The culture of memory

Victory Day in Berlin, 8/9. May 1945

At 4:1 a.m. on May 1945, 1942, Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov, the commander of the Eighth Guards Army in the Berlin operation, holder of the Order of Suvorov first degree for his merits in the Battle of Stalingrad (43/30), reported to Marshal Gennady Zhukov that General Krebs, the German Chief of the General Staff, had informed him that Hitler had committed suicide on April 15.50 at XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. Zhukov calls Moscow and insists that they wake up Stalin, who had just gone to sleep, because "the matter is urgent and cannot wait until morning." Informed of Hitler's suicide, Stalin only says: "Nitkov has finished his game! It is a pity that she was caught alive". Seven days later, a document on Germany's unconditional capitulation was signed in Berlin

The culture of memory

JFK: The Assassination That Still Fires the Imagination

American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963. His memory still lives on. Who was he and how was he killed?

A contribution to the culture of memory

Old Sava Bridge and Amarkord

Demolition of a bridge is not only stupid and harmful, but in a higher sense it is also a sin because bridges, Andrić is not the only one to say, are sacred buildings. This means nothing to the rapacious Skorojevics, just as the very concept of memory is naturally foreign and hateful to them, and destroying bridges is the same as erasing memory. Bridges like Stari Sava connect not only two banks, but also, in a subtle way, the past with the present, and those who are worthy of it could lead to a happier future.

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Instrumentalizing the culture of memory: Patriotism and numbers games 

Why is the position of the perfect victim and the contest of who is the greater victim throughout history so important? And how are the constant discussions about the number of victims and killed connected with that

Interview: Professor Dino Abazović

An ominous silence about the dark side of its history

"We must first rehabilitate politics so that the institutional narrative from above ceases to be so dominant. This is precisely why I have always invoked the role of organized religion in the aforementioned processes, because it is the only one in this region strong enough and autonomous enough to compete with the state. If religious communities, as organized institutions, do not find the strength to provide support for authentic memories from above, to admit to someone else's victim that he is a victim and acknowledge his suffering, things will hardly change significantly"

The culture of memory - Autobiography of Dr. Feodor Lukacs (1892–1973)

A stormy century in the diary of a doctor

Surgeon, pioneer of sports, lover of gymnastics, football player and track and field athlete-record holder, volunteer in the Serbian army in the First World War, public educator and promoter of healthy life Feodor Lukač, grandson of farmer Simo Lukač from Vrginmost near Karlovac in Croatia, son of Steve Lukač, a forestry engineer with a Vienna diploma, and Katinka, born Popović, from Slavonski Brod, father of the famous professor of journalism Sergi Lukacs, in his 1972 autobiography, he dramatically summarizes an era through what he lived in Sarajevo, Pest, Vienna, Bern, Galicia, Albania, Mostar, Zrenjanin, Novi Sad - two world wars, life in Austria-Hungary and in two Yugoslavias