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In his life, this “local figure” held various jobs, building a successful career as a typical, as it was called in the time of socialism, socio-political worker. By profession a teacher, he mainly worked in education, with occasional forays into certain prominent political roles in the municipality (Trade Union, Socialist Alliance). With his demeanor, moderate attitudes, and pronounced sense and talent for visual arts, he was among the respected individuals of this town, ending his career in the position of the last socialist president of the executive board of the municipality, handing over power to the winners of the first multi-party elections in November 1990. Although he painted for his soul, seeking in visual art an oasis for his own rest and relaxation, he managed to paint many portraits and landscapes that speak of a talent that, due to circumstances, could not fully flourish. His life would surely have been fuller if he had done fewer jobs he disliked and painted and created more. But it wasn’t all up to him. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Gračanica printing house was founded by the People’s Committee of the municipality of Gračanica on the 20th of September 1958, as a state owned socialist enterprise. It was provided some office space which was owned by another failed socialist enterprise, and was provided with some funds to pay for the equipment purchased from the Zagreb Company “Singer”, due to the fact that it was more profitable for them to sell the equipment than to give them to a technical museum. All of this fit well into the environment of a neglected Bosnian province town, such as Gračanica was (no asphalt, no telephone, no water supply, no high school), and its equally neglected economy which was reduced to a few poorly equipped and unprofitable craft workshops of which some were about to be liquidated. Starting a graphic business in such an unfavorable environment was, no doubt, a big challenge for the few people who got into it and maintained it in the initial period more with enthusiasm and “volunteer work”, rather than with real profitability. At the very start the Printing house was kept afloat thanks to its integration with the newspaper and publishing company “Zadrugar” from Sarajevo, a much stronger printing house, which in the period from 1960 to 1964 kept the Gračanica graphic designers in business. After leaving “Zadrugar”, having overcome the initial difficulties, the Printing house continued operating during a stormy period, which some called the mature phase of the Yugoslav socialist self-governing system or humane socialism – as such the Printing house will survive the collapse of this system in the 1990s. Operating in the conditions of a specific market and market relations, which had the characteristics of a more or less directed or agreed upon economy, and due to the nature of its activity as well as the location between two strong printing houses – in Doboj and Tuzla, the printing house from Gračanica felt the effect of such a marker and the competition very early. Due to these facts the printing house was forced to look for rational organizational and technological models in order to survive on the market, and at the same time the company survived numerous reforms dictated by powerful factors outside the company. The workers and managers of this company have shown the power to adapt to any and all conditions since its foundation. They successfully overcame the period of economic and social reform (1964 and 1965), survived the amendments to the constitution in 1971, left behind the famous Law on Joint Labor in 1975, and survived the local labor organization “Trgoprodukt” operating as a part of it since 1976 to 1990, successfully started Marković’s privatization, to finally survive the 1992 – 1995 war, finally make it to peace time and become a private company five or six years after the war. In the post-war turbulent process of privatization, it was necessary to ensure that operations and the substance of the company were not damaged, as was the case in many cases of privatization corruption and the collapse of companies. It turned out that the rationalization of the ownership structure in terms of a gradual reduction in the number of owners was the best solution to the given circumstances. Thanks to that “Grin” is the only graphical company in Bosnia and Herzegovina that managed to survive the post-war privatization process. Much more significant and powerful companies failed due to intentional or unintentional bad privatizations. Due to these facts “Grin” stands as a positive example of successful privatization in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Six and a half decades of existence was enough for “Grin” to master all the tasks that were known in the past and that are known in the graphic industry today. This company developed the ability to superiorly solve all ideas and unknowns that may come with Customers: from the creation of graphical design and form, to the realization of the entire range of graphic needs, to produce all types of packaging based on paper and cardboard, of a high level of quality and range from food to pharmaceutical industry… Summarizing the overview of the development of the Gračanica printing house, it is necessary to state the following: during the past six and a half decades this company developed in accordance with the overall socio-economic development and social