Croats

Back in 1848 a wave of revolutions swept across Europe, where rebels took power in Hungary. Eventually, Hungarians and Croats developed problems with one another and they went to war. Later the Austrian monarchy soon reclaimed power and both Hungary and Croatia became a part of the Austrian Empire, again. Then in 1867 the Austrian Empire split into two halves, one half Austria…

were slaughtered not only by the Serbian government, but also by their neighbors and former friends. Although a tragedy the genocide was not much of a surprise looking at the history of the region. Tensions had been running high between the Serbs, Croats, Bosnians and Ethnic Albanians. The reason for the Genocide was similar to many before it; kill the unwanted minority in order to create a pure race and space for that race to exist. And when it came to the genocide in the Balkans the intention…

country, and Herzegovina occupies the south and southwest. The capital of the country is Sarajevo. The region is divided into three ethnic groups that generally correspond to three major religions; Bosniaks and Islam; Serbs and Orthodox Christianity; Croats and Roman Catholicism. They all share the same South Slav heritage. The region has often felt the influence of strong regional powers which have created a vast ethnic and religious diversity. In the 20th century, ‘Muslim’ came to be used as…

Violence against innocents is something no sane person wants to inflict. Yet, in cases of civil war and genocide, sane people become the very same insane person that they vilify. Sarajevo, a gleaming city seen as a model to the rest of former European communist countries, was being torn apart during the middle of the 20th century by the very people that made it the model city it was. The people of Rwanda, tired after years of violence and war, turns back from their signed peace agreement and…

and considered by some scholars as worse than tactics used by Nazi Germany tormentors. The Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences estimates 246,035 died in the atrocities – 145,490 in Bosnia-Herzegovina and 100,545 in Croatia. Most were Serbs, Jews, Croats, Gypsies and Muslins. It is important to remember what happened in Yugoslavia in 1941-1945, why it happened and what can be done to prevent similar situations in the future.…

Croatia is currently an independent nation in Eastern Europe. It has rich culture and a compelling past. Since 1918, Croatia was one of fourteen different nations that made up the country of Yugoslavia. Although many Croats felt connected to the other citizens of Yugoslavia, nationalistic movements gained popularity due to ethnic tensions between the republics. The Croatian government felt that the government was not benefitting them as much as it should, and therefore declared independence in…

in this paper i'll be talking about the different culutral aspects of Slovenia. Slovenia was founded in 29 October 1918 by astablishing the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs breaks off all relations with Austria-Hungary and proclaims a short-lived State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs. Slovenia joins a new state with an independent State authority. The state is not recognized internationally. Slovenia was occupied by many countries and was refused to be seen as independent state until just…

The Bosnian Genocide was the worst act of genocide since the Nazis regime’s destruction of 6 million European Jews during World War 2. The Bosnian Genocide was a complete act of terror to the Yugoslavian people. The Serbian majority seized power after the fall of the previous regime, the victims were treated poorly. The victims were the Bosniak and Croatian civilians, the people involved was the Serbs, and the victims were tortured and beaten to death. The Bosnian Genocide was an act of terror.…

Over the course of years Forensic Anthropology and Biology has coincided with the criminal court system, and has had the ability to help face dangerous individuals with justice and to find these individuals guilty. Forensic Biology is defined as the application of science where the process of identifying badly decomposed, skeletal, or that of unidentified human remains is done. Forensic Anthropology is defined as the application of science that involves the physical anthropology to the criminal…

The man who wrote the letter you are about to read will not show up in your textbooks. His name was Guy Goff and this was one of many letters he wrote to his wife during World War 1, this one specifically was written while he was stationed in France during the Paris Peace Conference to end World War 1. He wasn’t a politician and he wasn’t a diplomat, he was an assistant to those involved in the peace talks and got a front row seat to all of the political drama. Goff gives historians a…