List Nova Hrvatska 1958.–1962.
The Paper Nova Hrvatska, 1958-1962

Author(s): Anđelko Vlašić
Subject(s): Cultural history, Media studies, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Political history, Government/Political systems, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Keywords: Nova Hrvatska; Hrvatska; Yugoslavia; human rights; opposition activities; Jakša Kušan; civil rights;
Summary/Abstract: Among the youngest generation of Croatian emigrants who left Croatia from the mid 1950s onward through academic stipends offered by western countries or by crossing the border illegally there was a liberal-democratic current best expressed after 1958 by the journal Hrvatski bilten, which changed its name in the following year to Nova Hrvatska. The journal was published monthly in London from 1959 until 1974; from 1974 until 1990 it was published bi-weekly. Jakša Kušan was the editor of the journal during the whole of this time. Like other emigrant groups, this group supported national in-dependence for Croatia, but the realization of this ideal – unlike nationalists on the radical right – was proposed from the perspective of liberal values and with the vision of a constitutional democratic state in mind. The journal was interested in themes from national history and the life of Croats under the Communist regime, providing information about current political events in Yugoslavia and Croatia, especially about opposition activities.

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