changes in the former socialist Yugoslavia, including the wartime period in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992 – 1995). Although there were periods of stagnation and hardship in that relatively large period of time, overall, these were years of survival and very successful development. It is important to note that this company never left its core business (Printing), and that it constantly increased the physical volume of production and the number of workers employed in that activity, that it never operated at a loss, not even during the war. The “Grin” printing house nowadays is a modern, well-organized private company with about forty workers, capable of successfully dealing with all the challenges of a new age and the post-war development of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Traditional business, rich experience and good personnel, sophisticated technology and the universality of the production program – with new owners at its helm – that is “Grin” today, a company that has its yesterday, it’s today and its tomorrow. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although we did not intend to dwell further on the difficult topic of our last issue in which we raised the question “Who killed civilians in Gračanica” - and generally the topic of prosecuting and impunity for war crimes (1992 - 1995), we cannot help but briefly reflect on the echoes of our research in the public and in certain institutions, primarily local ones, closest to us. We remind that immediately after the promotion of the issue on January 22, 2024, some of our initiatives and demands, as announced in the magazine and at its promotion, were sent in writing to the most important addresses in the local authorities in Gračanica and the Prosecutor’s Office of the Tuzla Canton with the aim of finally attempting to do something concrete regarding reporting and prosecuting war crimes at the local and wider level. At least what can realistically be done. As until the completion of this issue no response or positive reaction was received from those addresses, we decided to share that fact, whatever it may be, with the public, and we publish the facsimile of the sent letters in support of this review, hoping that something will still change for the better. Because it is difficult to accept the truth we have come to in our research - that no one has been held accountable for the war crimes committed in Gračanica so far, and it is even harder to reconcile with the fact (as it has started) that it will remain so. To prevent this from happening, we have done what we could here in this magazine. We researched and listed all war crimes committed in the area of Gračanica. We forwarded the research results, along with suggestions on what to do next, to our officials and institutions “for further action,” writing to them with optimism and conviction that we are knocking on the right doors. We also sent the same materials to the local leaderships of veterans’ associations. Unfortunately, we received silence echoing painfully from all those addresses. Instead of support, the undersigned of these lines is already suffering the consequences for taking it upon himself to investigate, propose, and write to “improper” addresses. The silence from those addresses is essentially a message that such writers can continue to be done in vain. After all, no one cares, which is at least regrettable - if not lamentable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

U prilogu autor ispisuje kratak životopis istaknutog novinara i urednika Radio Gračanice u predratnim i prelomnim ratnim i poratnim godinama. Počinje sjećanjem na okolnosti u kojima se Delić zaposlio u Radio Gračanici, a zatim daje osvrt na njegov rad u teškim predratnim, ratnim i postratnim godinama. U dva navrata obavljao je dužnost glavnog i odgovornog urednika Radio Gračanice: od 1990. godine do kraja 1992. i od 2002. do odlaska u penziju. Kratko vrijeme, od 2000. do 2002. radio je i na poslovima informisanja u opštini Gračanica. Osim u informativnim programima Radio Gračanice, povremeno je objavljivao svoje priloge i u drugim medijima. Trudio se da unapređuje informativne programe Radio Gračanice, da očuva objektivnost i profesionalan odnos u pristupu svakoj novinarskoj temi. Autor je knjige „Otpor agresiji s Ozrena“ (1999.) U sjećanju mlađih kolega ostao je u lijepom sjećanju kao korektan rukovodilac i učitelj. Umro je 18. 11. 2021. i ukopan u porodičnom greblju Čehanovac (kamenik) u Malešićima [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The issues surrounding the criminal prosecution of war crimes that must be addressed in post-conflict societies, such as Bosnia, are by no means simple. On the contrary, after severe conflicts and wars, people living in such societies must continue their lives and confront the question of what to do with a past full of victims, criminals, mass graves, and official denial of these crimes. The prosecution of war crimes is not only a legal matter in our context; it is also a political, national, patriotic, and historical question. All these aspects must be taken into account to understand the perception of all these processes in our society. There are many open and painful questions, and the most challenging is how to prevent that these crimes repeat themselves in the future. The answer is that we must bring history to light, bring criminals to justice, and through fair judgments “reunite the society of former enemies.” Only