In this article the authors discuss the role of Jasenovac Concentration Camp in Croatian and Serbian political and social spheres. Connecting the historical data with the analysis of the recent mutual accusations of genocide between the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Serbia before the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the authors demonstrate the pervasive presence of Jasenovac in Serbian and Croatian political discourse. Presenting different modes of social construction around Jasenovac, from the end of the Second World War to the present, the article proposes a specific reading of Jasenovac as a form of the “past that does not pass.” In this respect, Jasenovac is seen as a continuous reference point for understanding collective losses and group suffering, both past and present, in Serbian and Croatian society. Although historically distanced by seventy years, the events surrounding Jasenovac are still constantly recurring in both political and private, official and unofficial, spheres of life, functioning as a specific symbol around which narratives of ethnic, national, and religious understanding as well as inter-group conflicts are thought and constructed. The role of political and social factors in the construction of frequently incompatible narratives is further underlined by the analysis of selected oral testimonies related to the war in Yugoslavia in 1990s.

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亚瑟诺瓦克-过去的过去

在本文中，作者讨论了亚塞诺瓦茨集中营在克罗地亚和塞尔维亚政治和社会领域中的作用。将历史数据与对克罗地亚共和国和塞尔维亚共和国最近在海牙国际法院之间发生的种族灭绝相互指责的分析相结合，作者证明了亚塞诺瓦茨在塞尔维亚和克罗地亚政治言论中的普遍存在。从第二次世界大战结束到现在，文章围绕Jasenovac提出了不同的社会建设模式，并提出了对Jasenovac的特殊解读，作为“过去的过去”。在这方面，Jasenovac被视为理解塞尔维亚和克罗地亚社会过去和现在的集体损失和群体苦难的连续参考点。尽管历史上相距七十年，但围绕亚瑟诺瓦克的事件仍在政治和私人，官方和非官方的生活领域中不断发生，并作为一种特定的象征，围绕着种族，民族和宗教理解以及相互之间的叙述思考并构造了群体冲突。通过分析与1990年代与南斯拉夫战争有关的某些口头证词，进一步强调了政治和社会因素在建构时常不相容的叙述中的作用。思考和建构宗教理解以及群体间的冲突。通过分析与1990年代与南斯拉夫战争有关的某些口头证词，进一步强调了政治和社会因素在建构时常不相容的叙述中的作用。思考和建构宗教理解以及群体间的冲突。通过分析与1990年代与南斯拉夫战争有关的某些口头证词，进一步强调了政治和社会因素在建构时常不相容的叙述中的作用。