Croatian Homeland, drawn by Zdenka Seršić. 
Croatian Homeland, better known as Lijepa Naša - Our Beautiful, is the text of the Croatian national anthem, written by Antun Mihanović.
Zdenka Sertić (1899-1986), Croatian painter; a photo from her youth.
The above photos by the courtesy of Dr. 
Mladen Ibler, Denmark. Many thanks!
      
Marko Tolja and Olja'zz Band: Božić u kazalištu
uz orkestar i zbor opere HNK Ivana pl. Zajca u Rijeci
        Merry Christmas and all the best to 
Mr. Slobodan Praljak and his family. Portrayed by 
Mr. Ante Gotovina, Croatian general.
Slobodan PraljakP. O. Box 13888, 2501 EW The Hague,The NetherlandsChristmas joy and pain. 
Mr. Dario Kordić, here with his wife Venera, was unjustly imprisoned in 2001 in Graz, Austria, sentenced to 25 years.
Dario Kordić, G-416
 Justizanstalt Karlau 
 Herrgottwisgasse 50
 A – 8020 Graz
  
                       | ...Ali  vratimo se istinskim vrijednostima hrvatskog naroda. Vratimo se  Dariju  Kordiću i sjetimo se kako je upravo on pokazao koliko je iznad  onih  koji su ga osudili i iznad njihovih slugu. Dariova supruga Venera  kaže  ("Hrvatski list" od 23. prosinca 2004.):
 
 
 "Živa  je  istina da mu je to bilo u istrazi ponuđeno preko odvjetnika: ukoliko   optuži Tuđmana i Šuška, doći će do nagodbe sa Sudom! Da je to napravio,   bio bi danas vani na slobodi kao i svi drugi optuženici. Zašto nije?  Jer  je, kako mi kaže, ponosan na te ljude, ponosan što je bio s njima,   ponosan što ih je uopće poznavao. Ne može njih optuživati za nešto što u   biti nema veze s njima. Dario nije želio nikoga drugoga optužiti jer   nije želio izaći iz zatvora na grbači drugih. Rekao mi je da bi to bilo   sramotno, da ne bi mogao s tim živjeti, a najbitnije mu je, što je   nekoliko puta ponavljao, 'da sljedećih deset godina mogu samog sebe   pogledati u zrcalu te da mogu uspravno stajati pred svojom obitelji'." 
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 Akademik Josip Pečarić
 Izvor www.hkv.hr
 
 
 | ...  But, let us return to the true values of Croatian people. Let us return  to Dario Kordić and let us remember how he in person showed how much  higher he is above thosed who sentenced him, and their servants. Dario's  wife Venera said the following to "Hrvatski list" on 23rd December  2004:
 
 
 "It is a living  truth that the following has been offered to him by means of his  attorney: if he accused Tuđman and Šušak, there would have been a deal  with the Court! If he did this, he would have been freed, as had been  the case with others accused. But why didn't he do this? Because, as he  said, he was proud of these people, proud that he was with them, and  proud that he knew them. He could not accuse them for something that had  nothing to do with them. Dario did not want to accuse anybody, becuse  he did not want to be set free on the backs of others. He told me that  it would have been shameful, he could not have lived with this. And most  essential for him was, and he repeated this several times, that he  could view himself in a mirror, and that he could stand upright in front  of his family."
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 Academician Josip Pečarić
 Source www.hkv.hr
 
 
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Kristian Kreković: Virgin Mary with Jesus, surrounded with angels representing   all human races. 
Kept in the Vatican Library.   Source of the photo: www.kristiankrekovic.com
Formated for CROWN by Darko Žubrinić
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