through justice and truth can a sick society heal, and the peoples on behalf of whom the crimes were committed can experience catharsis. Although in this work, we presented the issues of the criminal prosecution of war crimes from a subjective perspective with a focus on local conditions in Gračanica, we want to emphasize the broader societal dimension and importance of prosecuting war crimes. The criminal prosecution of war crimes and determining the responsibility of the perpetrators cannot be just the interest and need of victims but of the entire society in which many victims and many criminals still live. Relying solely on the expectations and feelings of victims neglects this fundamentally significant societal dimension and reduces the need for the entire society to separate (distance itself) from criminals to a group need, i.e., the need only of those who were victims. Reducing the whole story to the problem of victims has unfortunately become a practice in our public discourse because domestic politicians at all levels push victims forward, thus hiding their inaction and incompetence. On the other hand, prosecutors in Bosnia and Herzegovina face a large number of cases, a lack of staff and resources, as well as a lack of political support. As the Gračanica case is not an exception, we believe that our research effort to collect and publish evidence of committed war crimes could serve as an example for many other communities where nothing has been done either in historical research or in the criminal prosecution of war crimes. For now, we have done everything in our power. Only a few have helped us in this endeavor. We’re thankful for that. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The majority of economic entities face significant challenges (market, human resources, technology, and business conditions), many of which are common across all industries, trade, construction, and other sectors. This is a general observation that is echoed in similar materials produced by governmental bodies at all levels. Most economic entities struggle to enter the market, especially foreign markets. Lately, there has been a particular sharpening of the issue of qualified labor, from skilled workers, technicians, to production managers and engineers. Most producers have completely outdated equipment that needs to be replaced as soon as possible. The legal regulations related to business operations are very complex, intricate, and sometimes unreasonable, making work more difficult and slower, especially for investors and exporters. In line with the conclusions from the “Value Chain Analysis” document and the strategic focus of the “Development Strategy of the City of Gračanica for the period 2023-2027” and the data in this information, the following conclusions and recommendations have been derived: stimulate entrepreneurship development, especially through the improvement of working zones and ensuring a high level of employment; create a conducive environment and social activities for life, especially for young people; promote sustainable agriculture and the production of healthy food; utilize the benefits of collaboration and experience exchange with other cities and municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina and neighboring countries for faster growth and development; ensure green growth and promote the production and use of clean energy; develop sustainable tourism and preserve the cultural and historical heritage; intensify institutional communication with business owners and potential investors; improve the efficiency of administrative procedures and reduce barriers to the business sector; improve the organization of traditional trade fairs and take other measures to attract investors; intensify agricultural development (through projects and incentives that contribute to agricultural development). It remains to be seen what is realistically achievable from all of this. From a personnel, material, and even legal perspective, the City Administration’s framework for such endeavors is realistically limited. Nonetheless, optimism is not lacking in this case. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the first part of this work, the author briefly outlines the general features of the economic situation after the end of the First World War in the new state characterized by economic prosperity and dynamics, especially in the investment sector. In these circumstances, trade was the most profitable activity, which also prompted the accelerated development of banking. However, after the initial growth, stagnation and a downturn were observed from as early as 1922, and after 1925, the first signs of an economic crisis emerged, which also affected the banking system. The author follows all of these processes on a micro-level, examining two local banking institutions in Gračanica: the Muslim economic Bank and the Serbian savings Bank, from their rise in the early post-war years to their liquidation and collapse in 1937. