CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Novosel, Zrinko |
|---|---|
| Title | The Phenomenon of 'Zeleni kadar' and the Memory of World War I in Croatia |
| Summary | At the moment the Austro-Hungarian State disappeared in late October 1918, the atrocities of the war, shortages of basic life necessities and rising discontent among the people, created an atmosphere of general collapse. In this situation, the deserters in Zeleni kadar and uprising population throughout the countryside of Croatia and Slavonia, formed a phenomenon which appeared abruptly, brought turmoil and war-like experience to the hinterland, and ended as the new regime established authority by the end of December 1918. This thesis analyses the topic from two angles. Firstly, the nature of the Zeleni kadar and the categories of the people involved in its activities will be examined in order to provide a clear sense of the atmosphere which dominated life in the late months of 1918. This analysis consists of soldiers’ motives for desertion, attitudes of the peasantry, which was the largest part of the society, and influences which determined the course of the Zeleni kadar’s activities. In the other part of this work, memoirs and literary representations of the First World War are compared vis-a-vis observations based on existing historiographic research and contemporary official documentation. This approach requires thoughtful critical treatment of this body of literature, since the nature of autobiographic accounts traditionally bear methodological issues for historiographic research. However, a critical insight to the content of literary and memoir accounts, here opens possibilities for a comprehensive grasp of the phenomenon of post-war upheaval in the former lands of Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. |
| Supervisor | Hall, Karl |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/novosel_zrinko.pdf |
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