Preživeli iz Gulaga

Author(s): Nanci Adler / Language(s): Serbian

The Gulag Survivor – Beyond the Soviet System is the first book published in Ex-Yugoslavia to examine at length and in-depth the post-camp experience of Stalins victims and their fate in post-Soviet Russia. Based on extensive interviews, memoirs, official records, The Gulag Survivor describes what survivors experienced when they returned to society, how officials helped or hindered them, and how issues surrounding their existence evolved from the 1950s to the present.

Spoljna politika Jugoslavije 1950-1961.

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Russian,Serbian

The collection of paper consists of 34 articles written by Serbian, Russian, Bulgarian, Israeli, Greek, Finish, Czech, Montenegrin, Croatian and Slovenian historians about different aspects of the foreign policy of the socialist Yugoslavia in the period between 1950 and 1961. In the focus of the researchers’ interests were the issues of the normalization of the relations between Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union and its allies after the confrontation which lasted from 1948 to 1953, the opening of Yugoslavia towards Western world, the way of the creation of the new concept of Yugoslav foreign policy based on the bloc non-alignment concept and the participation of Yugoslavia in the creation of the Balkan Pact with Greece and Turkey (1953-1954).

1968 - четрдесет година после

Author(s): / Language(s): Serbian

1968 – Forty Years Later represents a collection of historiographical works of 26 authors from different countries (Serbia, Russia, Czech, Croatia, Bulgaria, and Germany) about the international relations and the foreign-relation temptations of Yugoslavia and also about the domestic circumstances in Yugoslavia during the years 1967-1969. The first part of the book is dealing with topics like: 1968 as the turning-point for Eastern Europe, „Prague Spring“ after the increase of Soviet pressure on Czechoslovakia (July 1968), „Prague Spring“ and the attitudes of the Hungarian leadership, its influence in Bulgaria, the phenomenon of the Czechoslovak opposition after the defeat of the „Prague Spring“ in 1969-1972, the year 1968 as a point of departure of the new Yugoslav foreign policy orientation, Yugoslav reactions to the crisis in the Middle East and dictatorship in Greece, Yugoslav-Soviet, Yugoslav-Romanian and Yugoslav-Italian relations in the days of the Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia relations with the Federal Republic of Germany in 1960s, Yugoslav economic emigration in West Germany and the visit of the crew of Apollo 11 to Yugoslavia in 1969. The second part of the book is consisted from the works about Yugoslavia's activities in domestic and foreign policy after the intervention of the Warsaw Pact in Czecholsovakia in 1968, Yugoslav People’s Army’s ordeals in 1960s, the echo of the global student revolt of 1968 in Yugoslav youth and student press, student demonstrations in Belgrade and Yugoslavia in 1968, the case of Krunoslav Draganovic as one aspect of Yugoslav − Vatican relations, liberalization of Yugoslav theatre, and „rebellious“1968 in Istria. Most works are based on the new historical researches and they, after forty years, try to give a new answer and point of view on the issues connected with the happenings in 1968. The book contains also Chronology of the important events in 1968 and Bibliography of the selected Works on 1968.

About Us and Our Neighbours: History Textbooks in the Republic of Moldova, Romania and Ukraine

Author(s): Sergiu Musteaţă / Language(s): English

The principal research question pursued by this work is as follows: How do the Republic of Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine present one another in their history curricula and textbooks? How do the history textbooks of each of these three countries present the relationship between majorities and minorities?This book is thus focused on two main objectives: first, to generate improved understanding of the state of the discipline of history in these countries via discussion of reforms to and debates around history curricula in each country, and second, to shed light on the ways in which history textbooks in each of the three countries represent the other two and their peoples.Curriculum development and textbook production in all three countries still remain centralised. Textbooks are produced by state and private publishing houses. Most textbooks are curriculum-based and developed according to the guidelines issued by the Ministries of Education. Through their textbook publishing policy, these ministries control the content and quality of textbooks. History curricula and textbooks in all three countries have progressed, but we still encounter many problems. Among them are the following:• the content of curricula and history textbooks continues to place too much emphasis on national aspects to the detriment of the world, regional, and local dimensions of history;• it reflects the history of wars and violence instead of giving more space to periods of peaceful coexistence, cooperation and cultural communication, or of mutual enrichment between various social groups as well as between nations;• it neglects regional history and cultural and historical links with neighbouring countries;• as it stands, it causes problems in history education and the development of ethnic identity, as well as the relationship between “Us” and “Others”;• it leads to or accepts poor textbook design.The relationship between national and European history remains a closely debated topic in all three societies. Their shared reality, as evidenced by this study, is that all three countries are currently not presenting one another in any meaningful way in their history textbooks at all educational levels. In all three countries, history education and textbooks are dominated by political history and narratives of victimisation. National histories do not pay attention to their neighbours.History textbooks play an important part in the process of collective identity formation, building a relationship with the past and creating an image of the “other”. The content of textbooks determines, in many cases, students' attitudes to their neighbours. Therefore, in order to improve the situation in history education and to develop a tolerant approach to “others” in history textbooks, there is a great need for joint efforts by politicians, professionals and members of civil society in Moldova, Romania and Ukraine.