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this short paper, the author provides several key biographical notes and gives us a shorter review of the literary work of the author and publicist Jusuf Trbić from Bijelnja, with a special reference to his poetry. In an attempt to answer the question of how to read the poetry of Jusuf Trbić, characterized by condensed dark tones, the conclusion we arrive at is that this poetry can be understood only through the application of the so-called biographical method. Furthermore, having in mind that the tragedy of the war and suffering of Muslim Bosniaks of Bijeljina (1992 – 1995), left a lasting mark on the life and creativity of this intellectual and poet, who only avoided death at the hands of Arkan’s villains by a stroke of luck and fate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It cannot be said that Ćamil Naimkadić was an ordinary local manager, or small local functionary that spent his whole working life switching from one position to another. Contrary to that, he was a very ambitious individual, in a specific space and time which was more inclined to collectivism than to individual endeavors and achievements. The collisions of a typical “individualist” with a reality that only recognizes collective effort adds a certain drama to his life story. He differed from other local politicians because he was emotionally involved in every job and task, so he was prone to celebrate all successes with an excessive emotional reaction, but he was also inclined to disappointment and sadness in cases of failure. In such a turbulent life there was a fair share of both. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The catholic tradition in the area of Gračanica dates back to the period of the medieval Bosnian state, and the first mention of the catholic parish in Gračanica – as an organized religious congregation – dates back to 1623. However, this parish was already nonexistent by the first half of the XVII century, most likely due to religious conversion or emigration. The restoration of the catholic community in Gračanica came after the Austro-Hungarian occupation (1878), when a large number of families moved to Gračanica, mainly civil servants, state employees, entrepreneurs, qualified craftsmen, etc. In the beginning the Catholics of this town belonged to the Špionica parish, and from 1900 to the Doboj parish. After the First World War, Gračanica was merged with the parish of Lukavac, only to be returned to the Doboj parish in 1931 – to which it belongs to this day. The Catholics of Gračanica gathered in their own religious community. Gathered in this way, they started the construction of their own church, that is, a chapel, in 1906, which was only completed after the end of the First World War. The catholic church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gračanica has been a valuable cultural and historical monument since these times, and a recognizable symbol of Gračanica that all residents of this city consider as part of their own heritage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article we present an economic overview of Gračanica, using the data from the material titled „Information on current economic trends in the city of Gračanica – 2021“, which was adopted by the Gračanica City Council at its 20th session, held on October 11th 2022. This is a rather extensive document, around 60 pages of material, which is regularly presented to the City council, primarily for information purposes. According to the indicators in this document it can be concluded that the economy of this city is seeing certain positive trends and that it is successfully overcoming many difficulties in conducting business, which were primarily caused by the pandemic, but also the factors of an unstable market in the conditions of a permanent political crisis in the country, etc. In addition to the main indicators of economic success in general in the city area, at the end we provide a tabular overview, that is, a ranking list of the 20 most successful companies by total revenue and profit. These are the actual companies that make up the economic framework and backbone of this city. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents basic information from the general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and somewhat more detailed the results of the elections from the city area (formerly the municipality area) of Gračanica, with certain clarifications and comments. For the sake of some more detailed analysis and insights into the political situation in this micro-space, the results published on the CIK official website by polling station, are collected here and classified by local communities and presented in a separate tabular part of this work. As was the case in the previous general and local elections in the Gračanica area, the SDP was the winner on all levels of casting votes. That is in contrast to the higher levels of government where power was not only retained but also strengthened by those who ruled until now. The result of this election show that Gračanica came out even “redder” at all levels, with a distinct victory for the SDP. In the race for the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, that is, for the Bosniak member of said institution, Denis Bećirović (SDP) was also far ahead of Bakir Izetbegović (SDA) in Gračanica. In terms of ranking, the SDA remained in second place during these elections, while the Demokratska Fronta (Željko Komšić) and Naša Stranka shared the third and fourth places. The results showed that there were no significant changes in these elections in Gračanica or in the whole of Bosnia and Herzegovina. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article the author created a mini history of Gračanica following the traces of the street names in Gračanica during the wartime period 1992-1995. His goal was to briefly explain all 17 featured, out of 125 currently named streets from that period. He methodically sorted all texts, going from general to individual terms and names. They are arranged so that they can be read in fragments, during a short stroll through the streets of this city. Arranged in this way, the texts are a reflection of the war in Gračanica, they provide a lot of information for those who didn’t know of these things, or others which have forgotten them, so they can be reminded. These explanations and information, put together in one whole, give a more or less complete picture of a local urban environment of that time, but also of the wider area. The second question is whether this period is sufficiently or insufficiently represented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The key role in the organization of the general resistance and defense of Gračanica, in the initial, prewar, and even war period (1992-1995) was played by the municipal presidency and its legal bodies (the executive board, Police forces, Municipal staff of the Territorial defense, The National defense secretariat), which organized the defensive forces and which were totally committed to this cause. With the consolidation of the Executive board, self-confidence was strengthened and a satisfactory level of operability of the administrative organs was achieved – the atmosphere of anticipation and fear had been broken. The basic routine of life in the municipality was soon normalized, but they were, of course, adjusted to the needs of defense and war. The territory was preserved, but also the continuity of the legal authorities, the security of the citizens, as well as the order and proper function of public services: education, health, refugee services and so on. The goal was to defend the area of the municipality of Gračanica, to feed the citizens and to make their everyday life during wartime activities and daily shelling as normal as possible. The set goal was achieved – understandably, by paying a heavy cost and great sacrifices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article the author briefly, almost telegraphically, recalls the war events in Gračanica and the surrounding area in the 1992 – 1995 period, with special reference to 1992 and the 25th of May, which has permanently remained in the people’s memory of this region as the crucial day of defense. In the form of an introductory article for the content of this issue of the “Gračanički glasnik”, which in its articles thematizes the reality of war in Gračanica (on the occasion that 30 years have now passed since the end of the war), the author leaves the position of an objective observer in certain parts and adds a very personal note to his observations. The author describes some very traumatic moments of his own wartime tragedy that still haunt him, he also aimed to point out the current state in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which many describe as similar to what happened on the eve of the war in 1991 and 1992. For people with such a traumatic experience of war this reminder has its own special dimensions. The author himself sees the causes and consequences of such states from this specific angle, and points them out accordingly. In the third part, as the introductory speaker of this issue, he announced memoirs of important personalities that were active during the wartime in Gračanica. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this note the author tries to recall–briefly, with just a few words, the most important historical moments in the history of his hometown. This article was written around 2000, for the purposes of a presentation for the city, and generally feels like flipping through a stack of old postcards. Composed akin to a telegram, the article is meant for every well-meaning individual who stops in this town–as a way to get to know it in a flash, and to remind the citizens of Gračanica that their town, is after all, unique–one of its kind. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article is entirely based on the material entitled “Information on the current economic trends in the city of Gračanica in 2020”, which was adopted by the city council of Gračanica at the 8th session of the council meeting in Gračanica on the 31st of August 2021. It is a rather extensive document, 60 pages long, which contains a lot of data, tables and statements on the state of the economy in the Gračanica region during 2020. The coronavirus pandemic certainly caused many difficulties in everyday business, but fortunately it did not significantly disrupt the economic life of the city as was initially feared. Such materials should be seen as a guide for those responsible for the determination of development policies in the short and long term, as well as taking concrete measures and incentives for certain industrial capacities or companies. At the end of the article, we present three tabular overviews which are taken directly from the aforementioned material with a ranking list of the twenty most successful business entities in 2020 according to the basic indicators of successful business: realized total income and profit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Katica Ivanišević was a midwife from Gračanica who dedicated her entire life to childbirth and children. Her love for this profession was limitless. She was a medical worker who had never turned down anyone if he needed help, at any time of the day or night. She only formally retired in 1990, and she almost never rested until she passed away. She continued to help women, mothers, pregnant women and babies. She always did it without asking for any reward or compensation. She was a very unique person due to that. There is generally no tangible measurement or way of concrete determination when it comes to human goodness. It cannot be measured on scales, but it lived, it’s a concrete good deed done for others, regardless of who those others are, without any calculations, payments, interests, without expecting anything in return, any form of gift or reward. Such things are often done at own expense, with sacrifice, not only in a material sense, but also at the sacrifice of owns own commodity, family obligations, free time, simply said – at one’s own expense. Such was Katica Ivanišević, the midwife from Gračanica. This is the story of that unique woman. