Exhibition: ‘FROM VICTORY 1945. TO VICTORY 1995.

Source: Red History Museum. Original by redhistorymuseum, published Jan 22, 2024.

Updated: Mar 4, 2024

War photography exhibition entitled “From Victory in 1945 to Victory in 1995”

organized by the Association of Veterans of the Homeland War and Anti-Fascists

(VeDRA) VEDRA – Veterani Domovinskog rata i antifašisti presents a selection of

war photographs, both from the World War II and the Croatian Homeland War in Red History Museum Oct 17- Nov 11, 2023

As stated in the program of the association but also discernible from the exhibition itself, the goal is to encourage dialogue and “awareness of the glorious anti-fascist past of the Croatian nation, both in the World War II and in the Homeland War."

It is through the dialogue of these photos, through the depictions of the two armies, that we want to emphasize that even though 50 years passed in the meantime, behind these people in the photos stands the same love for the homeland, for justice and the same desire for a better and fairer world.

The photographs were created by war photographers Živko Gatina and Matko Biljak, who accompanied the partisans and defenders in the Homeland War respectively, in order to vividly depict the situation on the battlefield.

The exhibition “From Victory to Victory” is a history of war photography on the pages of a newspaper that has two sacred words “Freedom” and “Dalmatia” in its title.

(Fjodor Feđa Klarić)

Photo: Željko Tutnjević