Између Европе и несврстаности. Југославија и Савет Европе 1960–1980.

Author(s): Ratomir Milikić / Language(s): Serbian

Türkiye’nin Kuzey Irak Politikası: İç ve Dış Politika Etkileşimi

Author(s): Demet Şenbaş / Language(s): Turkish

One of the most important security problems observed in the post-Cold War international system is ethnic conflicts and ethnic conflicts. Ethnic identity have become one of the most interested issues after the Cold War. Kurdish issue in Turkey as population characteristics reaching beyond the borders, was focused on the PKK being a terrorist group and democratisation issues and developments in northern Iraq, with an increasing focus on values ​​such as the protection of human rights and minorities, have become an important foreign policy issue.

Светът през XX век

Author(s): Plamen Tzvetkov / Language(s): Bulgarian

Ignorance towards world history can lead to severe distortions in the national psyche. Even today, Bulgarians either rejoice as the greatest nation, surrounded by enemies, for some reason, or as a hopelessly lagging nation. The book offers the most fateful events and processes from the history of mankind in the twentieth century. During this century, people entered space, found the computer but at the same time faced the threat of nuclear self-destruction and were struck by a new type of plague known as AIDS. The planet became narrow. Clothing, life-style and food are uniform. The globalization, symbolized by both McDonald's fast food and Chinese restaurants, has its furious opponents, but also enthusiastic followers. Current Handbook aims to acquaint students with those historical events and processes in the history of Europe and the world in the twentieth century that directly impact human civilization, and the beginning of the 21st century. Therefore, the approach is not typical for historical science - events and processes are not chronologically but problem-based considered.

Ozbrojené konflikty po konci studené války

Author(s): / Language(s): Czech

Did the Cold War, or rather the end of it, represent any kind of fundamental milestone in armed conflicts? Answering this question became the central research focus of a project undertaken by a group of specialists from the Department of International Relations and European Studies at the Faculty of Social Studies of Masaryk University as part of the grant funded project “Armed Conflicts in International Relations after the end of the Cold War”. The project was supported by the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic. To a certain extent the team of authors attempted to summarize the research that has so far been conducted in this field and to present a more complex picture of the kind of changes that have actually occurred within armed conflicts over the last two decades and what the reasons for and consequences of these changes are. What is certain is that the end of the Cold War did not put an end to armed conflicts as such. On the contrary, latent tension which manifested itself through fractional armed conflicts, mostly on the periphery, had many more opportunities to develop after 1990 and grew into conflicts which a number of powers became involved in. Europe – the continent in which the Iron Curtain was located, but which had been spared open armed conflict throughout the entire duration of the Cold War – in the early nineties was to witness the most extensive violence to have occurred there since the end of World War II.

