From b92 Croatia’s President Ivo Josipović has expressed concern over denial of the nature and victims of the Ustasha’s WWII Jasenovac concentration camp. According to a release issued by his cabinet, Josipović is especially concerned about the fact that the allegations were made by the head of the Croatian State Archive’s Archbishop Archive. Croatian historian and priest Stjepan Razum said that there was no evidence of mass killings in Jasenovac and that Serbs “made it up”. The release adds that Josipović has publicly said numerous times that the “Independent State of Croatia was a criminal political creation based on the more »
From the Jewish Community of Rijeka Translated from Croatian After presenting a multimedia exhibition in the Project” Holocaust Education Week”, the same exhibition was extended to higher dimensions and prepared as a traveling exhibition called” Five Centuries JEWS IN THE RIVER”. The aim of the presentation was that the existing Jewish communities in the Republic of Croatia with an opportunity to get acquainted with the history of Rijeka, also able to create better cooperation. Download the exhibition PDF (in English and Croatian): SOURCE
Joint Press Availability with Foreign Minister of Croatia Vesna Pusic Remarks William J. Burns Deputy SecretaryForeign Minister of Croatia Vesna Pusic Zagreb, Croatia February 19, 2012 Deputy Secretary of State Burns: I am very pleased to be back in Croatia, which I last visited 6 months ago. I want to thank you, Madam Minister, for your kind hospitality and for what was a very productive discussion. The United States enjoys an exceptionally strong relationship with Croatia. In our discussions today, Foreign Minister Pusic and I explored our many common interests and how we might further strengthen our ties under the more »
The Jewish Community of Split, the delightful port-city found on Croatia’s Dalmatian coast, have their own website – a good, concise and fascinating read, for anyone unfamiliar with the community. From: Welcome to Split, Magazine for Tourism and Culture No.10, Winter 2007/8 – pages 22-27 Publisher: Tourist Board of Split The Jewish community of Split has around one hundred members, making it easy to calculate how many attend Friday evening Sabbath. They have no rabbi, and community is more traditional than religious. This small community never had more than three hundred members in its history, but it had a strong more »
From the European Jewish Press Croatian President Ivo Josipovic has apologized to Jewish victims of the Holocaust in his country and called for restitution for Croatian Holocaust survivors. In an address to the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament, last week, he declared: “We need to look into our hearts, and to come to terms with the darkest stain in our history. Here I am, standing before the parliament of the Jewish state, and more importantly, in front of people born in Croatia, and with no ambiguity, I apologize and I ask for forgiveness from all the Holocaust survivors and all the victims,”. more »
One of the most pleasurable results of running a blog, such as Lemberik, is that occasionally one chances upon new Eastern European Jewish community websites. One of these is the Bejahad initiative: http://www.bejahad.com/index.html. Though no detailed information in English exist (though an English version of the website is stated to be forthcoming), and I do not speak Croatian, I gather that the purpose of Bejahad is to bridge and maintain links between Jewish communities found in the former Yugoslavia nation states. A very interesting initiative: if anyone happens to have more information, please contact me. Below is a loose, ‘Google’, more »
From EMG United States Deputy Secretary of State William Burns has said that the U.S. Administration will do its best to abolish visa requirements for Croatia which he has praised for having made considerable progress and for having set a model to other countries in southeast Europe. We understand the importance of that matter for Croatia. We share the commitment with you and we will try to make sure that Croatia enter a group of visa-waiver countries, Burns said at a news conference in Zagreb on Sunday after his talks with Croatian Foreign and European Affairs Minister Vesna Pusic. He more »
From the Bradenton Herald AJC welcomed the assertion of friendship toward Israel and remorse over the crimes of the Holocaust in a powerful address Croatian President Ivo Josipovic delivered to Israel’s parliament. “President Josipovic, whose country will enter the European Union next year, made clear in his Knesset address the depth of Croatian commitment to Israel’s security and to broad bilateral cooperation across a range of mutual interests,” said AJC Executive Director David Harris. President Josipovic expressed profound condolences on behalf of Croatia for his country’s role in the atrocities of the Holocaust. “We should look into our heart, and more »
Croatian President Ivo Josipovic requested forgiveness from Holocaust survivors in his address to the Knesset on Wednesday. “Some members of my nation worked to systematically destroy parts of humanity [in World War II],” Josipovic said. “We must look in our hearts, at the darkest stain in our history. We must know : The snake is weak, but it is still there.” He added that an apology is not enough, and that he hopes his country will pass a law to reimburse survivors and their descendants for property they lost during the Holocaust. Josipovic also called for peace and cooperation between more »
Outspoken chief Nazi-hunter, EFRAIM ZUROFF, comments on the Croation commemoration to mark the 51st anniversary of the death of Ante Pavelić, the head of state of the infamous Independent State of Croatia, created by the Nazis and their Italian allies in 1941. Click here to read the article: SOURCE – The Jerusalem Post
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