Naslov
Is there Space for Remembering Habsburg World War One in Rijeka? Considerations on the Monument to the Heroic Sailor in Sušak

Autori
Jeličić, Ivan

Izvornik
Spiegelungen. Zeitschrift für deutsche Kultur und Geschichte Südosteuropas (1862-4995) 15 (2020), 1; 111-121

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
World War One ; Sušak ; Fiume/Rijeka ; Cultural Memory ; Heroic Sailor

Sažetak
This article discusses aspects of the cultural memory of the First World War during the war itself and in present-day Rijeka. In particular, the focus is on the monument to the Heroic Sailor in Sušak, a nailed statue (Wehrmann in Eisen) constructed to support the war effort of the Habsburg Empire. The institutions behind erecting the monument, the adaptation of the statue to the local and regional context, the symbols used, and the actors involved in the monument’s unveiling are all factors examined in this study. In the analysis of these factors, the intertwined social values and multiple loyalties present in Sušak and Fiume during the late Habsburg period become apparent. Furthermore, the Heroic Sailor’s destiny in the post-war period is significant, as it displays the complex experience and neglected memory of the First World War in Sušak in favor of a new, future-oriented politics that celebrated the Karađorđević in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later the Kingdom of Yugoslavia). Finally, the article argues that the rediscovery of the Heroic Sailor relates to the emergence of new, local actors in contemporary Croatia. Recently, the emphasis has been on the Heroic Sailor’s Croatian national features, overlooking the wartime multiple layers of loyalty, as well as connections between Fiume and Sušak. While there is evidence of national fragmentation among local Croatians and Italians regarding the cultural memory of the First World War, the wartime experience of locals on the front or at home is commonly neglected across the national divide.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Povijest

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