all? And maybe the most important - how did they defeat the enemy so much stronger? In ten episodes. dominik.galic@missart.hr (Dominik Galiæ, producer) Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9603/1/Croatian-Heroes-Pavo-Urban-defended-Dubrovnik-with-his-camera.html Pavo Urban was a young photographer. He lost his life in 1991 during Serbian and Montenegrin shelling and bombing of the city of Dubrovnik with his photo camera in hands. His last photos are taken literally a few seconds before his tragic death. His photos reveal subtle spirituality of a young soul. Great talent. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9602/1/Croatian-Heroes-Dubrovnik-defenders-in-1991.html Dubrovnik is one of the most beautiful mediaveal cities in the world. Its flag is unique by its inscritpion LIBERTAS, that is, Freedom. We want to remind the reader on the dramatic days in 1991 when the City was mercelesly bombed and shelled during the Serbian agression on Croatia. We also present the Memorial Room of Dubrovnik Defendres. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9589/1/Stjepan-Radiae-1871-1928-The-Russian-branch-of-our-Jelacics.html Stjepan Radiæ is one of the greatest Croatian personalities of the 20th century. We present his article dealing with a branch of the Croatian noble family of Jelaèiæ in Russia and their contribution to the Russian culture. With this article we mark 80 years from his tragic destiny. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9573/1/Croatia---Russia-historical-and-cultural-relations.html We indicated some very interesting facts that connect Croatia and Russia via history, culture and sports. For example, did you know that the earliest monument built in honour of the famous writer L.N. Tolstoy was erected not in Yasnaya Polyana, but in Croatia, on the island of Brac. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9560/1/The-town-of-Lipik-in-past-and-present-described-on-YouTube.html The town of Lipik is described by a series of very interesting and important films, all of them available via YouTube. Especially important are testimonies and endevours of Mark Cook from the early 1990s. ipuscenik@yahoo.com (Ivan Pu¹æenik) Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9518/1/Croatia-Has-a-NATO-Invitation---A-Historical-Day-for-Croatia-April-2nd-2008.html The fact that an invitation was sent is also a result of a process that began with Croatia’s  hard road to independence via the Croatian War of Independence in which 15,000 people gave their lives. Besides NATO, it is expected that Croatia receives an invitation for the EU soon. letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9512/1/Croatians-in-America---photo-collection-by-Vladimir-Novak-part-2.html Mr. Vladimir Novak is well known for his rich collection of photos related to life and work of Croatians in America, collected over several decades in the USA. We continue with the second part of a series of articles. Much of this material is presented for the first time, exclusively for the readers of CROWN. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9505/1/Reinhard-Grabher-Austrian-journalist-to-direct-documentary-about-Goli-Otok.html Reinhard Grabher (left), a journalist from Salzburg, Austria will direct a documentary about Goli Otok. The documentary will include interviews with former inmates, including an interview with Josip Zoretiæ, author of Goli Otok "Hell in the Adriatic." Subtitles will be in Croatian, English, and German. mzoretic@gmail.com (Marko Zoretic) Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9475/1/Australias-Prime-Minister-Kevin-Rudd-Apologizes-to-Aboriginals.html Australian Parliament progresses Reconciliation between Australia's Indigenous and non-Indigenous people by tendering a formal apology for the hurt caused by past government policies. Left Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. A historical moment for Australia and the whole world. WE LEARN FROM OTHERS ! Quantum leap in human consciousness. violicalvert@optusnet.com.au (Violi Calvert) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9457/1/Croatian-Educational-Club-in-St-Louis-Missouri-1910.html Croatian Educational Club Zrinski - Frankopan was founded in St. Louis, Missouri, already in 1910. On the left is the photo from that time with Croatian Coat of Arms. We invite you to enjoy the Croatian langauge spoken 100 years ago. cuvalo@gmail.com (Dr. Ante Èuvalo) Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9431/1/Dr-Ante-Euvalo-Historical-Dictionary-of-Bosnia-and-Herzegovina-2007-2nd-edition.html In this update of a 1997 edition, Cuvalo (Joliet Junior Coll.), who is both an academic expert on the Balkans and a native of the region, treats his complex subject with breadth, depth, and clarity... - Nadine Cohen Baker, University of Georgia, Athens darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9426/1/Dr-Drago-tambuk-Speech-in-Hiroshima-for-the-Vukovar-victims.html The speech of the Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia to Japan Dr. Drago ©tambuk during the Holy Mass for Vukovar's victims now available in Croatian and English. "...Vukovar is a canopy of celestial bodies, frozen in our mind, evoking earthly shortcomings, calling for a higher destiny..." darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9421/1/Croatians-in-America---photo-collection-by-Vladimir-Novak-part-1.html Mr. Vladimir Novak, on the left with Alma Franuloviæ Planèiæ in Croatian national costume, is well known for his rich collection of photos related to life and work of Croatians in America, collected over several decades in the USA. We start with a series of articles, presented for the first time exclusively for the readers of CROWN. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9394/1/Hiroshima-2007-requiem-Mass-for-the-victims-of-the-Vukovar-tragedy.html The requiem Mass was said by Hiroshima Bishop Misue Joseph Atsumi with the Croatian Ambassador to Japan, Drago ©tambuk. "Vukovar je umro da bi Hrvatska ¾ivjela. Preobrazio je suze u zvijezde, prostrijelne rane u snopove svjetlosti, mrtve u anðele. Vukovar je svod nebesnika, zaustavljenih u na¹em sjeæanju, podsjetnik na zemaljske nedostatnosti i zazivatelj vi¹e sudbine." nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9372/1/Marco-Polos-Croatian-roots-based-on-solid-research---London-Financial-Times.html The article mentions that Croatians believe Marco Polo was born in the town of Korcula on the island of the same name in Croatia. His being born there, or certainly his family coming from there, is based on solid research of the Polo Croatian family roots - by Hilda Marija Foley hmfgsf@juno.com (Hilda Marija Foley) Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9354/1/Archaeological-sites-near-Dubrovnik-with-several-important-discoveries.html Croatia is a paradise for archaeological research. Dr. Zdenko ®eravica, a renowned Croatian archaeologist from the City of Dubrovnik, unveils us some of the miraculous sites in ®upa Dubrovaèka and Konavle near the City. The research over the past years has resulted with several important discoveries. zdenko.zeravica@du.t.com.hr (Zdenko ®eravica, Ph.D.) Sun, 25 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9353/1/In-1880-local-Croatian-young-men-began-to-play-football-in-Zupanja.html In 1880 local Croatian young men began to play football in Zupanja. Since there were only nine of the Englishmen who came to Croatia several years before as experts for exploitation of oak forest, they invited local boys to join them. There is the first written record of local young men playing English football and having genuine Englishmen as tutors and team-mates. letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9292/1/President-Mesiae-decorated-the-US-Admiral-Lunney-with-the-Order-of-Trefoil.html The decoration was presented to Lunney at a ceremony in the Croatian Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York on Sept. 26th 2007. Admiral Lunney invested a lot of efforts, time and enthusiasm to find the family of Croat Peter Tomich, who was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbour on 7 December 1941, so as to present them with the Congressional Medal of Honor. letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9287/1/145-godina-od-dolaska-prve-eljeznice-u-Zagreb.html Ovogodi¹nju proslavu Dana H®-a povezali smo sa 145. obljetnicom dolaska prvoga vlaka u Zagreb, nakon ¹to je u promet bila predana pruga Zidani Most - Zagreb - Sisak, inaèe prva pruga sagraðena na podruèju onda¹nje Kraljevine Hrvatske i Slavonije. nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9284/1/Henry-Suzzallo-president-of-the-University-of-Washington-from-1915-to-1926.html Henry Suzzallo (1875-1933) was president of the University of Washington from 1915 to 1926. The central library of the University of Washington is called Suzzallo Library. His parents Petar and Ana Suzzallo, Croatians originating from Dalmatia, arrived to San Francisco in 1852. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9283/1/Vukovar-is-THE-Croatian-sacred-ground-and-somebody-just-pissed-on-it.html The absurdly light or no prison terms handed out to the three most responsible for the Vukovar massacres and torture are not consistent with the crimes. It was not a lack of evidence but a devaluation of the crimes, or more accurately, the lives of the victims and all of us.  nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9282/1/A-Diplomatic-quotHunting-Partyquot---part-2-and-3.html On the plane, Holbrook from the outset began to pressure that we abandon or trade Gorazde. It struck me as rather strange at that time why Holbrooke had placed the emphasis of this conversation on "us" giving up Gorazde, the first hour of a 90 minute conversation. aconvenientgenocide@mac.com (Ambassador Muhamed Sacirbey) Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9275/1/Search-for-CROATAN-Lost--Colony-continues-centuries-after-group-disappeared.html Croatian or/and  Croatan lost colony? IvanDobra@aol.com (Ivan Dobra) Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9273/1/U2-in-Sarajevo-10-Years-After-September-23-1997.html Bono, The Edge, Larry and Adam were still in the dressing room underneath the rapidly filling Kosevo stadium stands. Paul McGuiness and I were standing behind the stage. aconvenientgenocide@mac.com (Ambassador Muhamed Sacirbey) Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9262/1/Dr-Ante-Euvalo-Historical-Dictionary-of-Bosnia-and-Herzegovina.html At the end of August 2007, Scarecrow Press published the second and enlarged edition of Historical Dictionary of Bosnia and Herzegovina, written by dr. Ante Èuvalo, a recognized authority on the past and present of Bosnia and Herzegovina. nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Sat, 15 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9260/1/Efforts-to-build-the-Church-of-Croatian-Martyrs-in-Udbina.html In September 9th, 2007 an invitation has been sent by Croatian Bishops from Udbina to continue with efforts to build the Church of Croatian Martyrs. The manifestation has been accompanied with a rich spiritual and cultural program. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Sat, 15 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9245/1/Istarski-gunjci-musicological-book-by-Vladimir-Perniae.html  Vladimir Perniæ wrote a very interesting book about a unique music phenomenon in Istria, Croatia - the tradition of GUNJCI. Istria is a paradise in many respects: music, architecture, nature, history, Glagolitic script, cuisine, olives, etc. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9237/1/Svjedoeanstva-o-zloeinima-jugoslavenskog-reima-1971-Mijo-Juriae.html  Sedam puta uhiæivan, pet puta suðen te godinu dana robija¹, Juriæ je naposljetku bio prisiljen bje¾ati u Austriju, gdje se potom, uhoðen i potvaran od sveprisutne Udbe i sumnjièen od austrijskih vlasti, dugo morao boriti da dobije politièki azil. prodecor@aon.at (Mijo Juriæ) Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9235/1/-New-England-was-first-called-New-Dalmatia-by-Adam-S-Eterovich.html  New England was first called New Dalmatia: La Dalmate Da Nouveau Monde, La Dalmazia del Nuovo Mondo, Dalmatia of the New World. New England is a part of the USA comprising Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hamshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The largest city is Boston. cvjetanovich@du.t-com.hr (Pero Cvjetanovich) Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9217/1/The-biggest-known-post-WWII-execution-site-in-Europe.html In 1995, Serbian troops massacred 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Tezno grave in Slovenia (near Maribor) was found in 1999 during highway construction, with the number of post-WWII victims exceeding even that of Srebrenica. brigall@yahoo.co.uk (Brian Gallagher) Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9188/1/Croatian-Victory-for-Croatian-History-August-5th-1995---2007.html    Ancient people. Old nation. New democracy. letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Sun, 05 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9186/1/Croatia-To-Celebrate-Victory-Day-Tomorrow.html   Tomorrow, Croatia celebrates Victory Day and homeland thanksgiving, and marks the 12th anniversary of the military-order operation "Oluja" (Storm), in which, after five years of Serbian occupation, the city of Knin was freed, as well as most of the occupied Croatian territory. letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9181/1/Stolen-Croatian-Lipizzaner-horses-starving-in-Serbia.html   In October 1991, the largest Lipizzaner horse-farm in Croatia, situated near the town of Lipik, was bombed with napalm bombs. Out of 117 horses 27 of them were killed, and more than 80 taken away to Serbia, where they are also today. Believe it or not, the Serbs are trying to SELL stolen Croatian Lipizzaners to Croatia! From reliable sources we know that some of them have been already sold in Italy. letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9161/1/Croatia-demands-10-billion-dollars-from-Serbia-just-for-military-assets-of-YU.html     letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Sun, 29 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9156/1/The-perfect-wine-legacy---It-all-started-when-Peter-Vegars-great-grandfather-left-Croatia.html   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. nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9139/1/Congressman-Chris-Smith-history-of-sincere-support-for-victims--BiH.html  Congressman Chris Smith (left) has been consistent in his efforts on behalf of justice and a genuine peace and multi ethnic society in Bosnia & Herzegovina. aconvenientgenocide@mac.com (Ambassador Muhamed Sacirbey) Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9138/1/The-12-year-anniversary-of-the-genocide-of-Srebrenica-July-11th-1995---2007.html is a change in both tone and commemoration. For the first 5 years, Except for the still grieving mothers and family of the mostly yet unidentified victims, no one dared even observe the anniversary. We were lectured that it was not consistent with Dayton for Bosnians and Herzegovinians to scratch an old wound best left untouched.   aconvenientgenocide@mac.com (Ambassador Muhamed Sacirbey) Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9133/1/Women-in-Homeland-War---The-Power-of-Love-to-do-Good.html This is an extremely important collection of authentic testimonies of efforts of Croatian women to save children, wounded, as well as their own human dignity during the Homeland War in Croatia, 1991-1995.  darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9099/1/American-edition-of-Lovers--Madmen-A-True-Story-of-Passion-to-be-Released.html  Sunshine Publishing has released the American edition of Lovers & Madmen: A True Story of Passion, Politics, and Air Piracy, by native Oregonian Julienne Eden Busic. katarina@stanfordalumni.org (Katarina Milicevic) Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9113/1/Zindependence-day.html  Zinfandel, like most of us, is not native to the United States. It's an immigrant, too, with a somewhat murky family history that goes back ultimately to Croatia, or so researchers believe. c.mateo@verizon.net (Martin Cvjetkoviæ) Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9109/1/Book-Review-Goli-Otok.html This rare, first-person account of physical and mental torture in the prison on Goli Otok should be read as widely as possible, because it tells the truth about inhumane conduct in peacetime.   TEPESHK@aol.com (Katarina Tepesh) Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9112/1/St-Marcellinus-Church-A-history.html nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9091/1/New-Zealand-David-Cunliffe---speech-for-Croatian-National-Day.html   Thank you for inviting me to your national day celebrations tonight here in the Croatian heartland of West Auckland....There has, of course, been a strong, successful Croatian presence in New Zealand for well over a century. letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9083/1/HNS-Slavi-95-Godina-Postojanja---95th-Birthday-of-Croatian-Soccer-Association.html   Prije 95 godina u Zagrebu je osnovan Hrvatski nogometni savez. HNS je tijekom godina rada izrastao u najbrojniji sportski savez u Hrvatskoj istaknuo je Zorislav Srebriæ na konferenciji za novinare. nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9078/1/ETHNIC-CROATIANS-KILLED-BY-NAZI-AND-FASCIST-FORCES---Introduction.html The Croatian struggle against Nazism and Fascism is one which generally remains underappreciated in the English-speaking world. While the events in Croatia during World War II have been well-documented by experts in the field, especially within Croatia, this rich literature, dating from both Communist and post-Communist times, remains virtually unknown in the West. JKraljic@msn.com (John Kraljiæ, Esq) Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9059/1/A-major-link-exchange-with-The-Mac-Tutor-History-of-Mathematics-Archive.html The Mac Tutor History of Mathematics Archive is the leading web site dealing with the History of Mathematics. It contains also biographies of three outstanding Croatian mathematicians: Ruðer Bo¹koviæ, Marin Getaldiæ, and William Feller. In May 2007 the Mac Tutor included a link to a Croatian source dealing with Feller.  darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9032/1/40th-Anniversary-of-the-Declaration-on-the-Name-of-the-Croatian-Literary-Language.html   The principle of the national sovereignty and full equality include also the right of each of our nations [in ex-Yugoslavia] to preserve all the attributes of its national existence and to develop maximally not only its economical, but also its cultural activities. Under these attributes, the most important role has the national name of the language, which the Croatian people use, because it is the inalienable right of each nation to name its language by its own name... (Quote from the 1967 Declaration) mmatijevic@arhiv.hr (Melita Matijeviæ) Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9021/1/100-Years-of-Tamburitza-Music-in-Carinthia.html Tamburitza music greatly influenced Slovenians to start organizing cultural events in Carinthia. It is said tambura instruments have charm and a strong appeal.  TEPESHK@aol.com (Katarina Tepesh) Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9019/1/Colonel-Mark-Cook-and-the-Lipik-Orphanage.html  Colonel Mark Cook, outstanding British humanist, in a crucial way contributed to rebuilding of the Lipik Orphanage that was totally destroyed by Greater Serbian forces in 1991. This project included many people throughout the world, and resulted in a beutifully renovated building in 1993. