hrvatski

Nepokolebljiva podanička vjernost ili kako su Samoborci živjeli 1914. godine

U radu se analizira kako su stanovnici Samobora reagirali na izbijanje Prvoga svjetskog rata te kako je tekao život u tom trgovištu prve ratne godine. Posebna pozornost posvećena je utjecaju glavnoga grada Zagreba i događaja u njemu na život samoborskoga stanovništva

Prvi svjetski rat, Samobor, svakodnevica, gospodarstvo

The First World War didn’t take place only on faraway battlefields ; its consequences were also felt by the population of smaller Croatian local communities. The research presented here is focused on how the population of Samobor »lived through« the first year of the war. On the eve of the war, the people of Samobor criticised the Sarajevo Assassination, considering it a »just cause« for going to war. After the outbreak of war, men from Samobor were mobilised and headed to Zagreb after being warmly seen off by their fellow citizens, and then sent to various battlefields in Europe. At the same time, a hospital for wounded soldiers was established in Samobor and an auxiliary police unit was organised to help keep order in the town. The humanity of the townspeople can be seen through activities involving the gathering of material assistance or specific items (e.g. winter clothing) for the soldiers and wounded. It was also a time when the consequences of the war began negatively affecting the economy of Samobor, which was particularly visible in the falling number of tourists. As news of killed and wounded soldiers from Samobor arrived, it became obvious that the war wouldn’t b