Fender
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Post by Fender on Jan 27, 2008 7:27:24 GMT -5
Facing WWII past key for Croatia's European path: president 26 January 2008, 15:52 CET (ZAGREB) - President Stipe Mesic said on Saturday, the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, that Croatia must face up to its World War II if it wants to fully integrate into Europe.
"We remember the Holocaust not only because this heinous crime should never be forgotten in order to prevent its repetition, but also since it was happening also here on Croatia' territory and since Croatians also took part in it," Mesic said in a statement.
"Let the Holocaust Remembrance Day become another opportunity to warn that facing with all the facts of the past... is an imperative condition for Croatia's Europeanisation."
During World War II Croatia was ruled by the Nazi-allied Ustasha regime, which killed hundreds of thousands of Serbs, Jews, Roma and anti-fascist Croatians in concentration camps.
The United Nations has established January 27 as an annual International Holocaust Remembrance Day to coincide with the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp in 1945.
Croatia aspires to join the 27-nation EU by 2010. It also hopes to receive an invitation to join NATO at the military alliance's next summit in April in Romania.
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Trazi Vise
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Post by Trazi Vise on Jan 27, 2008 22:40:49 GMT -5
I can sense some bum sniffing going on here
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