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Welcome NoteWelcome NoteWelcome Note
Dear Readers
Welcome to the new edition of
ldquoCroatia Monthlyrdquo
Croatia is now a member state of the
EU We marked this historic occasion
in Washington DC on July 1 with line
of events throughout the day Special
thanks goes to our partners the Dele-
gation of the EU in the US and the
US Institute of Peace We are bring-
ing you the report about these festive
events
If you wish to learn even more about
the newest member of the European
family make sure to download a spe-
cial brochure ldquoCroatia land and
peoplerdquo This brochure was produced to
mark the accession to the EU and to
present Croatia to foreign audiences in
an accessible and informative way
We continue to bring you the best of
Croatia and this time it is Lonely
Planet who listed us on the top 10
European destinations for 2013 Make
sure not to miss their recommenda-
tions
I wish you all great summer holi-
days
Ambassador
Joško Paro
NEWSLETTER OF THE EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC
OF CROATIA TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CroatiaCroatiaCroatia
monthly monthly monthly
NO 222013 NO 222013 NO 222013
EU FLAG RAISED AT THE EMBASSY
CROATIAS ACCESSION TO THE EUROPEAN UNION CELEBRATED AT THE EU DELEGATION
PANEL DISCUSSION ON CROATIAS EU ACCESSION HELD AT THE US INSTITUTE OF PEACE
INTERVIEW WITH CROATIAN AMBASSADOR JOŠKO PARO AND EU AMBASSADOR JOAtildeO
VALE DE ALMEIDA ON CROATIArsquoS ENTRY INTO THE EU
DC MAYOR VINCENT GRAY CONGRATULATES CROATIA ON THE EU ACCESSION
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE WELCOMES CROATIAS MEMBERSHIP IN THE EU
LEARN MORE ABOUT EUS 28 MEBER STATE
CROATIAN POLICE INSPECTOR RECEIVES THE 2013 HEROES AWARD
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF CROATIAN AMERICANS ELECTS NEW PRESIDENT AND
CELEBRATES FIRST 20 YEARS
CROATIAN RIGHTEOUS AMONG THE NATIONS EXHIBIT OPENS IN CHICAGO
FLORY JAGODA ndash THE CELEBRATION CONCERT AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
TRAVEL NEWS ROUNDUP BY JEANNE OLIVER
CROATIA IS IN THE TOP 10 EUROPEAN TRAVEL DESTINATIONS FOR 2013
BY LONELY PLANET
SPEAKING OF FACTS
PHOTO OF THE MONTH
EU Flag raised at the EmbassyEU Flag raised at the EmbassyEU Flag raised at the Embassy
US In a ceremony he ld on Ju ly 1
2013 Ambassador Joško Paro ra ised
t he flag o f t he European Unio n at t he
Croat ian E mbassy in Washington
DC fo llowing Republic o f Croat ia s
access io n to t he EU
We were jo ined on this occas io n by
representat ives o f t he US Department
o f St at e EU Delegat ion in t he US
members o f d ip lo mat ic co mmunit y
and Croat ian Diaspora in t he US A
let t er o f congratu lat ions fro m DClsquos
Mayor Vincent Gray was read and
European anthem ―Ode to Joy was
per fo rmed by a Croat ian- Amer ican
t ambur it zans band
2
Croatias accession to the European union celebrated at the Croatias accession to the European union celebrated at the Croatias accession to the European union celebrated at the
EU Delegation in Washington DCEU Delegation in Washington DCEU Delegation in Washington DC
The Delegat ion o f t he European Union to t he Unit ed
Stat es host ed a celebrat ion event to mark Croat ia s Acces-
s ion to t he EU at t he Delegat io n s headquar t ers on Ju ly 1
2013 in Washington DC
A flag o f Croat ia was unve i led in t he l ine o f f lags o f
EU member st at es and a t imel ine wa l l featur ing impor t ant
event s in t he EU histo ry was ext ended to feature Croat ia
as 28th member st at e and to honour t he Nobe l Pr ize
awarded to t he EU in 2012
copy Delegation of the EU to the US
copy Delegation of the EU to the US
Panel discussion bdquoCroatiarsquos EU Accession Spreading Peace through Panel discussion bdquoCroatiarsquos EU Accession Spreading Peace through Panel discussion bdquoCroatiarsquos EU Accession Spreading Peace through
Integrationrdquo held at the US Institute of PeaceIntegrationrdquo held at the US Institute of PeaceIntegrationrdquo held at the US Institute of Peace
The Embassy of the Republic of Croatia the Delegation of the
European Union to the United States of America and the US
Institute of Peace organized a panel discussion with Ambassador
Joško Paro Ambassador Joatildeo Vale de Almeida Ambassador Peter
Galbtraith and Mr Jonathan Moore about Croatialsquos journey to
accession into the EU and the regional implications of Croatialsquos
membership
The panel was held at the US Institute of Peace on July 1
2013 Webcast is available at httpwwwusiporgeventscroatias-
eu-accession-spreading-peace-through-integration
Reflect ing on Croat ia lsquos EU
membership EU Ambassador Joatildeo
Vale de Alme ida in a video with
Cro at ia lsquos Ambassador t o t he
Unit ed Stat es Joško Paro po int ed
out t hat Croat ia beco ming a mem-
ber shows the dynamism and
vit a l it y o f t he European Union I t
a lso il lust rat es how much has
changed in t he Ba lkans where the
prospect o f jo ining the EU has
been a dr iving fo rce in t erms o f
re fo rm and reconc i l iat ion ―I t lsquos
good fo r Croat ia but it lsquos a lso good fo r Europe sa id
Ambassador Va le de Almeida no t ing that Croat ialsquos mem-
bership ―cont r ibutes to our st abil it y secur it y and a lso to
our prosper it y
Ambassador Paro noted that t he benef it s o f EU member-
ship are mutua l and that Croat ia wil l be
an agent o f peace ―Above a ll we are a
l iv ing proof t hat t he European Union is
about enlarg ing the area o f peace and
prosper it y he sa id ―This ver y process
of access io n has changed the count ry
fro m wit hin so pro found ly and fundamen-
t ally t hat fro m a country in conf lict we
are now a count ry that can pro ject t he
exper ience o f st abil izat ion int erna l
reconc il iat ion and peace to our ne ighbor-
hoods
Both Ambassadors a lso highl ighted
that a st ronger Europe is good fo r Amer ica
The video is ava i lable at ht t p wwwyoutubecomwatch
v=tDfZxo5o lMc
Interview with Croatian Ambassador Joško Paro and EU Ambassador Interview with Croatian Ambassador Joško Paro and EU Ambassador Interview with Croatian Ambassador Joško Paro and EU Ambassador
Joatildeo Vale de Almeida on Croatiarsquos Entry into the EUJoatildeo Vale de Almeida on Croatiarsquos Entry into the EUJoatildeo Vale de Almeida on Croatiarsquos Entry into the EU
3
The publ icat ion Croa-
t ia land and peop le has
been produced in co llabo-
rat ion with the Minist r y
o f Fore ign and European
Affa ir s o f t he Republ ic
o f Croat ia to mark the