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

U prilogu se daju osnovni podaci o mladom gračaničkom slikaru, koji je uspio razviti jedan, za naše prilike, gotovo originalan model narodne škole umjetnosti za sve uzraste. Ono što je postigao, rezultat je upornosti, sistematskog rada i ljubavi prema umjetnosti i više je od obične pedagogije slikarstva. Ovim radom ukazujemo na još jedno gračaničko pozitivno iskustvo. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper discusses the character and activities of another person from Gračanica who belonged, for the most part, to the general pre-war activists and sympathizers of the communist movement that were young and from all nationalities. In the years prior to the Second World War they mostly gathered in the Cultural and Educational Society “National Library”, but also in some other pro-Yugoslav societies and organizations (“Gajret”, “Soko” and others) in Gračanica. During the war they mostly operated illegally helping the partisan movement, and some of them later joined proper partisan units. One of the most active among them was Fadil Šabić. This paper discusses his activity in the years immediately prior to the Second World War, his wartime activities and the immediate post-war period which was a time of severe disappointments for Šabić. In addition to basic information about his activities, special emphasis is placed on the general social environment in which he was active, as well as on the many prominent personalities from the local milieu with whom he met and collaborated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, the author tries to shed light on the character of one of the best football players in the history of Gračanica, providing basic data from his sport biography which are not emphasized here. An attempt is made to give a picture of the personality as it remained in the memory and formed in the consciousness of the author as a boy who observed one great sports career during that time with his own eyes and understood it in that specific way. In the background of this lyrically imbued text, one can see the contours and general social ambience and provincial life in the early 1960s, as well as feel a dose of sadness and nostalgia for a famous fellow citizen who is no more. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents a historical retrospective of the economic development of the Gračanica municipality/ city, from the end of the war in 1995 to most recent times, with a special emphasis on 2018. The first part deals with the tradition of entrepreneurship and the “survival” of economic entities during the war for Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992 – 1995). The main issue (the post-war economic development of Gračanica) is structured chronologically, in two parts: the first is identified as the period of reconstruction, 1995 – 2001, and the second of accelerated development from 2001 to 2018, with a special emphasis on 2018. This article is written on the basis of official materials of the local community which house an extensive amount of statistic that is not processed or ordered, and which in itself does not provide an opportunity for better comparisons and conclusions. That is why this article should be seen as a historical retrospective (or data) and not as an economic analysis or study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The elections were conducted in specific pandemic conditions, as was the case in the rest of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The imposed precautionary and protective measures prevented mass gatherings, so political parties resorted to other means in the election campaign (posters, billboards, internet, “door to door”). The elections passed peacefully in the area of Gračanica, there were no major problems. The current mayor Nusret Helić (SDP) won, thus entering his fifth term, with a significant lead to his opponents Davud Zahirović (SDA) and Mirsad Čamdžić (Naša stranka). The same party order by numbers of seats and terms remains in the Municipal council. The citizens of Gračanica have shown that they are not in favor of change. Maybe this was decided by the more than 50% of voters who did not participate in the elections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Geometry is a very interesting, applicable and beautiful part of mathematics. However, geometry is often difficult for students to understand and demanding for teachers to teach [1]. Constructing proofs in geometric problems turns out to be particularly difficult, even for high attaining students [2]. Sometimes, students do not even know where to start when trying to solve these [3].

