When Croatia Needed Serbs: Nationalism and Genocide in Sarajevo, 1941-1942

While a central policy of the Independent State of Croatia during World War II called for the removal of “Serbs,” the majority of people who identified themselves (or were identified by the regime) as Serbs in Sarajevo—the second largest city in the state—remained “safe.” In order to understand why...

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Published in:Slavic review 2009-04, Vol.68 (1), p.116-138
Main Author: Balic, Emily Greble
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ambiguity
Area studies
Croatia
Croats
Cultural identity
Ethnic cleansing
Ethnic Relations
Ethnicity
European studies
Genocide
Identity politics
Nation building
National identity
Nationalism
Otherness
Political science
Politics
Resistance
Serbs
Southeast Europe
World War II
World War Two
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Summary:While a central policy of the Independent State of Croatia during World War II called for the removal of “Serbs,” the majority of people who identified themselves (or were identified by the regime) as Serbs in Sarajevo—the second largest city in the state—remained “safe.” In order to understand why this was the case, Emily Greble Balic examines the interplay between local identity politics and state policies of genocide and nation-building. In so doing, she sheds light on such broad issues as the ambiguity of national identity at the local level; the limitations of traditional understandings of “resistance”; and the options open to members of the victim, or “foreign” group, as a result of the disjunction between national and local agendas.
ISSN:0037-6779
2325-7784
DOI:10.1017/S0037677900000115