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Commemorating Bleiburg – Croatia’s Struggle with Historical Revisionism

  • Every year in May thousands of Croats gather in the small Austrian town of Bleiburg to commemorate the so called “Bleiburg tragedy” at the end of the Second World War. Considered by some as the 'biggest neo-Nazi meeting in Europe', this event has triggered considerable controversy, not least due to its political backing from among governing parties. The article provides the historical and memory political backdrop to these controversies shedding light on Croatia's struggle with historicalEvery year in May thousands of Croats gather in the small Austrian town of Bleiburg to commemorate the so called “Bleiburg tragedy” at the end of the Second World War. Considered by some as the 'biggest neo-Nazi meeting in Europe', this event has triggered considerable controversy, not least due to its political backing from among governing parties. The article provides the historical and memory political backdrop to these controversies shedding light on Croatia's struggle with historical revisionism.show moreshow less

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Document Type:Article
DOI:https://doi.org/10.25626/0100
Creator and project details
Author:Ljiljana RadonićGND
Editor:Joachim von PuttkamerGND, Michal KopečekGND, Włodzimierz BorodziejGND
Publishing Institution:Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung – Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
Title details
Title (English):Commemorating Bleiburg – Croatia’s Struggle with Historical Revisionism
Parent Title (English):Cultures of History Forum
Release Date:2020/08/24
Date of Publication (online):2020/02/19
Date of first Publication:2019/06/11
Language:English
Subject indexing
DDC-Classification:9 Geschichte und Geografie / 90 Geschichte / 900 Geschichte und Geografie
Collections:Cultures of History Forum (Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena)
Tag:Bleiburg; Croatia; Second World War; memory; neo-fascists; revisionism
GND Keyword:Kroatien; Bleiburg / Massaker; Weltkrieg <1939-1945>; Kollektives Gedächtnis; Rechtsradikaler
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File Size:2609 KB
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