STANKO OPAČIĆ ĆANICA – PUTEVI I BESPUĆA KORDUNAŠKOG SELJAKA
STANKO OPAČIĆ ĆANICA - THE TRIALS OF A KORDUN PEASANT

Summary/Abstract: The contribution is about the life story of Stanko Opačić Ćanica (1903- 1994), a peasant from Kordun, commander of Kordun during the war, member of Croatian Headquarters, counselor of AVNOJ and ZAVNOH, minister in the Croatian Government, prisoner on Goli Otok, collector of folk songs and proverbs, writer etc. The long and interesting life of this hero depicts the position of the Serbs in Croatia and the relations between Serbs and Croats: the suffering of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia, their struggle for equality during the war, restriction of their rights in the post-war period, removal from important posts of the most respected Serbs in Croatia who were accused of being in favor of the Cominform. Opačić was not only politically active in many ways but was also an avid collector of folk songs from Kordun which he published in two collections entitled »Folk Songs of Kordun« (1970, 1978). He wrote several poems and other works, including his memoirs, published under the title »A Serb in Croatia« (1989). He enjoyed wood carving and had a large etnographic collection and a sizable library. He died in the beginning of May 1994 as a refugee in Šabac, where he had lived since the breakdown of Yugoslavia (1991) with his daughter and son-in-law.

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