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man. A kada je ustašonostalgija uzela maha, vlast je postala nedopustivo
tolerantna i prema ustašoidnim ekscesima. Ipak, Hrvatska je u
ratu 1991.-1995. bila žrtva i hrvatska se historiografija, stoga, opredijelila
za žrtvu. Unatoč tome, na istom su se poslu našli i hrvatski i
srpski [te srbijanski] ekstremisti, i ta političko-zločinačka koalicija već
duže vrijeme funkcionira izvrsno. A ona je opasna jer razvija daljnju
mistifikaciju (primjerice obje strane o Jasenovcu), koja pomirenju ne
daje nikakve izglede. Stoga mi, historičari, možemo i moramo raditi
ako ne na političkom, a ono na historiografskome pomirenju, i to bez
političkih pritisaka. Posvadili smo se i zaratili preko povijesti. Možemo
li se preko nje i miriti? Ne treba imati iluzija, ali valja potaknuti
otvaranje.
Summary
Reconciliation is an intellectual process, which can be somewhat
helped by economic and other contacts, but still needs to be worked
out by intellectuals in a totally free discussion. Where does historical
science in Croatia and Serbia stand in that respect, and what burdens
the knowledge on history in those areas? In Serbia, it is burdened with
mystifications, the cult of sacrifice and an obsession with the past, and
ever since 1987, this newly concocted history has also had a completely
war-instigating purpose. Such obsession with the national in
history has been driven to the absurd, to historical hysteria and a total
disregard of the historical facts. And how did the Croatian historiography
do in such a situation? It did not hurry up with writing a new
history, but still, quite a number of researchers did race to re-value the
recent and older Croatian history - Franjo Tudjman most of all. And
when the nostalgia for the Ustasha spread, the authorities became
impermissibly tolerant to Ustasha-related excesses, as well. Still,
Croatia was the victim in the war from 1991 to 1995, so Croatian
historiography took the side of the victim. Despite that, both Croatian
and Serbian extremists found themselves doing the same thing and
this political-criminal coalition has been functioning great for a long
time already. And it is dangerous, because it develops further mystification
(for example, both sides on the Jasenovac camp), which does
not give reconciliation any chance. This is why we, historians, can and
must work towards historiographic reconciliation, if not political, and it
has to be done without political pressure. We started arguing and