ent r y o f Croat ia into t he
European Unio n
I t i s p r imar i ly in-
t e nd e d fo r t he hu g e
publ ic in t he o ther mem-
ber st at es and fo r al l
t hose who want or need
in fo r mat io n a bo u t t he
newest EU member So it
has been produced in
severa l languages It is a
so rt o f ―ident it y card
provid ing the most impor t ant info r mat ion about t he
count ry in a conc ise readable way ndash it s geography
histo ry po lit ica l o rganizat ion populat ion econo my
cu lture and soc iet y
Alo ngs ide an overview o f genera lly known fact s we
have inc luded so me int erest ing det ails t hrough which
Croat ia can cont r ibute to t he unit y and d ivers it y o f
Europe and which the ed itor ia l board cons idered were
probably less we l l known to t he wider publ ic unt il now
Of course as with any se lect ion t his one is arbit rar y to
some extent
At t ent ion is pa id to t he centur ies o f l inks between
Croat ia and o ther European count r ies and peoples Due to
it s pos it ion within Europe modern Cr oat ia was in t he
past exposed to differ ent inf luences which are re flect ed
in it s nat iona l and cu ltura l ident it y and in it s t ang ible
and sp ir it ua l her it age
The book was produced at t he Miros lav Kr leža I nst i-
t ut e o f Lexicography In co mpil ing t ext s and se lect ing
i l lust rat ions fo r t his publ icat ion t he authors and ed itors
re lied pr imar i ly on previous publ icat ions by the Inst it ut e
with t he a im o f mak ing Croat ia more access ib le t o t he
fo re ign publ ic
American Jewish Committee American Jewish Committee American Jewish Committee
Welcomes Croatias Membership Welcomes Croatias Membership Welcomes Croatias Membership
This is wonder fu l
news sa id AJC Ex-
ecut ive Dir ector David
Harr is We have lo ng
been admir ers o f t he
ambit ious vis io n o f t he
EUs founders aga inst t he backdrop o f Europes past wars
to creat e a zone o f peace open borders enhanced co m-
merce and great er underst and ing Croat ia s member ship
now fur ther expands that zone
We app laud Croat ia fo r it s remarkably successfu l
jour ney dur ing a re lat ive ly short t ime span mdash ju st over two
decadesmdash t o reach this milestone occas ion It augurs we ll
fo r t he people o f Croat ia and fo r t he Ba lkans Wit h the
fo r mer Yugos lav republ ics o f S lo venia and Croat ia now
par t o f t he EU as we ll a s Bu lgar ia Greece and Ro mania
and others in t he ne ighborhood seek ing to fo llow su it we
can envis io n an ent ire ly new era fo r t his promis ing reg io n
which in t he past was too o ft en syno nymous wit h conf l ict
and enmit y
DC Mayor Vincent Gray Con-DC Mayor Vincent Gray Con-DC Mayor Vincent Gray Con-
gratulates Croatia on the acces-gratulates Croatia on the acces-gratulates Croatia on the acces-
sion to the European Union sion to the European Union sion to the European Union In his letter of congratulations Mayor of the District of
Columbia Vincent C Gray emphasized that this was an
important milestone for the people of Croatia and con-
gratulated all those who have worked tirelessly on this
achievement
Want to learn more about the EUrsquos Want to learn more about the EUrsquos Want to learn more about the EUrsquos
28th Member State 28th Member State 28th Member State
Download a brochure ldquoCroatia land and peoplerdquo
Croatian Police Inspector Croatian Police Inspector Croatian Police Inspector
receives the 2013 Heroes receives the 2013 Heroes receives the 2013 Heroes
AwardAwardAward
At a ceremony in Washington on June 19 2013 Ms
Kat r in Glu ic was recognized by US Secret ary o f St at e
John Kerr y as one o f t he ―2013 Heroes in t he Fight
Aga inst Modern S laver y fo r her work to combat mod-
ern s laver y in Croat ia
As a Chie f Po lice Inspecto r within the Nat iona l
Po lice Off ice fo r t he Suppress ion o f Corrupt ion and
Organized Cr ime Ms Glu ic coordinat es human t raff ick-
ing invest igat ions and oversees ass ist ance to vict ims o f
human t raffick ing and fo rced labor She des igned and
coordinat ed an ant i- t raff ick ing t raining program that is
used by many law enfo rcement o rganiza t ions in Croat ia
and she oversees ass ist ance to t raff ick ing vict ims as a
leader o f Croat ia s highly e ffect ive and innovat ive
Mobile Teams which can rap id ly dep lo y to provide
in it ia l care and prot ect ion to t raff ick ing vict ims
4
The Nat iona l Federat ion o f Croat ian Amer icans Cu ltura l
Foundat ion (NFCACF) has e lect ed a new President Mr
Pau l Tonšet ić - Kunder to succeed Mr Bil l Vergo t who is
ret ir ing a ft er serving two t erms as Pres ident since 2011
The vo te o f De legate and Execut ive Board members was
t aken at 20th Annua l Conference in St Pet e Beach Flo r ida
and announced immediat e ly dur ing the conference
―I have co me to know Paul over t he past few years and
have worked ver y c lose ly wit h him recent ly on issues co re
to our causes Paullsquos appo int ment was unanimous ly sup-
port ed by our ent ire De legat ion and Execut ive Board I am
confident t hat he wil l cont inue the t rad it iona l and ded i-
cat ed leader ship o f our o rganizat ion going fo rward said
outgo ing Pres ident Vergot
Mr Tonšet ić -Kunder o f Cora l
Spr ings Flo r ida is a t hird gen-
erat ion Croat ian Amer ican o r ig i-
na l ly bo rn and ra ised in P it t s-
burgh PA Both materna l and
f r a t e r na l g r a ndpar e nt s c a me
fro m Croat ia in t he ear ly 1900lsquos
(Samobor and Grubišno Po lje)
and they set t led in t he Western
Pennsylvan ia area
In add it ion t he De legates
a lso appo int ed a new execut ive
board fo r 2013-2014 year They
are Pres ident ndash Paul Tonšet ić -
Kunder Execut ive Vice Pres i-
dent ndash Zvonko Labas Treasurer
ndash Michae l St empihar Secret ary
ndash Anne Pavlich I mmediat e Past
P r e s i d e n t ndash B i l l V e r -
got Ass ist ant Treasurer ndash Jay
Hunter Par liamentar ian ndash Tom Steich Reg iona l Vice
Pres ident s were a lso appo int ed East ern ndash S t eve Rukav-
ina Cent ra l ndash Frank Jer bic Western ndash J im Kres-
nick Off icers-at -Large were named John Kra l j ic Mar io
Spa lat in and Char les St efanac
Publ ic Affa ir s Directo r Joe Fo ley over viewed act ivit ie s
in Washington His report highlighted the int roduct ion in
t he US Senate o f Senate Reso lut ion 131 ndash a lso known as
t he Beg ich Reso lut ionlsquo ndash and the subsequent Ba lkans
press coverage o f t his new leg is lat ive in it iat ive S Res
131 was int roduced by Senato r Mark Beg ich o f Alaska on