Dokumentation der Zeit 1960 / 214

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): German

CONTENT: Third Congress of the German Working Youth // In Review: The road towards victory of socialism in the agriculture of GDR (II) // The National Front of the democratic Germany — a socialist popular movement and its actual tasks // The fight of the West German operatives against the planned „reform“ of health-insurance // BIOGRAPHIES: Dr. Hans Wilhelmi (CDU) — Minister for federal-owned economic property // March of Events: „People of to-morrow“: „Save democracy“. Actual quotations: Bonn’s instigation for revenge — manoevre of disturbing the Summit Conference. „Kreuzberg School-boards in front of alarming statistics“ // DOCUMENTS: „Der Deutschlandplan des Volkes“ (The people’s plan for Germany-published on April 17, 1960) // Appeal of the Presidency of the National Front for the people’s plan for Germany (April 22, 1960) // SOURCE MATERIALS // CHRONICLE: April 16-30, 1960

Dokumentation der Zeit 1960 / 215

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): German

CONTENTS: INFORMATION: Response to the people’s plan for Germany // People’s Chamber of GBR approves Governmental declaration on the development of agricultural production cooperatives // Scandalous trial at Düsseldorf against the West German peace movement // CDU party congress at Karlsruhe announces program for intensified internal and external reaction // MARCH OF EVENTS: Ever since 1948 Bonn is rearming. // „The word is now with the peasants“. Actual quotations: Others about GDR. // The big rake-off in connection with the house shortage. // „The Americans unfit for military service“. Caricatures to temporary events // DOCUMENTS // Resolution of the 11th meeting of People’s Chamber of GDR on the development of agricultural production cooperatives (April 25, 1960) // Joint resolution of all groups of People’s Chamber on the conference of the State and Governmental leaders of the Four Powers in Paris (May 11, 1960) // Congratulatory telegram of USSR to GDR on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the liberation from Hitler Fascism // Communiqué on the stay of the chairman of the presidency of the Great People’s Hural of the Mongolian People’s Republic in GDR (April 29 -May 5, 1960) // Documents of the Third Congress of the Working Youth of the two German States (Easter 1960) Declaration in behalf of the Summit Conference // Fundamental claims by the West German youth // Source materials // CHRONICLE: May 1—15, 1960 // Special Register // Materials on the war policy of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Dokumentation der Zeit 1960 / 216

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): German

CONTENTS: INFORMATIONS: The United States wrecked the Paris Summit // “Christian-Social Workers’ Congress 1960” // IN REVIEW: On the reactionary agrarian policy of the Bonn regime // Military war potential of West Germany (XXX) // The drawing-up of Bonn’s atom war army in the final stage // MARCH OF EVENTS: Actual quotations: „Brown shadows over West Germany.“ // Others about GDR. // „Berlin or the responsibility of the Western Powers.“ // „The downfall of the Adenauer of Korea“ // DOCUMENTS: Speech of the Soviet Prime Minister N. S. Khrushchev before the Supreme Soviet of USSR on the abolishment of taxes on workers and employees and other arrangements for enhancing the prosperity of the Soviet people (May 5, 1960 — excerpt) // Source materials // CHRONICLE: May 16-31, 1960

Dokumentation der Zeit 1960 / 217

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): German

CONTENTS: INFORMATIONS Bonn provocations along the State frontier of GDR — a danger to peace // Indignation in the world at large at the aggressive US-policy // Oberländer’s downfall — a victory of the democratic forces // IN REVIEW: The West German “Bundeswehr” requires leadership in NATO // BIOGRAPHIES: Shorter biographies of members of People’s Chamber of GDR (XIV) // MARCH OF EVENTS: 1.181 million FDGB holiday trips in 1960. // „Heusinger in service of the Gestapo“. // Actual quotations: Others about GDR. // Bonn acknowledges appointment in KZs (concentration camps) as to be “military service“. // Falsifications as a doctrine // DOCUMENTS: New disarmament proposals of the Government of UdSSR. // Message of the chairman of the Minister Council, N. S. Khrushchev, to the heads of government of all nations (June 2, 1960) // Proposal for a treaty on general and complete disarmament in three stages (June 2, 1960) // Open letter of the German Cultural Association to the West German people (published on May 10, 1960) // Source materials // CHRONICLE: June 1-15, 1960 // Special Register: Materials concerning the Potsdam agreement

Dokumentation der Zeit 1960 / 217 – Wissenschaftliche Beilage »Beiträge zur Zeitgeschichte – 1960-03«

Author(s): Rolf Stöckigt,Karl Blöcher,Heinz Sebastian,Waldemar Verner,Fritz Holzapfel,Wernfried Kobosil,Hans Maur,Horst Westphal / Language(s): German