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9017/1/Brigham-Young-University-is-seeking-contributions-of-digital-Croatian-historical-documents.html   EuroDocs is a portal to European primary historical documents. Please consider this a call and an invitation to join the EuroDocs family to help build primary historical documentation online for the European country or countries of your choice. You can request a password, after which you are invited to contribute as few or as many links to historical documents online as you like. deyrupma@shu.edu (Marta Mestrovic Deyrup, Ph.D.) Sat, 07 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9010/1/Damir-Matausic-sculptor-and-medal-designer.html   The medal designer creates this system gradually as a symbolic sublimation of history. The central circle of values - the national culture - has been analitically articulated by Matausic. I would say: An incredible artist.   letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8988/1/Mijo-Juriae-Osamnaesto-Proljeaee.html   Na svim stranama osjeæalo se zajedni¹tvo i odluènost u borbi za samostalnost. Sloga i solidarnost postajale su dio nas. Pokrenuta je akcija prikupljanja novca za gradnju autoceste Zagreb - Split, koju smo veæ bili nazvali Autocesta kralja Tomislava. Ljudi su davali od srca, neki i preko granica svojih moguænosti. Govorilo se veæ i o èlanstvu Hrvatske u UN-u, o samostalnom nastupanju hrvatskih ¹porta¹a itd...1971. prodecor@aon.at (Mijo Juriæ) Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8985/1/Marta-Mestrovic-Deyrup-Digital-Scholarship-Access-for-a-Connected-World.html   Keynote Address: Croatian Academy of America Annual Meeting, February 24, 2007. When I was asked to speak to you about the topic of digital scholarship, I thought at once about the activities of the Croatian Academy of America in particular in regards to its publication, the Journal of Croatian Studies. The journal, which began publication in 1960. deyrupma@shu.edu (Marta Mestrovic Deyrup, Ph.D.) Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8982/1/Genocides-most-wanted-Countries-and-people-shouldnt-be-allowed-to-get-away-with-genocide.html     rullid@yahoo.com (Dino Rulli, Ph.D.) Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8975/1/Joseph-Haydn---Austrian-and-Croatian-composer.html Jospeh Haydn (1738-1803) used numerous themes from Croatian musical folklore in his enormous opus. He named one of his songs Volkslied, before it became the anthem ("Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser" - God Save the Emperor Franz). So, whenever you hear the German national anthem, remember its Croatian roots. An outstanding English scholar Sir William Hadow published a monograph in London in 1897, dealing with a Croatian composer - Joseph Haydn.  darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8929/1/Croatian-Gallery-2006.html We invite you to an excursion to Croatian Gallery 2006. It shows that Croatia is not at all a small country. Did you know that a mechanical and fountain pen have been constructed in Croatia? And the name of pen was given in honour of the inventor - E. Penkala.   darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8925/1/George-quotCatfishquot-Metkovich---Outfielder-and-First-Baseman.html Got the nickname "Catfish" from his Boston teammates, after he stepped on a catfish while trying to pull the hook out of its mouth and a barbed fin went through the crepe sole of his shoe, incapacitating him during Spring training.   olujanovine@hotmail.com (Tomislav Kapular) Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8911/1/Croatian-Gallery-2005.html Croatian Gallery 2005 is a web collection of photos and articles representing some of the most interesting features of Croatian history, culture and science. It shows that Croatia is not at all a small country, as many say. Its contributions in many fields of human activities are outstanding.   darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8905/1/Amateur-Radio-Club-Koprivnica-Celebrates-60-Years.html    stecak@sbcglobal.net (Marko Puljiæ) Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8897/1/January-15th-Croatia8217s-International-Day-of-Recognition.html   The new Baska Tablet was introduced on the set of a special edition of HRT on January 15, 1992 for the day that Croatia was internationally recognized by 30 countries in Europe and the world. boris@studio-international.com (Boris Ljubièiæ, Akademski Slikar) Sun, 14 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8872/1/Admiral-Lunney-continues-with-Peter-Tomichs-story-in-The-American-Legion.html   2.5 million copies sold. Story about Croatian American hero Peter Tomich. Thank you Admiral Lunney and The American Legion. letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Sun, 17 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8869/1/William-Feller--outstanding-Croatian---American-mathematician.html  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. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8823/1/Tens-of-thousands-gather-for-15th-anniversary-of-Vukovar-siege-1991---2006.html Vukovar, a city of 44,600, was captured by the Yugoslav army and Serb rebels in November 1991, at the end of a three-month siege. Buildings were razed, more than 1,000 civilians were massacred and 22,000 were expelled. On Friday a museum dedicated to the siege was opened in the basement of a hospital which came under attack almost daily.   letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Sat, 18 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8812/1/Albert-Einsteins-protest-against-the-murder-of-Milan-Sufflay-in-Zagreb-in-1931.html 75 years since an appeal of Albert Einstein and Heinrich Mann to the League of Nations against the murder of Croatian scholar Dr Milan Sufflay in Croatian captial Zagreb in 1931 at the age of 52   darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Mon, 13 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8807/1/Tesla-Motors---Electric-Car.html    With the Tesla Roadster, you get great acceleration and the highest energy efficiency at the same time. All while requiring no special driving skills to enjoy it. This makes the Tesla Roadster six times as efficient as the best sports cars while producing one-tenth of the pollution.   c.mateo@verizon.net (Martin Cvjetkoviæ) Sun, 12 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8809/1/8220Croatia-My-Lovequot---the-truth-about-the-Homeland-War-in-Croatia.html "Croatia My Love", the film, depicts the truth about the Homeland War in Croatia. The proceeds from the sale of entry tickets to Jakov Sedlar's film, "Croatia My Love" ("Hrvatska ljubavi moja") will be paid into a 'foundation fund for the truth about the Homeland War in Croatia', located in Zagreb. antem@westnet.com.au (Jean Lunt Marinovic) Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8778/1/Rainbow-over-the-city-of-Zagreb--October-20th--2006--7-AM-Just-before-sunrise.html An attempt to explain the double rainbow can be found in Isaac Newton's book "The Optics", on p 147. No surprise. But the surprise is that on that page Newton cites a Croatian Jesuit, humanist and scientist Marc Antun Dominis (1560-1624). He spent six years in London, being invited by the English King James I. He lived at the Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury and was appointed to be the Windsor Dean and the King's chancellor.   darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8765/1/THE-BANJA-LUKA-DIOCESE-FROM-1881-TO-2006.html THE BANJA LUKA DIOCESE IN WORD AND PICUTRE FROM 1881 TO 2006, on the occasion of 125 years since founding the Diocese, a monumental and important book written by Franjo Maric and Anto Orlovic   darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8749/1/-A-Croatian-glagolitic-book-written-in-1395-in-Prague-Czechia-kept-in-France.html The Reims Evangelistary, or The Coronation Book, a Croatian glagolitic book written in 1395 in Prague, Czechia, kept in Reims in France since the 16th century, with which French kings were sworn in during the coronation in the Reims cathedral, among them Louis XIV  darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8723/1/On-This-Day-September-21-1947-Fiorello-La-Guardia-Dies.html   Fiorello La Guardia, three-time Mayor of New York City, died today in his sleep. Mr. La Guardia, through his knowledge of Yiddish, German, French, Italian and several Croatian dialects, obtained a job as interpreter at Ellis Island. He attended New York University Law School at night, and eventually was transferred to the legal department of the immigration service...   