May 8th and ca lls fo r a Pres ident ia l Spec ia l Envo y to be
appo int ed fo r Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to eva luat e
t he successes and fa ilures to dat e o f t he Dayton Peace
Accords (DPA) in p lace s ince 1994 The Spec ia l Envo y is
to report back to t he Congress a ft er reviewing the man y
current po lit ica l d if f icu lt ies t hreat ening BiH and the re-
g ion Reco mmendat ions per t a ining to revers ing the eco -
no mic and po lit ica l d iscr iminato ry t rend aga inst Bosnia n
Croat s - as one o f t he three DPA-des ignated const it uent
peoples in BiH - are a lso to be par t o f t he Envo ylsquos
agenda Reso lut ion o f t his ongo ing cr is is in BiH is cons id-
ered by many fo re ign po licy exper t s to be the lynchp in fo r
t he future success o f Bosnia and Herzegovina
The public sess io n o f t he Assembly was conducted in
t he aft ernoon Fir st Miss Amer ica 2011 Teresa Scan lan
spoke to t he De legates and the publ ic about her goals fo r
invo lv ing more youth in advanc ing humanit ar ian ass ist ance
via her int ernat iona l representat ion o f Croat ian Re l ie f
Services Inc Miss Scanlo n overviewed her recent vis it s to
t he o rphanage in Port -au-Pr ince Ha it i founded by Fr
Gio rdano Be lanich who leads this non-pro fit NGO
(wwwcroat ianre lie fo rg)
Edward Joseph a Johns Hopk ins Univers it y fo re ig n
service schoo l pro fesso r and fo rmer Deputy Head o f t he
OSCE Miss io n in Kosovo spoke to t he De legates about t he
current po lit ica l c l imate in t he Ba lkans Mr Joseph spoke
comprehens ive ly no t ing that Bosnia remains a pr isoner o f
Dayton However t he Apr il 19th rapprochement between
Kosovo and Ser bia fac i l it at ed by EU High Representat ive
Cather ine Ashton was a sign fo r poss ible bet t er po lit ica l
t rends to come fo r t he Ba lkans
Ambassador to t he US from Croat ia His E xce l lenc y
Josko Paro and Ambassador to t he
US fro m BiH Her Exce l lency Jad-
ranka Negodic both spoke at length
to t he conference Ambassador Paro
highl ighted the impor t ance o f Croat ia
ga ining admit t ance to t he US Visa
Waiver Program and his apprec iat ion
fo r NFCACFlsquos cont inued st rong
support o f t his goa l in Washing-
ton The coming ce lebrat ion on Ju ly
1st o f Croat ia lsquos fu l l a scens io n to t he
European Unio n was reviewed by
Ambassador Paro Fee lings o f pr ide
and success re lat ed to t his impor t ant
achievement fo r t he Republ ic were
pa lpable amo ngst t he De legates and
the Croat ian d ip lo mat s at t end ing the
Assembly
Amba ssado r Nego d ic o f B iH
c losed with a review o f t he many
cha l lenges faced by her count ry
which remains in t he midst o f a frozen confl ict lsquo She also
c it ed the impor t ance o f t he new po lit ica l d ia logue inherent
in t he Apr il 19th Agreement between Serbia and Kosovo
and the need fo r rea list ic domest ic po lit ica l re fo r ms as BiH
mo ves fo rward with it s goa l o f jo in ing NATO Bo th Am-
bassadors Negodic and Paro were complimentar y regard ing
t he NFCACFlsquos cont r ibut ions toward the recent int roduct ion
o f t he Beg ich Reso lut ionlsquo in t he US Senate fo r t he Pres i-
dent to appo int a Spec ia l E nvo y fo r Bosnia Both agreed a
Spec ia l Envo y wil l have a pos it ive impact on the current
st at e o f affa irs in BiH and the relat ed report back to t he
US Congress with spec if ic po licy reco mmendat ions is lo ng
overdue
The NFCACF i s a non -prof i t 501 (c ) (3) organi zat ion
dedicated to promoting the interes t of the Croat ian peo-
ple - embodying heri tage of cul ture and language integ-
ri ty in human rights and equal i ty in self -determinat ion
advancing economic development and freedom from
persecut ion For further response on this NFCACF press
announcement please contact Mr Joe Foley Publ ic
Affairs Director in Washington on (301) 294 -0937 The
NFCACF is the nat ional umbrel la organi zat ion estab-
l ished in 1993 for Croat ian Americans related profes-
sional associat ions and the many fraternal lodges that
col lect i vely represent approximately 130000 mem-
bers For individual membership and chapter informa-
t ion recent newslet te rs and other Croat ian American
news pl ease visi t our web si te wwwnfcacf org
National Federation of Croatian Americans Elects New President and National Federation of Croatian Americans Elects New President and National Federation of Croatian Americans Elects New President and
Celebrates First 20 Years Celebrates First 20 Years Celebrates First 20 Years
National Federation of Croatian Americans Cultural Foundation Elects New President Paul Tonšetić-Kunder and Celebrates
Its First Twenty Years at National Assembly in St Pete Beach Florida
5
Croatian Righteous Among the Nations Croatian Righteous Among the Nations Croatian Righteous Among the Nations
An exhibition on the Croatian Gentiles who saved Jews during the Holocaust opened at the IHMEC in Chicago
On June 20 2013
Directo r o f t he I ll ino is
Ho locaust Museum and
Educat ion Center Rich-
ard Hirchhaut ( IHMEC)
a n d C r o a t i a n C o n s u l
G e n e r a l i n C h i c a g o
J e l e n a G r č i ć P o l i ć
opened the exhib it io n on
t he bdquoCroat ian Righteous
Amo ng the Nat ions― t he
f ir st ever to be exhib it ed
ins ide the Museum
The IHMEC is known
fo r it s open a ir memor ia l
Founta in o f t he Right -
eous in t he hear t o f
Skokie t he p lace wit h
the largest concent rat ion
o f t he Ho locaust survivors in t he Unit ed Stat es The open-
ing recept ion was at t ended by a few survivors inc lud ing
the IHMEC President Ms Fr it z ie Fr it zsha l l and a Croat ian
born Chicagoan Dr Dan Stockhamme r who was saved
himse lf by Croat ian gent ile rescuers The opening recep-
t ion wil l mo st like ly be remembered bes t by the vir tuoso a
cape lla per fo r mance o f Flo r i Yagodas lo ve songs in La-
d ino by Alber to Mizrahi Hazzan o f the histor ic Anshe
Emet Synagogue in Chicago Mr Mizrahi a lso known as
bdquoJewish Pavarot t ildquo t ranspor t ed us br ie f ly but seduct ive ly
and powerfu l ly t o ba lmy summer nights in Sp lit and Du-
brovnik at t he Adr iat ic coast t hat make romance bigger
t han li fe
The exhibit io n features a se lect set o f narrat ives about
t he brave c it izens o f Croat ia who liv ing under t he Naz i
puppet Ustashi reg ime res ist ed fasc ist oppress ion to save
Jews fro m persecut ion and murder The Righteous Among
the Nat ions t it le is g iven by
Yad Vashem in Jerusa lem to
no n- Je w s w ho r isk ed t he ir
