No. XLVII (2016)
Articles

A Difficult and Silent Return: Italian Exiles from Dalmatia and Yugoslav Zadar/Zara after the Second World War

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  • Luciano Monzali
Luciano Monzali
University of Bari
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC1647317M

Published 01.12.2016

Keywords

  • Dalmatia,
  • Zadar,
  • Italians of Dalmatia,
  • Yugoslavia,
  • Croatia

How to Cite

Monzali, L. (2016). A Difficult and Silent Return: Italian Exiles from Dalmatia and Yugoslav Zadar/Zara after the Second World War. Balcanica - Annual of the Institute for Balkan Studies, (XLVII), 317–328. https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC1647317M

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Abstract

The aim of this essay is to offer a brief analysis of the political activity of the Italian exiles from Dalmatia after the Second World War and their relations with their motherland and their hometown of Zadar/Zara. Their activities failed to bring about a change of the Italian-Yugoslav border established by the 1947 Treaty of Peace with Italy, but they displayed great activism and a strong determination to keep their cultural traditions alive not only in Italy but also in Yugoslav Zadar. After much effort the Italian exiles eventually succeeded in setting up a public Italian club in Zadar in 1991, after the end of communist Yugoslavia and the creation of independent Croatia.
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