stecak@sbcglobal.net (Marko Puljiæ) Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8699/1/Old-Photos-of-Croatians.html    Joseph M. Settich (left) was a student of St. Joseph Catholic School in St. Louis. This school was a part of St. Joseph Croatian parish and was closed in the 1980's. Joseph became a prominent attorney in St. Louis until his death in 1971. This photo was taken circa 1931. Photos submitted by Robert Settich. stecak@sbcglobal.net (Marko Puljiæ) Thu, 14 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8536/1/E-Croatia-Officially-Condemns-Communist-Crimes.html Croatia Officially Condemns Communist Crimes Monday , 03 July 2006 Croatia on Friday joined the countries which have officially condemned communist crimes, with parliament adopting a declaration condemning crimes committed during the communist regime in Croatia from 1945 to 1990, and a declaration on the 1995 Operation Storm. The declaration condemning communist crimes says the fall of totalitarian communist regimes was not always followed by investigations of crimes committed by those regimes, that perpetrators were not brought to international justice, and that the consequence is a very low public awareness of those crimes. The Sabor is convinced that people's knowledge and awareness of historical events is one of the conditions to avert similar crimes in the future, reads the declaration. It underlines that the condemnation of crimes committed by totalitarian communism contained in the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly's Resolution binds the Croatian parliament to condemn every crime committed in the name of totalitarian communism against Croatian citizens and Croats at home and abroad. The Sabor maintains it should become the key national institution for the condemnation of crimes committed by Yugoslav and Croatian totalitarian communism, and that science and judicial institutions should systematically investigate the history of those crimes. The Storm declaration says the operation was a victorious and decisive one, and that this military and police action must be understood also as an international allied war operation. The purpose and true objective of Storm was the liberation of occupied Croatian territory, the declaration reads, adding that the action was prepared and carried out by honouring all regulations of international war, humanitarian and civil law as well as all international commitments. Storm was a decisive battle not only for the war in Croatia but also for the end of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the declaration reads. It says that the Sabor, Croatian experts, science and education institutions and the media have the obligation to transform the operation into a battle which must not and will not be forgotten. Remembering Storm is necessary for ourselves and our neighbours so that wars would not break out in this region again and so that Storm could be remembered as not only victorious and decisive, but also as "the last Croatian battle," the declaration says. Adopting the two declarations, moved by independent MP Slaven Letica, parliament wrapped up this week's sitting and will resume the 21st session on July 4. Croatian News Agency-HINA http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=34300 nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8535/1/E-Admiral-Lunney-on-TV-interviewed-about-Peter-Tomich.html Admiral Lunney's TV Interview about Peter Tomich MOH   http://www.croatianworld.net/Letters/Lunney RNN TV.wmv nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8533/1/E-Croatia-marks-150th-anniversary-of-Nikola-Teslas-birth.html Croatia marks 150th anniversary of inventor's birth   A newly erected monument of scientist Nikola Tesla stands in his native village of Smiljan. Croatia has marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of Nikola Tesla, one of the pioneers of modern electrical engineering, who won fame in the United States as one of the world's greatest inventors.(AFP/Hrvoje Polan) by Zeljka Bilandzija Mon Jul 10, 12:34 PM ET SMILJAN, Croatia (AFP) - Croatia has marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of Nikola Tesla, one of the pioneers of modern electrical engineering, who won fame in the United States as one of the world's greatest inventors. "I am happy that we are here today to celebrate Tesla, a Croatian Serb, a son of Croatia and a citizen of the world," Croatian President Stipe Mesic said Monday. He spoke at a ceremony held just near the house where the scientist, an ethnic Serb, was born in 1856 in the south-central village of Smiljan while Croatia was a part of the old Austro-Hungarian empire. The event was attended along with several hundred people by Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, Mesic's Serbian counterpart Boris Tadic, other officials, foreign diplomats and representatives of Croatian Serbs. The officials emphasized that Tesla symbolized Croatia's and Serbia's shared past before the bloody break-up of the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s. They said his anniversary could be an occasion for further boosting of trust between the two countries, citing notably the scientist's statement that he was equally proud of his Serb origin and Croatian homeland. Ties between Croatia and Serbia have been gradually improving since Zagreb's 1991-1995 war of independence from the former Yugoslavia. During the war Belgrade politically and militarily backed Serb rebels who fought Zagreb forces. "I am happy that this ceremony is an opportunity to show that Croat-Serb relations are definitely entering a normal phase," Mesic emphasized. In Smiljan, the officials opened a Tesla memorial complex, including his restored childhood house. It has been turned into a museum with exhibits focusing on the early years and first inventions of the gifted child, who defied his father's wish that he follow in his footsteps and become a priest. The complex also includes a multimedia centre connected to the Niagara Falls power plant in the United States, which was designed by the inventor. Later in the day a monument to the scientist which was destroyed at the outbreak of the 1991-1995 war was to be unveiled in the nearby town of Gospic. The Croatian government late last year declared 2006 "The Year of Nikola Tesla." The US ambassador to Croatia and US President George W. Bush's envoy for the occasion, Robert Bradtke, recalled a message sent by Bush to Mesic in May to mark Tesla's anniversary. "Nikola Tesla is a proof that real greatness surpasses national borders and differences," Bradtke said in the Croatian language, quoting comments made by Bush. At the age of 28, Tesla moved to the United States where his genius blossomed as he churned out a vast of array of inventions, the most famous of which was the alternating current (AC) motor, used the world over today. A pioneer in the days when electricity was changing everyday life, Tesla was touted last year as one of the 100 greatest Americans by the Discovery Channel, the US cable television science and nature network. He patented more than 700 inventions over the years, including wireless communication, remote control and fluorescent lighting. Though he made the cover of Time magazine in 1931, Tesla, by then a naturalised American who saw himself as a citizen of the world, died alone in a New York hotel 12 years later at the age of 86. http://news.yahoo.com nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Tue, 11 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8534/1/E-ISLAND-OF-SUSAK.html ISLAND OF SUSAK     http://www.cosy.sbg.ac.at/~zzspri/travels/susak/ (in the Apsyrtides Archipelago) During our holidays in May 1998 we got a chance to make a boat trip to SUSAK Island. We boarded a medium size motor boat at CIKAT bay that took about 45 minutes to arrive at Susak's small harbor. This trip was for me a kind of old time remembrance as I made the same passage some 49 years ago. At those times Susak had still good economic basis which declined precipitously in the following 35 years. The exposed position of Susak at northern Adriatic and its vicinity to Italy caused this decline. Yugoslav Navy closed the island to foreign tourist and one needed police's permission to go over in a fisherman's boat from Mali Losinj harbor. It may be of some interest to see how the Islands' population changed during the period from 1857 to 1991 in some Adriatic islands. As a random sample I choose two most exposed islands from military point of view (Susak and Vis) and four other Adriatic islands down the coast.   Island  & municipality  1857 1910  -WW1 1921  +WW1 1931  Crisis 1948  +WW2 1991  Home War CRES 7.955 8.739 8.343 8.378 6.826 3.238 SUSAK 1.089 1.412 1.564 1.541 1.629 188 ZLARIN 1.643 1.846 1.980 1.480 896 359 HVAR 12.271 16.943 17.130 14.428 12.611 11.459 VIS 6.304 10.107 9.788 8.756 7.485 4.430 MLJET 1.330 1.915 1.934 2.050 2.086 1.237 Note: -WW1 -> World War One (1914-18); +WW1 -> After World War One Crisis - World wide economic crisis; +WW2 -> World War Two; Home War -> in 1991/2 prior to the Independence of Croatia I believe the above data give quite a significant information about the major emigration periods from six Adriatic islands. The islands changed hands between states like: Italy, Austrian-Hungarian Double Monarchy, to Kingdom of Yugoslavia and as from 1945 all to S.F.R. Yugoslavia. Southward aerial viev on Island of Susak. THE ISLAND OF SUSAK (SANSICUO or SANSACUS) The island of Susak is situated in the west of Kvarner's bay in the northern part of the Adriatic Sea with the northern latitude at 44°31' and eastern one at 14°19'. The surface of the island is 375 hectares with the highest elevation point at 98 m above sea level. Susak is a small open sea island that significantly differs from all other islands of Aspyrtides archipelago in geology, its non symmetrical shape and less indented shore. Susak is situated westward of Mali Losinj's harbor and across Channel of Unije. The islands Veli and Mali Srakan and Unije are further northwards where as island of Losinj closer i.e. some 8 miles from Mali Losinj's harbor. Susak is truly small island being 3 km long and 1.5 km wide. Its relief is not flat everywhere as there are depressions and ravines, which appeared as the result of loose sand erosion. Flat areas occupy the largest percentage of the island (253 ha or 67%), coves and depression some 107 ha or 29% while the rest the total island surface (15 ha or 4%) occupies the only settlement. It's a small wonder of nature differing by many characteristics to other Adriatic islands. The thick layers of minute sand of Aeolian origin cover deep down basic calcareous foundation of the island. One still doesn't know exactly how this sandy island developed. The first researches started Abbot Albert Fortis in 1770 and in 1903 D. Gorjanovic suggested that lower sandy layers were sediments created by the inflow of river Po. The upper layers of yellow sandy loamy material are Aeolin alluvion blown and deposited on top here. In thick layers of fine