l ives t o save Jews dur ing the
Ho locaust A spec ia l co mmis-
s ion headed by Supreme Cour t
Just ice o f t he St at e o f Israe l
be s t o w s t he t it le o n e a c h
honoree Rescuers rece ive a
p laque o f honor and meda l and
the ir names are engraved on
the wa lls o f t he Garden o f t he
Righteous By Januar y 2013
over 24000 Right eous men
and wo men fro m 47 countr ies
ha ve be e n r e c o g n iz e d a nd
honored with that t it le 109
among them are Croat ian
T h e e x h i b i t i o n c u r a t o r
Branka Souml men drew on the book by Mir iam Ste iner -
Aviezer Hrvat sk i pravednic i (Croat ian Righteous) Zagreb
Novi Liber 2008 Ms Soumlmen l ives in Zagreb and is cur-
rent ly working on est ablish ing a Museum on To lerance
Ms St einer -Aviezer a Child Ho locaust survivor fro m
Kar lo vac Croat ia lives in Israe l and is a member o f t he
Commit t ee fo r recogniz ing Righteous at Yad Vashem
The exhib it io n is open fo r daily viewing unt il t he end o f
t he year at t he I ll ino is Ho locaust Museum and Educat ion
Center The Stat e o f I ll ino is was the fi rst in t he Unio n to
mandate educat ion on Holocaust and subsequent ly a l l
contemporar y genoc ides
Educat ing young and o ld about t he Ho locaust t he int e l-
lectua l histo ry that insp ired it it s his to r ica l agent s and
context - - but above a ll about ind iv idua ls t hat confronted
it t he Power o f One - - remains ind ispensable to t he pursu it
o f t ruth both loca lly and wor ldwide
Flory Jagoda Flory Jagoda Flory Jagoda ndashndashndash The Celebration Concert at the Library of CongressThe Celebration Concert at the Library of CongressThe Celebration Concert at the Library of Congress
September 21 2013 at 800 pm Coolidge Auditorium Library of Congress 10 1st Street SE Washington DC
This concer t ce lebrat es Flo r y Jagodalsquos int ernat io na l ly recognized career as
s inger composer and t eacher o f Sephard ic song and wil l honor her ro le as
―keeper o f t he flame fo r preserving perpetuat ing and expand ing this venerable
Jewish cu ltura l t radit ion Musica l co lleagues from the Washington DC area and
beyo nd wil l jo in Jagoda to perfo rm the songs that she has t aught t hem in her quest
to t ransmit her familylsquos musica l her it age and keep it vibr ant ly a l ive The concert
wil l be documented by JEMGLO an award -winning documentar y fi lm co mpany
and wil l serve as a cent ral e lement in a fi lm about Flo r ylsquos li fe and music JEM-
GLOlsquos work focuses on Jewish cu lture in it s many g lo ba l and histo r ica l manifes -
t at ions
Born in Sara jevo Bosnia in 1923 Flo r y Jagoda grew up in Zagreb and spent
t ime dur ing Wor ld War I I in Sp lit and Korcu la She learned many songs fro m her
Nona (grandmother) and o ther family members who were known as t he ―S ing ing
Alt aračs Her o r ig ina l co mposit ions and ar rangement s have been per fo rmed and
reco rded by s ingers and groups in t he US and Europe and many are now fir mly
ent renched in Sephard ic song t rad it ion
A 2002 recip ient o f a Nat iona l Her it age Fe llowship presented by the Nat iona l
Endowment fo r t he Art s Jagoda lat er served as a Master Ar t ist in t he Fo lk li fe
Apprent iceship Program fo r t he Virg inia Foundat ion fo r t he Humanit ies In 2003
the Amer ican I mmigrat ion Counc il honored her with an I mmigrant Achievement
Award In March 2003 she was the so lo ist in a ceremo ny at Oświęc im Po land
(Auschwit z) commemorat ing the Sephard ic Jews who per ished there dur ing the
Ho locaust She has per fo r med throughout t he US and in Bosnia Croat ia Spain Aust r ia Turkey France Russ ia
Canada and Israe l She has made five reco rdings and publ ished The Flo r y Jagoda Songbook (1993 Tara Publica-
t ions) which inc ludes her songs biography and family pho tos from the fo r mer Yugos lavia Jagoda has been a res i-
dent o f t he Unit ed Stat es fo r sixt y- f ive years and res ides in Alexandr ia Virg in ia with her husband Harry
The concer t is be ing presented under the ausp ices o f t he Homegrown Concer t Ser ies at t he Amer ican Fo lk l ife
Center o f t he Librar y o f Congress
6
Croatia Travel News RoundupCroatia Travel News RoundupCroatia Travel News Roundup by Jeanne Oliverby Jeanne Oliverby Jeanne Oliver
Par ty on Croat ia The
summer o f fun st art ed on
Ju ly 1 with Croat ia s o ff i-
c ia l ent r y into t he EU and
cont inues with a flur r y o f
fest iva ls a l l t hroughout t he summer Vis it o rs to Croat ia
can look fo rward to more t ransport opt ions new s ight s
and tours plus exc it ing deve lopment s on the d ining and
lodg ing scene
Game o f Thrones
The popular HBO ser ies fi lmed par t s o f seasons two
and three in Dubrovnik and is schedu led to return to film
season four Filming in Dubrovnik beg ins on August 20
and last s fo r one month when fo r t he fi rst t ime t he cast
wil l head to Split and fi lm fro m September 21 to October
10 True fans wil l want to sign up fo r Viato r s new Game
o f Thrones tours o f Dubrovnik a lthough it s cer t a inly
poss ible to vis it t he s it es independent ly
Hote ls
The Bout ique Hostel Forum in Zadar is enjo ying it s
f ir st fu l l season t reat ing it s lucky customers t o a st andard
o f comfor t almost unknown at t he budget leve l Croat ian
archit ect Toma P le j ić and des igner Damir Gamulin have
creat ed a dazz ling space that runs from dor mito r ies on
the fir st floo r to doubles and luxur y su it es on the top
f loo rs All have views o f Zadar s cent ral Forum square
In Zagreb the c it ys o ldest hotel t he Hotel Jadran has
t ransfo r med it se lf wit h a tot al overhau l and is now a
s leek and modern space The downtown locat ion makes it
a perfect launching pad fo r a discover y o f Croat ia s
cap it a l
Dining
Loca l and authent ic cu is ine are t he new watchwords
Rovinj s be lo ved konoba Kant inon has passed into the
capable hands o f sommelier E mil Per dec and gourmet
chef Tomis lav Gret ic They vow to use loca l Ist r ian
ingred ient s only in a menu o f loca l spec ia lt ie s based on
coast al cu is ine
St ar chef Dino Galvagno renowned fo r sparking up
Zagreb s rest aurant scene wit h Prasac has launched an
even more ambit ious pro ject Peta Cetvrt ina where he
commit s to using only the freshest and most seasona l
product s from loca l far mers Weeds a lgae wild oyst ers
black S lavonian p igs and qua i l are combined in sensa-
t iona l new d ishes Even the wine list is a surpr ise con-
cent rat ing on o rganic wine fro m less - her a lded vineyards
