Primjeri dnevničkih zapisa iz ratova s naglaskom na Domovinskom ratu 1991. - 1995. i zbivanjima u Bjelovaru
Wartime Diaries with an Emphasis on the Homeland War 1991–1995 and the Events in Bjelovar

Summary/Abstract: In the introductory part, the following world-known authors are mentioned as examples of diary keeping: Anna Frank, André Gide and Thomas Mann. The diaries by Croatian authors Dragojla Jarnević, a member of the Croatian Revival Movement, and Josip Pavičić from Bjelovar, are further mentioned. For the purposes of this study, an insight is offered into the diaries kept during World War One by Iso Kršnjavi, Ivo Vojnović and Miroslav Krleža, as well as the Imperial and Royal Varaždin Infantry Regiment no. 16, which was seated in Bjelovar. As testimonies from World War Two, diaries by Josip Horvat, Miroslav Krleža and Vladimir Dedijer, from all of which brief quotes are given, are of major importance. The Homeland War is the topic of the diaries kept by two Croatian writers – Antun Šimunić and Stjepan Tomaš from Osijek, while Martin Barić brings the writings kept by those who had been performing continuous attacks on Karlovac during a period of four years. For the Bjelovar–Bilogora County and its margin areas, wartime testimonies of significance may – partly in the diary form – be found in the books by Nikola Ivkanac and Stjepan Ivanić. A further particularly important diary is the one that was written by medical doctor Marica Topić Sinjaković. In this paper, the author brings the testimonies of the events in Bjelovar during the Homeland War, starting with the beginning of the attack on Bjelovar on Sunday, 29 September 1991, and the events that had followed during the following days. The testimonies rely on the book by Zoran Filipović – Dnevnik smrti 1991. (The Diary of Death 1991) and the author’s own book entitled Bjelovarski ratni tjedan – dnevnički zapisi 1991. (The Bjelovar War Week – The Diary of 1991). The author refers to three additional events not registered in his book. Finally, an excerpt from the diary kept by Anica Marić, a displaced person from Vukovar, in which she describes the stopping of the bus convoy from Vukovar in Bjelovar, as well as her experience that day in Bjelovar, is given.

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