sand are concealed remnants of terrestrial snails but there aren't any remnants of sea life organisms (A. Bognar, 1979). It has also been suggested that submarine springs caused sand accumulation which surfaced with tectonic elevations. Ivan the Deacon mentioned the island's name as SANSAGUS in the Venetian chronicle for the first time in 844. Surprisingly there is a large number of old nautical charts, where the island is mentioned under the name of SUSAK. It was an important navigational western point of the archipelago on the outer sea passage from Istria to central Dalmatia. The oldest nautical chart, which mentions Susak, is "Carta Pisana" from the late 13th century. Its name is also found on 14th and 15th century charts including all the charts of Dutch and Italian cartographers of 16th century. Sgrooten's chart from 1593 contains for the first time a scheme of the settlement. Cornellius' chart from the late 17th century mentions the settlement's name with a tower as "Villa e torre di Sansego". In a more detailed chart by A. Fortis of 1771 shown is a settlement with the church , a harbor and a few coves and capes. Northward aerial view of the Old Susak - the Upper settlement - and the island's harbor. HISTORY OF THE ISLAND SUSAK The history books mention Sansego alias Susak relatively late. Early 11th century Ivan the Deacon wrote about Saracens who destroyed a Venetian fleet made them run away near the island in 844. Afterwards Susak was mentioned several times in various documents, charts and official papers of Venetian dodges like in 1208, 1229, 1280 and 1356. The island's history is painful but glorious since it has been exposed to conquest, plunder and violation of basic human rights, freedom and dignity. First known inhabitants were the Illyrians and some Greek sailors reached also this island. Romans settled down here some time before the birth of Christ. Under their domination Susak and other islands of Kvarner area, Istria and Dalmatia fall under the jurisdiction of the Province of Dalmatia. Together they became a part of the Illyrian Province. The Croats populated these islands in the early Middle Ages. After their immigration they lived together with other inhabitants under the supreme rule of the Byzantine Emperor. These islands became a part of the Croatian Kingdom during 10th and 11th centuries, which was reigned by a Hungarian king later. The Venetian Republic ruled over some islands until 1797 when they become part of the Napoleon's Illyria until 1815. The Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy annexed this region as per the Viennese congress' resolution. Susak stays under Monarchy's domination until the end of WW1 when it falls to Italy (the Treaty of Rapallo). There was a short partisan administration in 1943 until the German army occupied Susak staying there until end of WW2 in 1945. At last Susak became part of S.F.R. Yugoslavia upon Peace Treaty of Paris in 1947. POPULATION OF THE ISLAND SUSAK Susak was a summer resort for wealthier Romans who came from the land or the near-by islands. After the Saracens had defeated Venetians in the north Adriatic some took refuge on islands like Srakane and Susak. There was a Benedictine monastery on Susak since 11th century but inhabitants' number and dwellings are unknown. As from 14th century the monastery has declined and the church, as well as other churches on Unije and Ilovik turned into ruins. I've noticed some people having a different complexion compared to the other islanders during my first visit to Susak in 1949. One told us about several French armies' deserters who found refuge on the island early in 18th century. Soon after problems aggravated with the Yugoslav Navy on Susak which caused the great population exodus. The baroque altar to St.Nicholas from 17th century a cross from 12th century. 'VELI BUOH' in the parish church on Island of Susak. Now, 49 years later, Susak's small harbor provides a perfect mooring for sailing boats. Close to it a new settlement sprang out on old ground and one sees a lot of building activities still going on. In the Lower Susak one sees mostly renovated old houses and several newly built ones for tourists. There are few new commercial venues like restaurants, rent-a-houses and a new wine merchant enterprise. One has to ascend a steep stairway to get to the historical old or Upper Susak. We've visited there the recently refurbished Parish church where I've met Don Antun Turcic who presented me the first copy of his book (used for reference here). Most impressing of impressing items in the church is the cross "Veli Buoh" (Great God). Nobody knows how this cross (estimated from 12th century) came to the island but a legend says that it was washed ashore. Along a ravine grows reed and bamboo in the sandy loom of the island's higher plateau. MERINA - the graveyard on the Island of Susak. Reed and bamboo on sands of Susak island. One of Susak's ravine with reed and bamboo Walking on a slightly ascending path out of the village one comes soon to island's only graveyard "Merina" and its chapel of Mournful Lady. I was astonished finding there so many new tombs belonging to people who had emigrated and returned to their native ground as the dead only. It's interesting that there are rather few surnames engraved on white tombstones. These are family's surnames some of which still exist on the island today like: Busanic (6 families), Hroncic (1), Lister (2), Matesic (12), Mirkovic (1), Morin (9), Picinic (18), Sutora (1), Skrivanic (5) and Tarabokija (11). ECONOMY ON SUSAK A Cooperative wine cellar existed from 1936 to 1969 on the island. The late cellar's capacity was 6000 hectoliters and all necessary equipment for manufacturing wine. Before 1940 about 1400 tones of grapes were gathered a year in the period from 15th August until the end of September. The late cooperative produced about 88% of good black wine, 10% of white wine and 2% of table wines only. One produced following sorts: black wines "Suscan" and "Susac", red wine (rose) "Trojiscina", white wine "Krizol" and wines "Boldun" and "Ranac". The sweet "Prosek" is made from dried grapes and is our favorite but is getting to your knees too fast though. Therefore drink it slowly. However, there are some 15 nicely cultivated vineyards albeit 62% of island's surface are still abandoned vineyards today. NATIONAL COSTUME Susak's national costume was somehow different from the all other ones of Adriatic islands. Most interesting is women's costume consisting of several layers which artistic designs originate from various time periods and cultural environments. They are strictly made for a specific life age or certain occasion. Costume named "po susacku" (in a way of Susak) is for every day's use where as the one "po losinsku" (in a way of Losinj) is for festive occasions. Simple working attire of older female has two main characteristics: a very short black skirt "kamizot" hardly reaching knees, a vest called "bust" which tightens chest and waist so that the upper part of the body looks elongated. Bust is a sleeveless vest made of red or blue cloth and worn over a white cotton shirt tightened around the neck with a "bravaroul" made of white flaxen cambric. Black kamizot is opened at sides under which one sees several white kamizots called "suknica". Long linen underpants "mudande" can't be seen. High red socks or slippers "kalcete" are knitted wooden of thin wool weave which reach above knees. An elderly villager dressed po "susasku" and Ljiljana. Two women in festive folk costume. There are many more traditional parts of women's "po losinsku" costume to mention few: a blouse "zabajka", a little apron of artificial silk "tarvijerlica", under folded kamizot worn are many colored under skirts "sukna rakaman". Feet are in pink socks and in leather shoes "postoli" and the wedding crown is known as "vijel". The men's costume looks like from a recent period resembling the one from island Cres and is less attractive then women's one. It consists of a soft and wide black cap, ordinary shirt with white collar, black linen vest, black traditionally cut trousers held by simple belt of knitted of red or pink ribbon looking like a rope. The festive belt is wider and solid pink ribbon decorated with colorful threads. Men's and women's festive folk costume on the Island of Susak. MYTHIC FOLK STORIES Susak's inhabitants are mostly catholic and traditionally follow their religious customs and obligations but are not freed from old superstitious, which also exists on other islands in this area. Werewolves and witches are not familiar to the people by their names and substances. The noun STRIGA (tick) exists and is used as a derogatory term. The word "Mora" (nightmare) is a notion and "Mrak" (dark, darkness) is usually used instead. Mrak is an evil that waits and attacks men or women during nights strangling a person by lying on him or her. Mora differs from mrak for it only squeezes and suffocates but it doesn't suck out a person. It hits a person at crossroads so that head, arm, leg or any other part becomes swollen. There aren't any special means of defense against the darkness except physical resistance and one special element, which can be used against all kinds of evil "Fire". Old inhabitants believe that darkness exists on places like at "Obis" and at "Puntina" and nobody should go there. Those who went would get sick and die soon. Night darkness can harm clothes that a mother had left over night outside to be dried and such can harm a child. It can be fought by fire so a person who carries a torch or just smokes a cigarette is immune to the dark evil influence. Clothes, which were under the influence of darkness, should be put above a fireplace and a circle made around of burning fire. EMIGREES' DESTINY The immigrants' destinies inspired John Matesic from Susak to found "The Society of St. Mikula of Susak" in Hoboken on 18th April 1948. It got its statutory rules and had some 60 members from begin. The society's aim was to help those who fell sick, to find jobs and look after those who came to America from the homeland, to pay for funeral expenses. The members gathered on Saturdays and Sundays to talk and mingle with others and to entertain. Still on Sundays the entire community comes together in St. Anna's church for the holy Mass. The society organizes a big dance four times a year where it collects the money that will be used to help all those in need and for society's needs. The money was also used for renovating St. Nicholas parish church and Merina graveyard on the native island of Susak. There were about 200 members who celebrated Society's 25th anniversary at St. Anna's church in Hoboken. The Society moved to Fairview in New Jersey as from November 1985. Source: (1) Don Antun Turcic: SUSAK - the Island of sand, reed and vineyards; Publisher: Zupni ured Susak 1998, HR-51561 SUSAK 514; ISBN 953-96752-1-9. (2) Petar Strcic, Prof. DSc. Et Al.: CROATIAN ADRIATIC ISLANDS; Publishers: "LAURANA" & "TRSAT" Zagreb 1996. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER : On URL: http://www.cosy.sbg.ac.at/~zzspri/  published pages are originals and authorized by copyright of Zvonko Z. Springer, Salzburg 1999. Email Zvonko Springer at : zzspri@aon.at  http://www.cosy.sbg.ac.at/~zzspri/travels/susak/ nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Tue, 04 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8532/1/E-Group-Therapy-A-Nation-is-Born-by-Courtney-Angela-Brkic.html Group Therapy: A Nation is Born By Courtney Angela Brkic Not so long ago, when Croatia was part of Yugoslavia, soccer was an expression of ethnicity, of political orientation, of self. Many feel that a 1990 match between Zagreb's Dinamo and Belgrade's Red Star marked the beginning of Croatia's war for independence. At the beginning of the match, fans from both sides clashed in the stands and on the field. The Serb-dominated police beat Croatian fans while allowing Serb fans to run amok, and the events caused the already bubbling frustrations with Yugoslavia to boil over. Even the players were not immune. Upon witnessing a policeman beating a fallen Dinamo fan, midfielder Zvonimir Boban karate-kicked him, becoming a hero of the growing independence movement. The war that followed was long and brutal. More than ten thousand people were killed, and one thousand are still missing today. Not surprisingly, tourists stopped visiting the Croatian coast, and the region became associated with suffering. For a country so rich in potential, so enthusiastic about what it could achieve now that it was on its own, being classified simply as a war zone or a former Yugoslav republic was a blow. Croatia's independence was recognized in 1992, but the 1998 World Cup brought another form of recognition. Elation had already begun to sweep the country when Croatia beat powerhouse Germany in the quarterfinals. "Is it really possible?" people seemed to be asking one another, unable to contain their optimism. In Zagreb, large-screen televisions were set up on the city squares so people could watch the Croatia-Netherlands third-place match in raucous groups. It was a Saturday, and I watched in my apartment with friends, drifting out to the balcony to listen to the excited conversations and shouts coming from the cafés below. The sound of cheers filled the air when Croatia scored. It was like the city was one gigantic living room, everyone's eyes on a single television set. Traffic all but stopped, and the street below was empty. When the game finished with Croatia the winner, people flooded the streets. They filled the main square, and that night, all night, we heard happy, drunken voices singing. Coming nearly three years after the war ended, it was an emotional moment in a young country's history. On television, reporters interviewed grown men who could not stop weeping. The country had not seen such unified celebration since its declaration of independence. Now no one could deny Croatia its place on the map. (Courtney Angela Brkic is the author of Stillness: And Other Stories and The Stone Fields: An Epitaph for the Living.) Adapted from The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup, edited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey. HarperCollins, 2006. Printed with permission. http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0606/feature1/index.html#croatia nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Tue, 13 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8531/1/E-Croatia-v-Australia-a-history-lesson-of-the-20th-centurys-longer-migration-trails.html Croatia versus Australia, in Group F, will be a history lesson World Cup teams welcome adopted sons The Sunday Times May 21, 2006 Croatia versus Australia, in Group F, will be a history lesson on one of the 20th century’s longer migration trails. World Cup teams welcome adopted sons Germany’s shock World Cup selection, David Odonkor, is one of many sons of immigrants who will play for their parents’ new nations next month. By Ian Hawkey WORLD CUP hosts Germany have played their Theo Walcott card. When coach J&uumlrgen Klinsmann revealed his 23-man squad there was more bafflement than surprise at the selection of David Odonkor, a 22-year-old Billy Whizz who reckons he might even outsprint Walcott — Odonkor runs 100m in under 11 seconds — and has been picked on potential rather than goalscoring pedigree. He has only two goals in a 73-match Bundesliga career for Borussia Dortmund, and he is a striker. Odonkor had two routes to the World Cup. Being there with Germany would, until Monday, have been considered unlikely, but last year he was contacted by the Ghanaian Football Association, which was interested in seeing if he would like to commit to the country of his father’s birth. He thanked them but decided he would stick with his birthplace, Germany. That did not rule out Ghana, because since January 2004 it has been possible under Fifa regulations for players of dual nationality with junior honours with one country to win senior caps for another. The rule only stipulates that they must make the switch before they are 21. Run through the 736 names going to Germany and political migration is reflected widely. Immigrant communities have always produced a disproportionate number of talented footballers. The relaxed Fifa ruling meant that in the days leading up to last Monday’s deadline for squad announcements, there were frantic manoeuvring by various FAs to see if they could make players their own. Tunisia made a late plea to the exciting France youth player, Hatem Ben Arfa; he turned them down. Angola had been pushing for a pair of former Portugal youth players to represent them. Alas, the cases of Pedro Emanuel and Chainho, both over 21, would not meet Fifa’s guidelines. Angola’s best footballer, Rafael Nando, was hoping to be in Odonkor’s position. Rafael was born in Angola, his parents fled the war there when he was eight, and by his teens he was making a career in Germany. He didn’t make Klinsmann’s squad, but Miroslav Klose and Lucas Podolski did. When they get together, they speak their fathers’ tongue, Polish. When the draw was made, Podolski apparently sent Klose a text message saying: “Can you believe it?” Germany will play Poland in the first round. The squads of France, Switzerland, England, Sweden and Holland are full of first- and second-generation immigrants, their countries having opened their borders in the 1970s and 1980s for political, humane or economic reasons. Holland’s Khalid Boulahrouz is one of several young Dutch-Moroccans making reputations for themselves. Sweden’s attack will be led by the son of a Bosnian, Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Switzerland’s Balon Behrami has a Kosovan background, and Blerim Dzemaili is the child of Macedonian parents. Croatia versus Australia, in Group F, will be a history lesson on one of the 20th century’s longer migration trails. Croatia goalkeeper Joey Didulica grew up in Australia but chose to follow the European branch of his family tree; Mark Viduka could have done the same, and played his first football in Europe for Croatia Zagreb. But next month Viduka will play against Croatia in Stuttgart as a dinkum Aussie. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2093-2189802,00.html nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Sun, 21 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/6216/1/E-Bleiburg-Anthology-by-Jean-Lunt-Marinovic.html   BLEIBURG ANTHOLOGYCroatian literature in the Diaspora has influenced my writing over the years and a constant theme has been the issue of British responsibility for the Bleiburg Genocide of Croatian people after WWII. My Open Letters to television Channels 10 and 28, and articles such as ‘Hiding Bleiburg Won’t Lessen the Guilt’ are typical of much of my earlier writings. (see Appendix) In those articles I have suggested that the genocide of Croatian people was the result of collusion between the British and the Yugoslavs as part of a deal to solve a border dispute. In hindsight however it is clear that the genocide of Croatian people was not the intention of the British leadership. In the West, WWII had officially ended, but in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe the war was not over. Indeed, the Churchill-Tito border conflict over Trieste and Carinthia in 1945 was the reason for Churchill’s famous original Iron Curtain statement, and marked the beginning of the Cold War. In what is also known as the ‘Klagenfurt Conspiracy’ thousands of surrendered Croats were disarmed and repatriated from the British sector of post WWII Austria, but the great majority of those Croats who were massacred by the Yugoslavs never reached