Sight s
S ibenik has opened a brand -new Aquar ium r ight in t he
town center Some 500 fish o f 100 d if fe rent spec ies g l ide
around 20 huge t anks The st ar at t ract ion is bound to be a
smooth hound shark recent ly caught in loca l waters The
aquar ium is open da ily
Transport
The Kr ilo co mpany has rest art ed it s highly convenient
seasona l Sp l it -Hvar cat amaran with a schedu le t hat al-
lows vis it o rs t o leave Sp lit in t he morning and return in
t he ear ly evening T he same co mpany has t aken over
Jadro lin i ja s Sp lit -Hvar-Vis cat amaran while Jadro lini ja
now runs the Sp lit -Hvar-Korcu la cat amaran
Croat ia Air l ines has long had a mo nopo ly on int erna l
routes but no more Trade Air has announced that fl ight s
wil l beg in soon between Zagreb and Osijek and most
int erest ing fo r t rave lers a Rijeka -Sp l it -Dubrovnik route
I t has long been a cha l lenge to combine a vis it t o Ist r ia
Kvar ner and Dalmat ia in one t r ip but t his new route wil l
make it much eas ier to exp lo re t he length o f Croat ia s
coast
For more Croat ia t rave l in formation see Jeanne s
websit e wwwcroat iat rave l ler com
Croatia is in the Top 10 European Travel Destinations for 2013 by Croatia is in the Top 10 European Travel Destinations for 2013 by Croatia is in the Top 10 European Travel Destinations for 2013 by Lonely Planet Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet has included Croatia on its list of Top 10 European travel destinations for 2013 This what they had to say
Ca ll ing Croat ia a ho t spot is somewhat o ld news in t rave l c irc les ndash it s popular it y is fir mly est abl ished amo ng European
t rave llers and st eeply on the r ise among Amer icans as we ll But many t rave l lers are only see ing one sunny s l ice o f t he
count ry lured to t he near ly 2000km- lo ng coast line meanwhile miss ing the diverse char ms o f t he inland c it ie s nat iona l
parks and count rys ide
Zagreb t he EUlsquos newest cap it a l c it y is a hip c it y wit h wa lkable st reet s and a ca feacute scene so ingra ined that so me re fer
to t he c it y as one large outdoor cafeacute Surpass ing even the no table beaut y o f t he coast Plit vice Lakes Nat iona l Park is a
nature- loverlsquos parad ise with r ibbons o f br ight t urquo ise lakes and water fa l ls se t aga inst a backdrop o f karst cli ffs and
mossy t raver t ine
Back on the coast histo r ic Dubrovnik wil l de l ight vis it o rs even if t hey donlsquot know that t heylsquore st and ing in Kinglsquos
Land ing from the popu lar Game o f Thrones t elevis io n show
Read more ht tp wwwlone lyp lanet comeuropet rave l - t ip s-and-ar t ic les77757 ixzz2ZVWlrgeH
copy Plitvice Lakes National Park Photo by Kelly Cheng Getty Images
7
Photo of the MonthPhoto of the MonthPhoto of the Month
Each month we will publish a photo of
Croatia taken by one of the millions of
foreign tourist that discover ldquoThe Medi-
terranean as it once wasrdquo every year
For more of these check out the offi-
cial Facebook page of Croatia ldquoLove
Croatiardquo or visit wwwcroatiahr
This monthrsquos photo features sunset
somewhere along the Adriatic coast
Courtesy of Adam Sołtysiak
Enjoy
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wwwcroatiahr
Speaking of FactsSpeaking of FactsSpeaking of Facts
The Kornati archipelago of Croatia
with its 140 islands is the densest
archipelago in the Mediterranean
Sea
George Bernard Shaw described
Kornati in the following way
During the last days of creation
God wished to crown his work and
hence from his own tears stars and
breath created Kornati
2
Croatias accession to the European union celebrated at the Croatias accession to the European union celebrated at the Croatias accession to the European union celebrated at the
EU Delegation in Washington DCEU Delegation in Washington DCEU Delegation in Washington DC
The Delegat ion o f t he European Union to t he Unit ed
Stat es host ed a celebrat ion event to mark Croat ia s Acces-
s ion to t he EU at t he Delegat io n s headquar t ers on Ju ly 1
2013 in Washington DC
A flag o f Croat ia was unve i led in t he l ine o f f lags o f
EU member st at es and a t imel ine wa l l featur ing impor t ant
event s in t he EU histo ry was ext ended to feature Croat ia
as 28th member st at e and to honour t he Nobe l Pr ize
awarded to t he EU in 2012
copy Delegation of the EU to the US
copy Delegation of the EU to the US
Panel discussion bdquoCroatiarsquos EU Accession Spreading Peace through Panel discussion bdquoCroatiarsquos EU Accession Spreading Peace through Panel discussion bdquoCroatiarsquos EU Accession Spreading Peace through
Integrationrdquo held at the US Institute of PeaceIntegrationrdquo held at the US Institute of PeaceIntegrationrdquo held at the US Institute of Peace
The Embassy of the Republic of Croatia the Delegation of the
European Union to the United States of America and the US
Institute of Peace organized a panel discussion with Ambassador
Joško Paro Ambassador Joatildeo Vale de Almeida Ambassador Peter
Galbtraith and Mr Jonathan Moore about Croatialsquos journey to
accession into the EU and the regional implications of Croatialsquos
membership
The panel was held at the US Institute of Peace on July 1
2013 Webcast is available at httpwwwusiporgeventscroatias-
eu-accession-spreading-peace-through-integration
Reflect ing on Croat ia lsquos EU
membership EU Ambassador Joatildeo
Vale de Alme ida in a video with
Cro at ia lsquos Ambassador t o t he
Unit ed Stat es Joško Paro po int ed
out t hat Croat ia beco ming a mem-
ber shows the dynamism and
vit a l it y o f t he European Union I t
a lso il lust rat es how much has
changed in t he Ba lkans where the
prospect o f jo ining the EU has
been a dr iving fo rce in t erms o f
re fo rm and reconc i l iat ion ―I t lsquos
good fo r Croat ia but it lsquos a lso good fo r Europe sa id
Ambassador Va le de Almeida no t ing that Croat ialsquos mem-
bership ―cont r ibutes to our st abil it y secur it y and a lso to
our prosper it y
Ambassador Paro noted that t he benef it s o f EU member-
ship are mutua l and that Croat ia wil l be
an agent o f peace ―Above a ll we are a
l iv ing proof t hat t he European Union is
about enlarg ing the area o f peace and
prosper it y he sa id ―This ver y process
of access io n has changed the count ry
fro m wit hin so pro found ly and fundamen-
t ally t hat fro m a country in conf lict we
are now a count ry that can pro ject t he
exper ience o f st abil izat ion int erna l