CONTENTS: Karl Blöcher: On the alternatives for our national problem. On the people's plan for Germany // Roll Stöckigt: The peasants of the German Democratic Republic took warning from the history of the German imperialism and militarism // Heinz Sebastian: The immediate aid of the working class of the district of Rostock in the socialist remodelling of the agriculture // Waldemar Verner: The aggressive designs of the German militarism after World War II // Fritz Holzapfel: The Volkswagenwerk (people's car factory) - stronghold of capitalistic sweating and social demagogy // Wernfried Kobosil: West German disfigurations of history in behalf of the hearings of the anti-Hitler coalition on the postwar policy in Germany (1941 - May 1945) // MISCELLANEOUS: Hans Maur: About some publications on the history of the local workers' movement on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the foundation of GDR // REPORTS: Five years of Treaty of Warsaw - a contribution to the inquiry into current history, Josef Glaser / Horst Westphal // REVIEWS: Karl A. Mollnau, Out of the debt register of the political Catholicism. An anticlerical unmasking document. Dietrich Zboralski // Max Weber, Collected political papers. Janis Schmelzer // Michael Balfour, Four-Powers-Control in Germany 1945-1946. Horst Schützler // PERIODICALS IN REVIEW

Dokumentation der Zeit 1960 / 218

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): German

CONTENTS: INFORMATION After the Summit wrecked by USA Democratic forces from East and West-Germany jointly discuss the future road towards peaceful solution of the German question // New Soviet disarmament proposals in the spotlight of the world // Bonn incites chauvinism and revanchism // IN REVIEW: The yielding of the right-wing SPD leaders before the pressure of the militarists // BIOGRAPHIES: Dr. Karl Silex — chief editor of the West Berlin „Tagesspiegel“ // MARCH OF EVENTS: Actual quotations: Others about GDR. // „Children at the workbench“. // „Trench mortars with wrong target“. // „NS specialist in forced labour drafted bill for emergency service“. // Caricatures // DOCUMENTS: Protest of the Government of GDR against conscription in West Berlin // Note to the Government of the United States (June 6, 1960) // ADN-interview with the head of the law department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Bock (published on Juni 19, 1960) // Notes of the Government of GDR to the States of the anti-Hitler-coalition on the question of the interpersion of Bonn’s law apparatus with war criminals and Fascists (May 6, 1960) // Letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations Dag Hammerskjoeld // Declaration of the Government of the Soviet Union on the adventurous policy of the Government of Japan (June 15, 1960) // Source materials // CHRONICLE: June 16—30, 1960 // Special Register: Materials on the ideological war preparation in West Germany

Novi hladni rat

Author(s): Serge Halimi / Language(s): Serbian

Godine 1980, Ronald Regan je jednom kratkom rečenicom izrazi osvoje viđenje odnosa Sjedinjenih Država i Sovjetskog Saveza: „Mi pobedimo, oni izgube.“ Dvanaest godina kasnije, njegov naslednik u Beloj kući, Džordž H. V. Buš, bio je zadovoljan što je zadatak uspešno obavljen: „Svet koji je nekad bio podeljen na dva naoružana tabora sada priznaje jednu, jedinu i najveću silu, Sjedinjene Američke Države.“ Hladni rat je zvanično priveden kraju.

Expedice Podyjí

Author(s): Jaroslav Najbert,Stanislav Palatka / Language(s): Czech

Expedition Podyjí is desing both for teacher and pupils of low secondary and secondary schools as well as for those who are interested in history of the region of the Podyjí National Park.

Disidentstvo u suvremenoj povijesti

Author(s): / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian

The international scientific conference "Dissidence in Contemporary History" was held on November 19, 2009, at the Croatian Institute of History in Zagreb. The conference was organized by the institute's project "Power and Society: The Communist System of Governance in Croatia 1945-1990", and the immediate impetus for its organization was given by Mr. Daniel Ivin. The organizing committee conceived of the topic of dissidence to be approached exclusively analytically, with an emphasis on the following questions: methodological problems, historical-political framework, the system in Croatia and Yugoslavia, the attitude of foreign countries towards dissidents, individuals, social groups and movements in Croatia, the relationship between politics and culture and "case studies".

Dokumentation der Zeit – Register für die Hefte 205 bis 228

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): German

Dokumentation der Zeit – 1961 Register für die Hefte 229 bis 252

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): German

Dokumentation der Zeit – 1962 Register für die Hefte 253 bis 276

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): German