(E) Film Review - The Avoidable War
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By Nenad N. Bach
Published on 03/19/2002
To: letters@nytimes.com
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 00:27:21 -0800
Subject: Film Review
Letters to the Editor
New York Times
New York, N.Y.
March 16, 2002
Dear Editor:
In the review of Serb producer Bogdanich's film "Yugoslavia, the
Avoidable War" film critic Stephen Holden errs when stating that "it
would be inaccurate to label this documentary pro-Serbian". While he
sees through most of the fallacies parading as facts, the reviewer
evidently does not have any knowledge of events in WWII Yugoslavia and
therefore falls easy prey to the film's portrayals of all Croatians as
Nazi collaborators. Not only were Serbs also Nazi collaborators , but
most importantly left out is the historic fact that the Nazi resistance
was formed in Croatia, not Serbia, with Croatians predominating in the
antifascist war.
Most outrageously, Serbs, as in this film, still keep bringing up the
hugely inflated numbers of Serbs and Jews killed in WWII by Nazi
collaborators. While the loss of one innocent life is one too many,
research by experts, historians and statisticians back in the 1980's
Yugoslavia have proven the numbers to be vastly exaggerated. At the same
time Serbs omit ever mentioning the tens of thousands of Jews and others
they killed in their own concentration camps in Serbia. It is therefore
obvious that such a "documentary" is indeed simply a Serb propaganda film
and should not be seen as anything else.
Sincerely,
Hilda M. Foley
National Federation of Croatian Americans
13272 Orange Knoll
Santa Ana, CA 92705
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To: letters@nytimes.com
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 00:27:21 -0800
Subject: Film Review
Letters to the Editor
New York Times
New York, N.Y.
March 16, 2002
Dear Editor:
In the review of Serb producer Bogdanich's film "Yugoslavia, the
Avoidable War" film critic Stephen Holden errs when stating that "it
would be inaccurate to label this documentary pro-Serbian". While he
sees through most of the fallacies parading as facts, the reviewer
evidently does not have any knowledge of events in WWII Yugoslavia and
therefore falls easy prey to the film's portrayals of all Croatians as
Nazi collaborators. Not only were Serbs also Nazi collaborators , but
most importantly left out is the historic fact that the Nazi resistance
was formed in Croatia, not Serbia, with Croatians predominating in the
antifascist war.
Most outrageously, Serbs, as in this film, still keep bringing up the
hugely inflated numbers of Serbs and Jews killed in WWII by Nazi
collaborators. While the loss of one innocent life is one too many,
research by experts, historians and statisticians back in the 1980's
Yugoslavia have proven the numbers to be vastly exaggerated. At the same
time Serbs omit ever mentioning the tens of thousands of Jews and others
they killed in their own concentration camps in Serbia. It is therefore
obvious that such a "documentary" is indeed simply a Serb propaganda film
and should not be seen as anything else.
Sincerely,
Hilda M. Foley
National Federation of Croatian Americans
13272 Orange Knoll
Santa Ana, CA 92705
Distributed by www.CroatianWorld.net. This message is intended for Croatian Associations/Institutions and their Friends in Croatia and in the World. The opinions/articles expressed on this list do not reflect personal opinions of the moderator. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient,
please delete or destroy all copies of this communication and please, let us know!