"Zločin" i "kazna": o progonu dvojice hrvatskih pučkih učitelja
"Crime" and "Punishment": the Persecution of two Croatian Teachers

Summary/Abstract: The author of this article, on the basis of original archival documents and newspapers from the time, reconstructs the reasons for the transfer of two Croatian teachers from Đakovo, during the first half of 1921. In their attempt to protect the autonomy of educators in the pedagogic process, the director Nikola Vrabec and the teacher Dragutin Cesarec, came up against the antagonistic attitude of the administration. Considering the unequal relations of power and despite the results of an investigation, carried out by the inspector of schools from Zagreb, demonstrating as such the lack of objectivity in the charges made by the administration, Vrabec and Cesarec had little chance of seeing their case end positively. On the basis of a direct intervention from someone very highly placed in the regime, they were forced to leave Đakovo.

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