V upomínku Čechů v Chorvatsku
In memory of the Czechs in Croatia

Analysis of a Compatriot Memorial from the Beginning of the 20th Century

Summary/Abstract: The Czechs in Croatia represent the biggest compatriot community in south-eastern Europe, thus many scientists take an interest in this topic. Nevertheless, there is a lack of research concerning archival sources, including ego-documents. The analysis of a compatriot memorial from the first half of the 20th century, of which this case study is about, is, therefore, the first attempt of its kind. It deals with constituent aspects (identifying and semantic, space-time based, linguistic and subject matter), which are examined through the length of long history (that is traditions across centuries) in the comparison to its specific image in the analysed source. According to individual records, we identified its owner and her social relations, which were crucial in her life in the period of 1917–1935. The analysed memorial mirrors the situation in the compatriot community in Croatia in the period. It is a prove of multicultural and multilinguistic space, as well as the prove of Czech presence not only in the region of Daruvar.

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