the point of surrender, so were the British totally to blame for the massacres because of their relationship with Tito? Rather, it appears in hindsight that post-WWII political decisions illustrated British naivety and the necessary evil of having to spontaneously deal with Bolshevik tactics just when they thought they had won the war against totalitarianism. The 50-50 division of Yugoslavia never transpired as intended by Churchill and Stalin at Yalta. A lot had happened since that time. Although the Soviets did not move into the Croatian territory, their Partisans allies did enter wearing the soviet-supplied red stars. In addition, at the end of WWII most of the former Serbian Chetniks had joined the Partisans, thereafter dominating the ranks of the communist Yugoslav forces. The genocide of Croatian people was ordered by a Serbian-dominated Yugoslav Communist Central Committee.Croatian people in the Diaspora believe that Yugoslav Bolsheviks instigated and carried out the massacres, so it is ironic that they have been influenced by anti-western propaganda that it was the West’s fault. But, perhaps that is not so surprising, in the absence of an official enquiry in the West. Decades after the event some western archives have been opened, and in addition, it is now known that the West itself had been infiltrated by soviet spies preceding and during the Cold War. It is indeed unfortunate for the victims of Bleiburg, even after those discoveries, that no official British enquiry has been forthcoming.As argued above, the responsibility for the genocide of Croatian people does not fit so easily into just one category, and so one needs to look further for answers. There were other historical factors which led up to the tragedy. Perpetual Italian irredentism was an inextricable part of the border issues which the Allies found themselves caught-up in during May 1945. In this context between 1941 and 1945, the Croatian leadership had made flawed political decisions. Unfortunately the Croatian leadership had given in to WWII Italian demands and this decision had an direct effect on the outcome of the war. For example, the Rome pact signed between Italy and Pavelic in 1941, was a significant cause of disunity amongst Croatian people, and as a result many Croats formed their own partisan resistance against Italian occupation. In addition, the Croatian leadership had not had the vision to change allegiance in 1943 at the time of the initial Italian capitulation. It is possible that the 50-50 Yalta agreement between Stalin and Churchill could have been facilitated if the Zagreb leadership had adopted a different foreign policy. The Croatian decision to change allegiance at the end of the war was too late to be of any interest to the Allies who had been forced instead to win the war with the help of the partisans. The political decision to retreat from all Croatian front lines, and to take the same route as the retreating Germans in May 1945, had been made at a parliamentary level in Zagreb on April 30, and carried out after a personal appeal by Archbishop Stepinac. Military advice had not been taken into consideration. This depressing episode of Croatian political history is dealt with in detail in the book, ‘Operation Slaughterhouse’. Another factor may have had a detrimental effect on Allied-Croatian negotiations at Bleiburg. In the poem “The Bleiburg Connection” (see Appendix) the verse “Croatian refugees, lost without a leader” refers to the mysterious disappearance of the Croatian leader Pavelic and his government Ministers in May 1945 Austria. Thus abandoned, the remainder of the Croatian army and civilians were left to deal with the ill-advised political command to abandon the front lines in Croatia, and to evacuate Zagreb en masse. It was revealed later that many WWII Axis leaders had been smuggled out of Europe to South America with the help of the Vatican, and this included Pavelic and many Croatian government Ministers. The top secret Allied-Tito collusion over border issues was not the only clandestine activity going on. Vatican concordats existed with Mussolini, Hitler, and Yugoslavia, but not with Croatia.A concordat between the Vatican and Yugoslavia had been the dream of Croatian pan-slavists since the 19th century. The rise to power of Tito in communist Yugoslavia was facilitated by the Allies in 1945, but Yugoslavism had its roots in the politicization of a pseudo Yugoslav culture in 19th century Zagreb. Without the political support of the feudal estates the 19th century grass-roots Croatian national movement of Starcevic had no hope of survival. In addition, an entire culture, that of the Croatian Orthodox, albeit disappeared from the world. The disappearance of Croatian/Greek Orthodox Churches was the result of an expanding Serbian Orthodox church in the latter half of the 19th century in places it had never existed before inside Croatia and Dalmatia. An artificial south-slavic culture was imposed on Croatian people by the clerical elite who ignored Croatian national aspirations. In 1850 an artificial Serbo-Croatian language had been standardized (Vienna Convention). In 1861 in the sabor Serbs within Croatia were given a constituent status. In 1867 a south-slav or Yugoslav Academy of Arts and Sciences was built in Zagreb, and a Yugoslav ‘National’ Party was created to foster Croatian and Serbian unity, in Zagreb, by Bishop Strossmayer in 1871. So strong was the impetus of pro-Russian slavic ecumenism in Croatia that the London Times wrote in 1870 that Strossmayer wanted to fuse the Catholic minority in South-East Europe with the Greek Orthodox Slavs for the sake of obtaining political unity of the South-Slav nations. The political coalition between Serbs and Croats in the Croatian sabor culminated in the creation of a Yugoslav Committee and the Corfu Declaration of July 1917. In October 1918 the state of Serbs Croats and Slovenes was declared in the Zagreb sabor, which included Serbs and Croats within Croatia, and Slovenia; this union was later joined by Serbia in November 1918 to become the Kingdom of Serbs Croats & Slovenes with its capital in Belgrade. It is clear that 19th century south-slavism, or Yugoslavism in Croatia directly led to the creation of despotic Royalist Yugoslavia and Tito’s rise to power. In the book entitled, “Hrvatski Narodni Preporod U Dalmaciji i Don Mihovil Pavlinovic”, by Benedikta Zelic-Bucan, Matica Hrvatska, Split 1992, it is clear that south slavism in particular was connected to the Croatian religious elite’s ecumenical agenda. Other books confirm this unfortunate development in Croatia, such as “Bishop J.G.Strossmayer: New Light on Vatican I”, by Ivo Sivric, Ziral, Chicago 1975. Nearly fifty years after the Bleiburg Genocide, Croatian people won their freedom. The Yugoslav totalitarian state imploded, yes, but inside Croatia ubiquitous symbols of the artificial south-slavic culture are in every city. There is constant political opposition to public expression of the Croatian national consciousness, except perhaps in sport. Monuments to Croatia’s national leaders, heroes and kings can be only found in sparsely populated villages off the beaten track, with a few exceptions. Croatian people must accept the fact that Yugoslavia was not a British invention and that south-slavism was first politicized in Croatia, and was in fact criticized in the contemporary British press. In conclusion the British may have been instrumental in Tito’s rise to power during WWII, for the purpose of defeating the Axis, but the genocide of Croatian people was never intended by the British, and the belief that the British created Yugoslavia is ridiculous.Jean Lunt MarinovicMay 2006Appendix: A Condensed anthology of Bleiburg articles by Jean Lunt Marinovic2004 Tito’s Terrorism, article.2002 Has Mesic Lost Touch With His Own People, article.2001 Lessons From Bleiburg, Open Letter2000 Is the West on Trial at the Hague, article. 1999 Preserve Maribor Genocide Evidence, article. 1987 Hiding Bleiburg Won’t Lessen the Guilt, article. 1986 To Live in Harmony: Open Letter to Channel 28 Vox Populi.1986 Exodus from Yugoslavia to Australia, brochure.1986 Not a Single Bird, After Taking Flight Stops in Mid Air, speech. 1986 UN Year of Peace, Open Letter to Australian Coordinator. 1985 Open Letter to Channel Ten in Sydney. 1985 The Ambush at Bleiburg: 40th Anniversary, poem1984 The Bleiburg Connection, poem1983 A Vision of Freedom, poem. Jean Lunt MarinovicMay 2006Copyright www.croatianviewpoint.com   Formatted for CROWN by Ivo Bach  nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Thu, 18 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/6214/1/E-Russia-Will-Pay-Off-USSR-Debts-to-Croatia.html  Russia Will Pay Off USSR Debts to CroatiaRussian Finance Ministry managed to decide upon USSR’s unsettled debt in clearing currency to ex-Yugoslavia--$806 million. According to Kommersant’s information, Russia and Croatia are to sign an agreement on Russia’s paying $185.7 million of the debt by commodity supply. Other part of the debt, $105 million, will be covered through Tekhnopromexport’s building a power unit for heat power plant. The rest will be paid in helicopters. Yet, the question of Russia’s debt to Serbia and Montenegro will probably be put off till 2007 due to the upcoming Montenegro’s separation from Serbia. The larger part of USSR’s debt to Yugoslavia, 1.291 billion clearing dollars (at the exchange rate of 0.625 rubles for 1 US dollar), appeared as a result of price reduction on oil imported into USSR in exchange for goods and industrial equipment. Russia's Vneshekonombank (Foreign Trade Bank) estimated the debt in June 2001. The debt was distributed between all ex-Yugoslavia republics: 38 percent to Serbia and Montenegro, 23 percent to Croatia, 16 percent to Slovenia, 7.5 percent to Macedonia, 15.5 percent to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Paying the debts off had been delayed till recently due to the prolonged talks with Bosnia.However, the process moved on in early May. Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov gave approval to agreement with Croatia on covering the debt by supplying goods and services for $185.7 million. The agreement is to be settled by late May. Tekhnopromexport informed Kommersant that the larger part of the debt, $105 million, will be paid off by constructing a new 230-megawatt power unit for the heat power plant in the city of Sisak. The corresponding agreement with Croatia is to be signed soon.Tekhnopromexport has already signed contract for a large-scale project in ex-Yugoslavia on May 10. It will build two 900-megawatt power units in Novi-Sad in Serbia in cooperation with Swiss company Mentor Energy. Russia will supply helicopters to Croatia to pay off the last part of the debt. Russian Ministry of Finance was about to make agreements to cover $306 debt to Serbia and Montenegro. Yet, the process was suspended due to the referendum on Montenegro’s separation. Around a year and a half might be needed to continue the talks, should Montenegro separate from Serbia. The debt to ex-Yugoslavia is one of the last unsettled “clearingâ€? debts of former USSR. http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?id=673846   nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Thu, 18 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/6213/1/E-Founded-in-1857-CROATIAN-AMERICAN-CULTURAL-CENTER.html  CROATIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTERHome of the Slavonic Mutual and Benevolent SocietySan Francisco (Founded 1857)A Non-Profit OrganizationPRESIDENT OF CROATIA IN SAN FRANCISCOA Reception honoring the President of Croatia, Stjepan Mesic, was held Saturday April 8, 2006 from 5PM to 8PM at theCroatian American Cultural Center in San Francisco. Over 200 members of our Society and members of the local CroatianFraternal Union attended.The Event commenced with an introduction of the President of Croatia and a short history of the oldest Croatian Society inAmerica (1857) in the Croatian language by Society Vice President Adam S. Eterovich; introductory remarks by SocietyPresident Sam Mosunic included mention of the Croatian Ambassador to America, Neven Jurica, and Croatian ConsulGeneral Ante Barbir also in attendance. President Mesic gave an excellent talk on the present status of Croatia. He waspresented with a San Francisco Cable Car and a history of Croatians in California, 1849-1999 as a gift.Tamburitza Band Novi-Stari and Dalmacijo Singers played two old Croatian melodies for the President. At the conclusion ofthe Reception Sam Mosunic and Adam Eterovich toasted the president with a good glass of California Zinfandel wine.Zinfandel originated in Dalmatia, Croatia.On November 17, 1857 in San Francisco a group of Dalmatians from Croatia organized the oldest Croatian Society in America then called the Slavonic Illyric Society. The present flag of Croatia incorporates Illyria along with Dalmatia, Slavonia,Dubrovnik and Istria. The Society, purchased a Croatian Catholic Cemetery in 1861; founded a Library in 1869; was theprime organizor of the Croatian and Slovene Catholic Church of Nativity in San Francisco in 1900. The Society built the firstcultural center in America at Sutter Creek, Amador County in 1873. Our Gold Rush pioneers had a branch of the Society inthe Amador, a branch in Sacramento in 1859, and a branch in Watsonville, California. Our membership includes sixgenerations of Californians. Our Logo or Coat of Arms incorporates the American Flag, the red, white and blue Croatian Flag,a fox and star as found in the Arms of Slavonia in Croatia. The flag of Croatia was first flown in America by our pioneers inCalifornia in 1857. Sam Mosunic     Adam S. EterovichPresident           Vice President nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Thu, 18 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/6211/1/H-Ergelu-u-Djakovu-posjetila-Engleska-Kraljica.html  DRZAVNA ERGELA LIPICANACA  DJAKOVOKraljica Elizabeta II, princ Filip i princeza Margareta uDjakovuDoci u Djakovo, a, uz katedralu i druge znamenitosti biskupskoga grada, ne vidjeti Drzavnu ergelu lipicanskih konja, pravi je grijeh. Duga tradicija lipicanskog uzgoja toliko je ukorijenjena u ovaj prostor da je on sastavni, punopravni dio njegove svake turisticke, gospodarske i sportske razglednice.Vrijednost Ergele, njene vrhunske uzgojne, selekcijske i sportske rezultate u konjogojstvu 1997.godine prepoznala je i drzava koja je toj ustanovi tada postala 100 % vlasnik. Vlada RH postala je vlasnik Ergele u trenutku kada ta ustanova u ukupnom lipicanskom uzgoju RH participira sa cak 30 - tak posto Do pojave lipicanaca na nasim prostorima prevladavali su konji drugih pasmina poput arapa i noniusa. Djakovacka ergela prvi put se spominje 1506. god.  i to u vezi sa Djakovackim biskupom Mijom Kesaricem koji je imao ergelu od 90 arapskih konja, no neki podaci govore da je ergela postojala i prije njenog pisanog spominjanja. Ergelu su osnovali bosansko srijemski biskupi na posjedima dobivenim darovnicom ugarsko - hrvatskog kralja Kolomana 1239.god.Uzgojno-selekcijski rad lipicanske pasmine konja u Djakovu, a time i u Hrvatskoj, datira od 1806.g. kada su rasplodna grla ove pasmine zbog ratnih opasnosti preseljena iz Ergele Lipica u ergelu Djakovacke biskupije. Djakovacki lipicanac odraz je uvjeta i prilika koji su utjecali na njegov uzgoj. On predstavlja snazniji tip i veci okvir u odnosu na uzgoj u ergelama Lipica i Piber. Kao pasmina lipicanci su pogodni za razna sportska i turnirska natjecanja, gdje su postigli zapazene rezultate na mnogim medjunarodnim priredbama. Rad na uzgoju i formiranju Djakovackog lipicanca je pod stalnim nadzorom konjogojskih strucnjaka, koji su u uzgoju dali zapazene rezultate. Uzgojno-selekcijski rad temelji se na strogoj i sustavnoj selekciji izborom elitnih grla za daljnji uzgoj sto potvrdjuju mnoga medjunarodna priznanja.Ergela  Djakovo funkcionira danas na dvije lokacije: 1.  IVANDVOR :                             - 1912. god je biskup Ivan Krapac izgradio staje za konje i stanove za ergelaske radnike. Ti su objekti izvorni oblik i vizure sacuvali do danas, a stopljeni s krajolikom i uronjeni u uhu ugodnu tisinu, uzajamnu privrzenost ovdasnjeg covjeka  i lipicanskog konja, ambijent su nad kojim mnogima zastaje dah. Isti objekti su ove godine obnovljeni: promijenjeno kroviste, obojena glavna stala, prilazni putovi nasuti kamenom, napravljeno parkiraliste.                           - tu je smjesteno maticno stado kobila i pomladak koji se ondje odgaja i othranjuje do svoje trece godine nakon cega muska zdrebad odlazi na obuku u Pastuharnu u -Djakovo.                           - lokacija Ivandvor  okruzena je sa 310 hektara livada i oranica koje radnici Ergele obradjuju vlastitom mehanizacijom i na taj nacin osiguravaju gotovo svu potrebnu hranu za konje u tijeku jedne godine (sijeno, slama zob).2. PASTUHARNA.                       - nalazi se u samom centru Djakova, koju tijekom god. posjeti samo oko 10000                           turistaiz Hrvatske i inozemstva. U uredima pastuharne nalaze se mnogi                  strucni zapisi, originalni rodovnici najvrednijih primjeraka, stotine                                    pozlacenih i srebrnih pehara koje su osvajali Djakovacki konji na brojnim                          prvenstvima , te na pocasnom mjestu crnobijelu fotografiju britanske kraljevske                                      obitelji snimljene u pastuharni koju su kraljica Elizabeta II, princ Filip i                         princeza Margareta svojerucno potpisali prilikom posjeta ergeli 1972. god. PLAN RAZVOJA DRZAVNE ERGELE LIPICANACA - DJAKOVO A) IZGRADNJA ZATVORENE DVORANE ZA KONJICKE SPORTOVE:             - lokacija DJAKOVO - PASTUHARNA.,            - period izgradnje 2005-ta godina - 2008 -e godine.,            - cijena projekta -financira vlada RH u iznosu od=2.300.000,00 EUR-a.,            - gradjevinska dozvola ishodjena.,            - projekt i troskovnicinapravljeni .,            - karakteristike dvorane:                        - velicina                                             44,65 m x 75 m                        - prostor zajahanje-parkur                  27,50 m x 64,50 m                        - tribina                                               800-1000posjetitelja                        - boksovi za konje                               18kom                        - ugostiteljskiprostor                           200 m2                                              - uredski prostor                                  250 m2                               - suvenirnica                                        20 m2                        - parkiraliste za                                    50automobila   B) UREDJENJE LOKACIJE IVANDVOR ( smjestene rasplodne kobile i omad ) Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  - izmjena krovista na glavnojstali Ivandvor u tijeku.,            - obnavljanje fasade na glavnojstali Ivandvor u tijeku.,            - uredjenje prostora oko glavne stale s parkiralistem cca 2.000 m2 -pripremljen                 za asfaltiranje            - projekt financira MinistarstvoPoljoprivrede sumarstva i Vodnog Gospodarstva                         i Ministarstvo turizma Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Objekt nakonobnove                              Objekt prije obnove Â Â Â                           C) ADAPTACIJA STARIH UREDSKIH PROSTORIJA - U MUZEJ            - vlastita sredstva            - donacijeD) KOVACNICA- PRETVORITI U MUZEJ            - vlastita sredstva            - donacije Z A K L J U C A K ERGELA DANAS:-        jedina Drzavna ergela-        financira se sa oko 65 % iz Drzavnog proracuna-        jedina