reconc il iat ion and peace to our ne ighbor-
hoods
Both Ambassadors a lso highl ighted
that a st ronger Europe is good fo r Amer ica
The video is ava i lable at ht t p wwwyoutubecomwatch
v=tDfZxo5o lMc
Interview with Croatian Ambassador Joško Paro and EU Ambassador Interview with Croatian Ambassador Joško Paro and EU Ambassador Interview with Croatian Ambassador Joško Paro and EU Ambassador
Joatildeo Vale de Almeida on Croatiarsquos Entry into the EUJoatildeo Vale de Almeida on Croatiarsquos Entry into the EUJoatildeo Vale de Almeida on Croatiarsquos Entry into the EU
3
The publ icat ion Croa-
t ia land and peop le has
been produced in co llabo-
rat ion with the Minist r y
o f Fore ign and European
Affa ir s o f t he Republ ic
o f Croat ia to mark the
ent r y o f Croat ia into t he
European Unio n
I t i s p r imar i ly in-
t e nd e d fo r t he hu g e
publ ic in t he o ther mem-
ber st at es and fo r al l
t hose who want or need
in fo r mat io n a bo u t t he
newest EU member So it
has been produced in
severa l languages It is a
so rt o f ―ident it y card
provid ing the most impor t ant info r mat ion about t he
count ry in a conc ise readable way ndash it s geography
histo ry po lit ica l o rganizat ion populat ion econo my
cu lture and soc iet y
Alo ngs ide an overview o f genera lly known fact s we
have inc luded so me int erest ing det ails t hrough which
Croat ia can cont r ibute to t he unit y and d ivers it y o f
Europe and which the ed itor ia l board cons idered were
probably less we l l known to t he wider publ ic unt il now
Of course as with any se lect ion t his one is arbit rar y to
some extent
At t ent ion is pa id to t he centur ies o f l inks between
Croat ia and o ther European count r ies and peoples Due to
it s pos it ion within Europe modern Cr oat ia was in t he
past exposed to differ ent inf luences which are re flect ed
in it s nat iona l and cu ltura l ident it y and in it s t ang ible
and sp ir it ua l her it age
The book was produced at t he Miros lav Kr leža I nst i-
t ut e o f Lexicography In co mpil ing t ext s and se lect ing
i l lust rat ions fo r t his publ icat ion t he authors and ed itors
re lied pr imar i ly on previous publ icat ions by the Inst it ut e
with t he a im o f mak ing Croat ia more access ib le t o t he
fo re ign publ ic
American Jewish Committee American Jewish Committee American Jewish Committee
Welcomes Croatias Membership Welcomes Croatias Membership Welcomes Croatias Membership
This is wonder fu l
news sa id AJC Ex-
ecut ive Dir ector David
Harr is We have lo ng
been admir ers o f t he
ambit ious vis io n o f t he
EUs founders aga inst t he backdrop o f Europes past wars
to creat e a zone o f peace open borders enhanced co m-
merce and great er underst and ing Croat ia s member ship
now fur ther expands that zone
We app laud Croat ia fo r it s remarkably successfu l
jour ney dur ing a re lat ive ly short t ime span mdash ju st over two
decadesmdash t o reach this milestone occas ion It augurs we ll
fo r t he people o f Croat ia and fo r t he Ba lkans Wit h the
fo r mer Yugos lav republ ics o f S lo venia and Croat ia now
par t o f t he EU as we ll a s Bu lgar ia Greece and Ro mania
and others in t he ne ighborhood seek ing to fo llow su it we
can envis io n an ent ire ly new era fo r t his promis ing reg io n
which in t he past was too o ft en syno nymous wit h conf l ict
and enmit y
DC Mayor Vincent Gray Con-DC Mayor Vincent Gray Con-DC Mayor Vincent Gray Con-
gratulates Croatia on the acces-gratulates Croatia on the acces-gratulates Croatia on the acces-
sion to the European Union sion to the European Union sion to the European Union In his letter of congratulations Mayor of the District of
Columbia Vincent C Gray emphasized that this was an
important milestone for the people of Croatia and con-
gratulated all those who have worked tirelessly on this
achievement
Want to learn more about the EUrsquos Want to learn more about the EUrsquos Want to learn more about the EUrsquos
28th Member State 28th Member State 28th Member State
Download a brochure ldquoCroatia land and peoplerdquo
Croatian Police Inspector Croatian Police Inspector Croatian Police Inspector
receives the 2013 Heroes receives the 2013 Heroes receives the 2013 Heroes
AwardAwardAward
At a ceremony in Washington on June 19 2013 Ms
Kat r in Glu ic was recognized by US Secret ary o f St at e
John Kerr y as one o f t he ―2013 Heroes in t he Fight
Aga inst Modern S laver y fo r her work to combat mod-
ern s laver y in Croat ia
As a Chie f Po lice Inspecto r within the Nat iona l
Po lice Off ice fo r t he Suppress ion o f Corrupt ion and
Organized Cr ime Ms Glu ic coordinat es human t raff ick-
ing invest igat ions and oversees ass ist ance to vict ims o f
human t raffick ing and fo rced labor She des igned and
coordinat ed an ant i- t raff ick ing t raining program that is
used by many law enfo rcement o rganiza t ions in Croat ia
and she oversees ass ist ance to t raff ick ing vict ims as a
leader o f Croat ia s highly e ffect ive and innovat ive
Mobile Teams which can rap id ly dep lo y to provide
in it ia l care and prot ect ion to t raff ick ing vict ims
4
The Nat iona l Federat ion o f Croat ian Amer icans Cu ltura l
Foundat ion (NFCACF) has e lect ed a new President Mr
Pau l Tonšet ić - Kunder to succeed Mr Bil l Vergo t who is
ret ir ing a ft er serving two t erms as Pres ident since 2011
The vo te o f De legate and Execut ive Board members was
t aken at 20th Annua l Conference in St Pet e Beach Flo r ida
and announced immediat e ly dur ing the conference
―I have co me to know Paul over t he past few years and
have worked ver y c lose ly wit h him recent ly on issues co re
to our causes Paullsquos appo int ment was unanimous ly sup-
port ed by our ent ire De legat ion and Execut ive Board I am
confident t hat he wil l cont inue the t rad it iona l and ded i-
cat ed leader ship o f our o rganizat ion going fo rward said
outgo ing Pres ident Vergot
Mr Tonšet ić -Kunder o f Cora l
Spr ings Flo r ida is a t hird gen-
erat ion Croat ian Amer ican o r ig i-
na l ly bo rn and ra ised in P it t s-
burgh PA Both materna l and
f r a t e r na l g r a ndpar e nt s c a me
fro m Croat ia in t he ear ly 1900lsquos
(Samobor and Grubišno Po lje)
and they set t led in t he Western
Pennsylvan ia area
In add it ion t he De legates
a lso appo int ed a new execut ive
board fo r 2013-2014 year They
are Pres ident ndash Paul Tonšet ić -
Kunder Execut ive Vice Pres i-
dent ndash Zvonko Labas Treasurer
ndash Michae l St empihar Secret ary
