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THREAD Re. today's expected flood of "Dear #Tito" tweets:
#OTD 25 May, is birth anniversary of former #Yugoslavia leader Josip Broz Tito. Many call it his #birthday although he has been dead for 43 yrs. I do not wish to rain on their parade, merely offer my own and my family's /2
#OTD 25 May, is birth anniversary of former #Yugoslavia leader Josip Broz Tito. Many call it his #birthday although he has been dead for 43 yrs. I do not wish to rain on their parade, merely offer my own and my family's /2
THREAD to clarify, question in a PM: we were a normal & pretty ordinary non-Communist family. Not (openly) anti-Communist but not collaborating with the regime in any political capacitiy. Both my grandfathers were opposed to the idea of #Yugoslavia - they realized it may have /2
2/ been as a noble idea but was compromised by Greater #Serbian intentions to rule without allowing for any self-expression or federalism. My paternal grandfather (pic 4), whom I barely remember, he died when I was 6, used to say “both Yugoslavias [Kingdom proclaimed in 1918 & /3
3/ 1945 Republic] were created by kick in the arse & that’s how they’ll end”. Other grandpa spent 8 yrs in #Austria-#Hungary #Navy (1910-1918, pic 1), then by a twist of fate fought for #Slovenia northern border (then #Carinthia Slovenes in 1919 plebiscite voted to join Austria/4
4/ As #WWII started in he was drafted, aged 49 (p.2). His eldest son joined #Partisan at 17 (pic.3) & fought till #Trieste in 1945. They fought for #freedom not Yugoslavia but had to endure it, and #Communism - the latter much more difficult. So memories& emotions are mixed. END
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