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Dignity for the Defeated: Recognizing the ‘Other’ in Post-Yugoslav Commemorative Practices

Focusing primarily on efforts to create public spaces for civilian victims of the defeated side in Croatia, this chapter also analyzes the trends of Homeland War remembrance and the challenges of finding a commemorative culture, which facilitates reconciliation rather than exacerbates interethnic tensions. What is the proper balance between enabling a plurality of victims to create public memorials and yet preventing the emergence of a Lost Cause movement, as was the case with the defeated Confederates after the American Civil War? Can opening public space to sites of memory that do not fit into the hegemonic narratives of the 1990s encourage empathy and recognition for all victims, or will they merely perpetuate divisions and provide spoilers of reconciliatory efforts with physical targets? Ultimately if we are to learn from the mistakes of socialist Yugoslavia in dealing with the past, the recognition of victims other than those from the victorious side is an important process of creating societies that promote tolerance, democracy, dialogue, and empathy for others in order to avoid a new cycle of violence in the region.

Croatia, commemoration, ICTY, reconciliation, war crimes

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