ndash Anne Pavlich I mmediat e Past
P r e s i d e n t ndash B i l l V e r -
got Ass ist ant Treasurer ndash Jay
Hunter Par liamentar ian ndash Tom Steich Reg iona l Vice
Pres ident s were a lso appo int ed East ern ndash S t eve Rukav-
ina Cent ra l ndash Frank Jer bic Western ndash J im Kres-
nick Off icers-at -Large were named John Kra l j ic Mar io
Spa lat in and Char les St efanac
Publ ic Affa ir s Directo r Joe Fo ley over viewed act ivit ie s
in Washington His report highlighted the int roduct ion in
t he US Senate o f Senate Reso lut ion 131 ndash a lso known as
t he Beg ich Reso lut ionlsquo ndash and the subsequent Ba lkans
press coverage o f t his new leg is lat ive in it iat ive S Res
131 was int roduced by Senato r Mark Beg ich o f Alaska on
May 8th and ca lls fo r a Pres ident ia l Spec ia l Envo y to be
appo int ed fo r Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to eva luat e
t he successes and fa ilures to dat e o f t he Dayton Peace
Accords (DPA) in p lace s ince 1994 The Spec ia l Envo y is
to report back to t he Congress a ft er reviewing the man y
current po lit ica l d if f icu lt ies t hreat ening BiH and the re-
g ion Reco mmendat ions per t a ining to revers ing the eco -
no mic and po lit ica l d iscr iminato ry t rend aga inst Bosnia n
Croat s - as one o f t he three DPA-des ignated const it uent
peoples in BiH - are a lso to be par t o f t he Envo ylsquos
agenda Reso lut ion o f t his ongo ing cr is is in BiH is cons id-
ered by many fo re ign po licy exper t s to be the lynchp in fo r
t he future success o f Bosnia and Herzegovina
The public sess io n o f t he Assembly was conducted in
t he aft ernoon Fir st Miss Amer ica 2011 Teresa Scan lan
spoke to t he De legates and the publ ic about her goals fo r
invo lv ing more youth in advanc ing humanit ar ian ass ist ance
via her int ernat iona l representat ion o f Croat ian Re l ie f
Services Inc Miss Scanlo n overviewed her recent vis it s to
t he o rphanage in Port -au-Pr ince Ha it i founded by Fr
Gio rdano Be lanich who leads this non-pro fit NGO
(wwwcroat ianre lie fo rg)
Edward Joseph a Johns Hopk ins Univers it y fo re ig n
service schoo l pro fesso r and fo rmer Deputy Head o f t he
OSCE Miss io n in Kosovo spoke to t he De legates about t he
current po lit ica l c l imate in t he Ba lkans Mr Joseph spoke
comprehens ive ly no t ing that Bosnia remains a pr isoner o f
Dayton However t he Apr il 19th rapprochement between
Kosovo and Ser bia fac i l it at ed by EU High Representat ive
Cather ine Ashton was a sign fo r poss ible bet t er po lit ica l
t rends to come fo r t he Ba lkans
Ambassador to t he US from Croat ia His E xce l lenc y
Josko Paro and Ambassador to t he
US fro m BiH Her Exce l lency Jad-
ranka Negodic both spoke at length
to t he conference Ambassador Paro
highl ighted the impor t ance o f Croat ia
ga ining admit t ance to t he US Visa
Waiver Program and his apprec iat ion
fo r NFCACFlsquos cont inued st rong
support o f t his goa l in Washing-
ton The coming ce lebrat ion on Ju ly
1st o f Croat ia lsquos fu l l a scens io n to t he
European Unio n was reviewed by
Ambassador Paro Fee lings o f pr ide
and success re lat ed to t his impor t ant
achievement fo r t he Republ ic were
pa lpable amo ngst t he De legates and
the Croat ian d ip lo mat s at t end ing the
Assembly
Amba ssado r Nego d ic o f B iH
c losed with a review o f t he many
cha l lenges faced by her count ry
which remains in t he midst o f a frozen confl ict lsquo She also
c it ed the impor t ance o f t he new po lit ica l d ia logue inherent
in t he Apr il 19th Agreement between Serbia and Kosovo
and the need fo r rea list ic domest ic po lit ica l re fo r ms as BiH
mo ves fo rward with it s goa l o f jo in ing NATO Bo th Am-
bassadors Negodic and Paro were complimentar y regard ing
t he NFCACFlsquos cont r ibut ions toward the recent int roduct ion
o f t he Beg ich Reso lut ionlsquo in t he US Senate fo r t he Pres i-
dent to appo int a Spec ia l E nvo y fo r Bosnia Both agreed a
Spec ia l Envo y wil l have a pos it ive impact on the current
st at e o f affa irs in BiH and the relat ed report back to t he
US Congress with spec if ic po licy reco mmendat ions is lo ng
overdue
The NFCACF i s a non -prof i t 501 (c ) (3) organi zat ion
dedicated to promoting the interes t of the Croat ian peo-
ple - embodying heri tage of cul ture and language integ-
ri ty in human rights and equal i ty in self -determinat ion
advancing economic development and freedom from
persecut ion For further response on this NFCACF press
announcement please contact Mr Joe Foley Publ ic
Affairs Director in Washington on (301) 294 -0937 The
NFCACF is the nat ional umbrel la organi zat ion estab-
l ished in 1993 for Croat ian Americans related profes-
sional associat ions and the many fraternal lodges that
col lect i vely represent approximately 130000 mem-
bers For individual membership and chapter informa-
t ion recent newslet te rs and other Croat ian American
news pl ease visi t our web si te wwwnfcacf org
National Federation of Croatian Americans Elects New President and National Federation of Croatian Americans Elects New President and National Federation of Croatian Americans Elects New President and
Celebrates First 20 Years Celebrates First 20 Years Celebrates First 20 Years
National Federation of Croatian Americans Cultural Foundation Elects New President Paul Tonšetić-Kunder and Celebrates
Its First Twenty Years at National Assembly in St Pete Beach Florida
5
Croatian Righteous Among the Nations Croatian Righteous Among the Nations Croatian Righteous Among the Nations
An exhibition on the Croatian Gentiles who saved Jews during the Holocaust opened at the IHMEC in Chicago
On June 20 2013
Directo r o f t he I ll ino is
Ho locaust Museum and
Educat ion Center Rich-
ard Hirchhaut ( IHMEC)
a n d C r o a t i a n C o n s u l
G e n e r a l i n C h i c a g o
J e l e n a G r č i ć P o l i ć
opened the exhib it io n on
t he bdquoCroat ian Righteous
Amo ng the Nat ions― t he
f ir st ever to be exhib it ed
ins ide the Museum
The IHMEC is known
fo r it s open a ir memor ia l
Founta in o f t he Right -
eous in t he hear t o f
Skokie t he p lace wit h
the largest concent rat ion
o f t he Ho locaust survivors in t he Unit ed Stat es The open-
ing recept ion was at t ended by a few survivors inc lud ing
the IHMEC President Ms Fr it z ie Fr it zsha l l and a Croat ian
born Chicagoan Dr Dan Stockhamme r who was saved
himse lf by Croat ian gent ile rescuers The opening recep-
