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A Czech Minority School in Croatia During the Civil War in the 1990s

PREISSOVÁ KREJČÍ, Andrea and Jana KOČÍ

Basic information

Original name

A Czech Minority School in Croatia During the Civil War in the 1990s

Authors

PREISSOVÁ KREJČÍ, Andrea (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Jana KOČÍ (guarantor)

Edition

Sakarya, Turkey, ICLEL 18 Conference Proceeding Book, p. 429-432, 4 pp. 2018

Publisher

Sakarya University

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Proceedings paper

Field of Study

50301 Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Country of publisher

Turkey

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

Publication form

electronic version available online

References:

RIV identification code

RIV/47813059:19510/18:A0000136

Organization

Fakulta veřejných politik v Opavě – Slezská univerzita v Opavě – Repository

ISBN

978-605-66495-3-0

UT WoS

000464906100047

Keywords in English

Croatia; Czech minority; minority education; Civil War in Yugoslavia; Czechoslovakia; humanitarian aid; asylum

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Changed: 28/5/2019 07:20, Bc. Nikol Maďová

Abstract

In the original language

The Civil War in Yugoslavia in the 1990s significantly affected the lives of Croatian Czechs. In Slavonia and the Daruvar region, it escalated in the second half of 1991. Thanks to the Union of Czechs and Slovaks in Croatia and the Czech primary school of J. A. Komenský in Daruvar, more than 1.500 people were evacuated from the warzone – mainly children but other groups as well. However, the evacuation was just the beginning of the Save Our Children Movement. It was necessary to organize schooling for the evacuated children and secure learning books for them. The biggest responsibility was laid upon the teachers who had to take constant care of the children. The aim of the paper is to point out the importance of the Czech minority school in Daruvar which affected the entire local community. Thanks to its actions, no children died in the Daruvar region during the war.