45. Cuvaj, page 262. When researching the
beginnings of the Jesuit grammar school
in Slavonska Požega, A. Cuvaj
studied the Annual Report of the grammar
school in Požega of 1853.
46. "Liber momorabilium parochie Vetero
Gradiscanae" - Prof. Husref
Iidžialagić, who worked in
Stara Gradiška prison until the
beginning of the war in 1991, helped me
to obtain a copy of the Chronicle
translated from Latin to Croatian by
Mirko Oražem from Ljubljana.
47. Franjo Tičak, Kratka povjest o
razvitku pučkog školstva u
HrvatskoSlavonskoj Krajini (Short History
of the Development of the Elementary
School System on the Croatia-Slavonia
Border), Zagreb 1880, page 7-11 .
48. The questeonnaire on school
development in Stara Gradiška
was drawn up based on data from the school
chronicle of Stara Gradiška. This
questionnaire is kept in the Croatian
School Museum in Zagreb and was drawn up
by the headmaster of that time, Petar
Slavujac, on 25 May 1965. In gathering
the data related to the beginning of
schooling in Stara Gradiška I was
largely assisted by the headmaster, Prof.
Ivan Vavra, and other experts - employees
of the Croatian School Museum in Zagreb.
49. Hadžialagić wrote about
the school system in Stara
Gradiška in the nineteenth century
in the newspapers of Nova
Gradiška, "Novogradiške
novine" in several installments.
(Novogradiške novine, "About
Schooling in the nineteenth century" (3),
page 14).
50. Ćelap, page 29.
51. Cuvaj, Grada za povjest
školstva III (Material for the
History of Schooling III), Zagreb 1909,
page 513.
52. Imcumentation of the Croatian School
Museum - Zagreb, statistical data
gathered by the headmaster and teacher,
Stjepan Durum, on 18 May 1940.
53. During April 1996 I visited these
localities several times, together with
Šimun Penav, the head of the
Department for Data Gathering of HIC -
Zagreb. We made interesting records of
the statements given by the inhabitants
of Stara Gradiška and the
surrounding villages. We woul.d like to
thank the Mayor of Stara Gradiška,
Ivo Kičić, as well as Josip
Gagulić, Ivo Margaletić and
Mijo Matokanović for their help.
54. "Novogradiški glasnik" (the
newspaper of Nova Gradiška), Issue
No. 11, 1 November 1991.
55. For the history and sufferings of the
Jewish community in the Gradiška
area, see the manuscript by V.
Žugaj: "Razvoj... 1941 . godine"
(The Development of religions communities
in Cernik and Nova Gradiška from 1
804-1941). The manuscript is housed in
the Jewish archives in Zagreb.
56. The first reconstruction of these
events was written by Duro Perica, the
spokesman for the Association of
Croatian Political Prisoners (HDPZ), in a
specialised magazine dealing with
problems of former political prisoners.
This study was published in the
publication of the HDPZ, Issue No. 39,
February 1995. At the same time, these
data were presented at the Fourth
International Congress of Political
Prisoners and Victims of Communism in
Budapest held on 21 st/22nd January 1995.
57. D. Perica, "Political Prisoner" 39,
page 7.
58. This leaflet was displayed in the
National Museum of Nova Gradiška.
59. The Military Courts Acts was issued on
24th May 1945 and signed by Josip Broz
Tito. A facsimile of the document is
stored in the archive of the Zagreb
Branch of the Association of Croatian
Political Prisoners (HDPZ). Thanks to
Cico Maglić I was able to use the
material from this branch. I talked to
members of the HDPZ branch several times
and they helped me to reconstruct life in
Stara Gradiška between 1945 and
1960. I talked to Msgr. Nikola Soldo in
the home for retired priests in Zagreb,
Kaptol 8, and made records of his
memories from the prison in Stara
Gradiška. An additional source of
information was the interview with N.
Soldo published in the magazine "Mi -
list mladih" (We - the Magazine of the
Young), Issue No, 7/8 1992.
60. The prison newspapers "Prosvjetnik"
(Educator), was found by Mr. Vladimir
Hammer, the editor-in-chief of Nova
Gradiška radio station. Mr. Hammer
published many studies related to this
topic in several public and specialised
magazines.
61. The HDPZ publication "Politički
zatvorenik" (Political Prisoner), No.
24/25, page 7/8. Manuscripts stored in
Zagreb Association of HDPZ were used.
62. The HDPZ publication "Politički
zatvorenik" (Political Prisoner), No. 38.
63. Soldo, "Mi - list mladih" (We - the
Magazine of the Young), No. 7/8,
64. I obtained parts of the manuscript
written by J. Dugandžić
thanks to the help of Mr. Naglić.
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