Neues und Altes aus dem "ehemaligen Staat" (Jugoslawien)
Today is 21 October. For most of us, it should be a day like many others. In the Serbian city of Kragujevac it is different. Today, the entire city is once again commemorating the darkest chapter of German-Serbian history, which caused horrific suffering to literally every family there. We are talking about the largest mass... Weiterlesen →
Dies ist der nächste Teil unseres Berichts über eine Reise nach Bosnien. Bald danach sind wir wieder nahe bei unserem Ausgangspunkt, den Wasserfällen. Dieses Mal aber führt uns unser Weg in die andere Richtung zum Museum der 2. Sitzung des Antifaschistischen Rats der Nationalen Befreiung Jugoslawiens Wie in der Felsenkirche ist die Zahl der Besucher... Weiterlesen →
24 May is Bob Dylan's birthday. 25 May is "Youth Day", which was celebrated in Yugoslavia as Tito's birthday, even though it was not. How do we bring these two facts together in one post? The answer is actually quite simple: we are reporting on Bob Dylan's only two concerts he gave in Yugoslavia, which... Weiterlesen →
With this orthodox Easter greeeting in Cyrillic script we wish everyone how celebrates this religous holiday all the best. This Easter greeting is hanging in Travnik, Bosnia and Hercegovina, across the main street, on which posters advertise menus for breaking the fast in the Muslim fasting month of Ramazan, not far away from a billboard... Weiterlesen →
Murals are usually associated with alternative, even pacifist ideas and motifs. This is partly different in Belgrade. There, the portrait of Ratko Mladic, convicted as a war criminal, can be found several times on the walls of houses, with the remark that he is a "Serbian hero". And one also finds Vladimir Putin, who is... Weiterlesen →
Image Source: Screenshot from You Tube We wish all visitors to this website a Happy New Year. We would like to do so by pointing out three specifically Yugoslavian videos with New Year wishes. 1967: Criticism between the lines The first is the song "Srećna nova godina" (Happy New Year) from 1967, which was written... Weiterlesen →
We recently announced a Serbian film in German cinemas. We have now seen it and have to be partly correct ourselves. The countries of production are listed as Serbia, Northern Macedonia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany and Montenegro (in order of appearance on Moviepilot. So it's a transnational affair, which is why the topic... Weiterlesen →
Regular visitors to this website already know: we have a soft spot for ex-Yugoslavian railways and now and then stamps play a role here. Now we have found a website which that combines both, stamps with steam and other locomotives. On this site you can click through "the shuffelin madness of locomotive stamps"But what do... Weiterlesen →
Yugoslavian Longing No. 1: Workers' Self-Government Yugoslavia was a land of longing for very different people in Western Europe. On the one hand, there were those who were looking for a mor social(ist) political system. In Yugoslavia, so they could read, besides dear Uncle Tito, who liked to surround himself with international film stars, workers'... Weiterlesen →
Strange topics and separate paths Because of the themes sung about on it, the single „Raćunajte na nas“ (freely translated: „You can count on us“) by the band Rani Mraz (Early Frost), which was released in 1978, is a musical curiosity. The B-side is called „Strašan žulj“ (freely translated: „I have a mighty bubble on... Weiterlesen →
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