On the occasion of publishing the third part of the list of the murdered victims during the Second World War from the municipality/ town of Gračanica, the author reminds of the beginning of this project and the birth of the very idea for this investigation. It is pointed out that in the past, during the time of Socialist Yugoslavia only the names of those who died on the "right side" were mentioned and publicly remembered, as partisan fighters, as well as civilian victims of the occupier and his henchmen - all according to the dominant ideological and political framework. Although the author was already active in the research of the Second World War during that period, he had no idea about the real numbers of victims. The true proportions only became clear later, when he had the opportunity to investigate some of the individual lists of victims for the villages of Džakule and Prijeko Brdo. This prompted him to assemble a team of researchers and to collect data in a similar way for all other villages in the area - the then municipality, and nowadays town of Gračanica. According to the published preliminary results more than half of the total number of victims lost their lives at the very end of the war, in events that are historiographically referred to as the Bleiburg massacre. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses a special angle on the character and work of Colonel Bahrija Džananović, the wartime commander of the celebrated 212/222 Bosnian Liberation Brigade. It provides basic information about the formation and combat record of this unit, the formation of which marked the beginning of the liberation phase of the war for Bosnia and Herzegovina in the wider Gračanica Area. He was one of the best officers of the Army with his military and professional qualities as well as with the achievements of the unit that he led from its formation in late 1993, to the demobilization that occurred in the spring of 1996. He was different, and higher than many other men. Although he didn't fare to well after the war, similarly to many of his colleagues, especially after his early retirement, also deeply disappointed by the social movements in the postwar period, especially due to the ungrateful social condition of many of his soldiers in peace, he remained morally upright and honest as he was during the war. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The third part of "The list of Bosniak victims from the area of the municipality of Gračanica" presents data on the victims of the Second World War from the city area, the town (local community) of Gračanica. Based on a partially conducted survey and data collection by the method of oral history, registry books and several archives sources as well as the existing partial lists, a complete list of 227 victims was complied. Much of the data are incomplete and insufficiently verified, while the sources often provide contradictory information. We publish the list as working material with hope that it will encourage further collection of new data, as well as the verification and correction of the existing information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper discusses the bad state of the old building of the "Osman-kapetan" madrasah due to the devastation that happened during the Second World War and in the immediate post-war period. The local communist authorities had neither the desire or will to help, and the waqf-ma'drif committee that was the owner of the waqf was scattered, weakened in a material and organizational sense, and thus was in no position to take any action. It was not until 1950 that a young party activist, teacher and secretary of the People's district committee Ibrahim Hasanbegović, introduced an initiative to stop the further deterioration of the building. He made a public appeal that the district's association of Cultural and Artistic societies, of which he was president, take over the madrasah as a long-term lease as a place for their activities. Thanks to the the support that he enjoyed from the official organs the contract for a long-term lease was already signed in 1951, the object was renovated and put into function. Bearing in mind that the association organized various amateur cultural activities, the madrasah was transformed into the city House of Culture, filled with appropriate and adequate contents (a room for meetings, the office of the People's university, the city library, city coffeehouse and so on.) This setup remained for the next twenty years until 1978 until the construction and commissioning of the new House of Culture. After the construction of the new House of Culture the building was once again neglected and left to deteriorate, even though it was still "in the care of the People's university." Fortunate circumstances lead to a thorough renovation of the building by the local community of Gračanica with citizen support that was very pronounced and politically articulated through the branch of the Socialist Workers Union in the city area. The works were performed as a part of the large-scale renovation of the city center during the period of 1987-1990 when the whole town, that is, the central street, definitely got its current layout. After the first parliamentary elections, by unanimous decision of the multi-party Assembly of the municipality of Gračanica, the building was given back to the Islamic community. Consent was formally given by the Local community of Gračanica and the People's University. This paper is based on primary sources (archival materials) as well as on the recollections and one incidental note (letter) of the teacher Ibrahim Hasanbegović, as well as on some memories of the author who was a direct participant in some of these events such as the renovation of the city center and the restoration of the madrasah, that is the old building of the House of Culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article was published on the 13th of May 2020 on the web portal bosanskamisao.ba, three days before the Mass that was organized in the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Sarajevo (May 16th of 2020) for the victims at Bleiburg. As expected, the Mass stirred up the public opinion, deepened the divisions, misunderstandings and hatred in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In expressing his opinion on this topic, the author started from the well-known principle that no one should interfere in the activity of the church (mosque); no one should interfere in their work, the same way the church (mosque) should not interfere in secular affairs. The precise reason why this misunderstanding arose is the fact that someone harshly interfered in the work of the other. The author has no ambition to unravel how much of a certain politic was used as a "secular thing" in function of church matters. But one thing can be said for sure: Sarajevo is the last place on Earth where the Catholic Church should have held a Mass for Bleiburg. This is Bosnia and Herzegovina. The reminiscences of Bleiburg are something completely different here; Bleiburg and the Bosniaks are a third thing, something completely unlike to what it is for the Croatians and Croatia. Note: the words Bleiburg and Jasenovac in this text have a symbolic meaning, along with the meaning that is real and factual. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]