Naslov
Neglected Memories of Marginals: Testimonies of Roma Suffering in Croatia during the Second World War

Autori
Vojak, Danijel

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, pp prezentacija, znanstveni

Skup
Recording Romani Voices, Documenting Romani Lives Workshop

Mjesto i datum
Beč, Austrija, 13.06.2022. - 14.06.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Radionica

Vrsta recenzije
Podatak o recenziji nije dostupan

Ključne riječi
Roma, genocide, Second World War, Independent State of Croatia, testimonies, revisionism.

Sažetak
History of Roma in Croatia was often marked by repressive-assimilation (anti-Gypsy) policies conducted against them by state and local authorities, culminating in the genocide committed by the Ustasha authorities during World War II in the Independent State of Croatia (ISC). Even today, 77 years after the ending of the Second World War, the extent of research of this genocide is still unresearched and marginalised in Croatian historiography. Researchers in this field are primarily confronted with the lack of sources from the Roma victims themselves, which makes it impossible to fully understand the extent of their suffering in the War. At the end of November 1943, the anti-fascist movement led by Josip Broz Tito established the State Commission for determining the crimes of the occupiers and their helpers. By the end of the war, its branches were established in other parts of occupied Yugoslavia, so it was founded for Croatia in 1944. This institution aimed, among other things, to collect data and evidence to determine the responsibility and existence of crimes committed by the occupiers and their helpers before the war or during the occupation. As part of this, the systematically were collected testimonies of Roma victims and non-Roma witnesses. After the war, newly established Yugoslav socialistic judicial institutions sought to prosecute war criminals. The question of the use of the testimonies themselves then arose before them, primarily in the context of their credibility. This presentation should answer the question of using testimonies about Roma genocide as one of the most important historical sources in their historiographical “reconstruction”. The analysis will also include the question of using testimony on Roma genocide in Croatia in the context of historical revisionisms in Croatian historiography and the answer to its criticism of its validity as historical source.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Povijest

POVEZANOST RADA