DISTORTION OF HISTORY IN THE TIME OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: THE CASES OF STARO SAJMIŠTE AND JASENOVAC
DISTORTION OF HISTORY IN THE TIME OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: THE CASES OF STARO SAJMIŠTE AND JASENOVAC
Author(s): Haris DajčSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Jewish studies, Recent History (1900 till today), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), History of Antisemitism, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Politics of History/Memory
Published by: Naučno društvo za istoriju zdravstvene kulture
Keywords: Holocaust; Jews; COVID-19; Distortion; Revisionism; Jasenovac; Staro Sajmište
Summary/Abstract: The research will focus on the misuse of historical facts related to the Staro Sajmište camp in Serbia and the Jasenovac camp in Croatia from the 1980s until 2022. Analysis of legislature, proposed and passed, related to Staro Sajmište and its memorialization will be additionally researched, as well as different historical narratives about responsibility for crimes connected to Staro Sajmište. Also, memory politics and Holocaust remembrance in the cases of Serbia and Croatia, and its evolution since the end of Socialist Yugoslavia will be analysed. The central part of the research will be focused on the rise of distorted narratives regarding selected camps that will be analysed through the activities of selected historians, researchers, politicians, and public figures. Their public statements, lectures, expertise, and misuse of facts will be researched.
Journal: Acta historiae medicinae, stomatologiae, pharmaciae, medicinae veterinariae
- Issue Year: 41/2022
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 77-98
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English, Serbian