t ion wil l mo st like ly be remembered bes t by the vir tuoso a
cape lla per fo r mance o f Flo r i Yagodas lo ve songs in La-
d ino by Alber to Mizrahi Hazzan o f the histor ic Anshe
Emet Synagogue in Chicago Mr Mizrahi a lso known as
bdquoJewish Pavarot t ildquo t ranspor t ed us br ie f ly but seduct ive ly
and powerfu l ly t o ba lmy summer nights in Sp lit and Du-
brovnik at t he Adr iat ic coast t hat make romance bigger
t han li fe
The exhibit io n features a se lect set o f narrat ives about
t he brave c it izens o f Croat ia who liv ing under t he Naz i
puppet Ustashi reg ime res ist ed fasc ist oppress ion to save
Jews fro m persecut ion and murder The Righteous Among
the Nat ions t it le is g iven by
Yad Vashem in Jerusa lem to
no n- Je w s w ho r isk ed t he ir
l ives t o save Jews dur ing the
Ho locaust A spec ia l co mmis-
s ion headed by Supreme Cour t
Just ice o f t he St at e o f Israe l
be s t o w s t he t it le o n e a c h
honoree Rescuers rece ive a
p laque o f honor and meda l and
the ir names are engraved on
the wa lls o f t he Garden o f t he
Righteous By Januar y 2013
over 24000 Right eous men
and wo men fro m 47 countr ies
ha ve be e n r e c o g n iz e d a nd
honored with that t it le 109
among them are Croat ian
T h e e x h i b i t i o n c u r a t o r
Branka Souml men drew on the book by Mir iam Ste iner -
Aviezer Hrvat sk i pravednic i (Croat ian Righteous) Zagreb
Novi Liber 2008 Ms Soumlmen l ives in Zagreb and is cur-
rent ly working on est ablish ing a Museum on To lerance
Ms St einer -Aviezer a Child Ho locaust survivor fro m
Kar lo vac Croat ia lives in Israe l and is a member o f t he
Commit t ee fo r recogniz ing Righteous at Yad Vashem
The exhib it io n is open fo r daily viewing unt il t he end o f
t he year at t he I ll ino is Ho locaust Museum and Educat ion
Center The Stat e o f I ll ino is was the fi rst in t he Unio n to
mandate educat ion on Holocaust and subsequent ly a l l
contemporar y genoc ides
Educat ing young and o ld about t he Ho locaust t he int e l-
lectua l histo ry that insp ired it it s his to r ica l agent s and
context - - but above a ll about ind iv idua ls t hat confronted
it t he Power o f One - - remains ind ispensable to t he pursu it
o f t ruth both loca lly and wor ldwide
Flory Jagoda Flory Jagoda Flory Jagoda ndashndashndash The Celebration Concert at the Library of CongressThe Celebration Concert at the Library of CongressThe Celebration Concert at the Library of Congress
September 21 2013 at 800 pm Coolidge Auditorium Library of Congress 10 1st Street SE Washington DC
This concer t ce lebrat es Flo r y Jagodalsquos int ernat io na l ly recognized career as
s inger composer and t eacher o f Sephard ic song and wil l honor her ro le as
―keeper o f t he flame fo r preserving perpetuat ing and expand ing this venerable
Jewish cu ltura l t radit ion Musica l co lleagues from the Washington DC area and
beyo nd wil l jo in Jagoda to perfo rm the songs that she has t aught t hem in her quest
to t ransmit her familylsquos musica l her it age and keep it vibr ant ly a l ive The concert
wil l be documented by JEMGLO an award -winning documentar y fi lm co mpany
and wil l serve as a cent ral e lement in a fi lm about Flo r ylsquos li fe and music JEM-
GLOlsquos work focuses on Jewish cu lture in it s many g lo ba l and histo r ica l manifes -
t at ions
Born in Sara jevo Bosnia in 1923 Flo r y Jagoda grew up in Zagreb and spent
t ime dur ing Wor ld War I I in Sp lit and Korcu la She learned many songs fro m her
Nona (grandmother) and o ther family members who were known as t he ―S ing ing
Alt aračs Her o r ig ina l co mposit ions and ar rangement s have been per fo rmed and
reco rded by s ingers and groups in t he US and Europe and many are now fir mly
ent renched in Sephard ic song t rad it ion
A 2002 recip ient o f a Nat iona l Her it age Fe llowship presented by the Nat iona l
Endowment fo r t he Art s Jagoda lat er served as a Master Ar t ist in t he Fo lk li fe
Apprent iceship Program fo r t he Virg inia Foundat ion fo r t he Humanit ies In 2003
the Amer ican I mmigrat ion Counc il honored her with an I mmigrant Achievement
Award In March 2003 she was the so lo ist in a ceremo ny at Oświęc im Po land
(Auschwit z) commemorat ing the Sephard ic Jews who per ished there dur ing the
Ho locaust She has per fo r med throughout t he US and in Bosnia Croat ia Spain Aust r ia Turkey France Russ ia
Canada and Israe l She has made five reco rdings and publ ished The Flo r y Jagoda Songbook (1993 Tara Publica-
t ions) which inc ludes her songs biography and family pho tos from the fo r mer Yugos lavia Jagoda has been a res i-
dent o f t he Unit ed Stat es fo r sixt y- f ive years and res ides in Alexandr ia Virg in ia with her husband Harry
The concer t is be ing presented under the ausp ices o f t he Homegrown Concer t Ser ies at t he Amer ican Fo lk l ife
Center o f t he Librar y o f Congress
6
Croatia Travel News RoundupCroatia Travel News RoundupCroatia Travel News Roundup by Jeanne Oliverby Jeanne Oliverby Jeanne Oliver
Par ty on Croat ia The
summer o f fun st art ed on
Ju ly 1 with Croat ia s o ff i-
c ia l ent r y into t he EU and
cont inues with a flur r y o f
fest iva ls a l l t hroughout t he summer Vis it o rs to Croat ia
can look fo rward to more t ransport opt ions new s ight s
and tours plus exc it ing deve lopment s on the d ining and
lodg ing scene
Game o f Thrones
The popular HBO ser ies fi lmed par t s o f seasons two
and three in Dubrovnik and is schedu led to return to film
season four Filming in Dubrovnik beg ins on August 20
and last s fo r one month when fo r t he fi rst t ime t he cast
wil l head to Split and fi lm fro m September 21 to October
10 True fans wil l want to sign up fo r Viato r s new Game
o f Thrones tours o f Dubrovnik a lthough it s cer t a inly
poss ible to vis it t he s it es independent ly
Hote ls
The Bout ique Hostel Forum in Zadar is enjo ying it s
f ir st fu l l season t reat ing it s lucky customers t o a st andard
o f comfor t almost unknown at t he budget leve l Croat ian
archit ect Toma P le j ić and des igner Damir Gamulin have
creat ed a dazz ling space that runs from dor mito r ies on
the fir st floo r to doubles and luxur y su it es on the top
f loo rs All have views o f Zadar s cent ral Forum square
In Zagreb the c it ys o ldest hotel t he Hotel Jadran has
t ransfo r med it se lf wit h a tot al overhau l and is now a
s leek and modern space The downtown locat ion makes it
a perfect launching pad fo r a discover y o f Croat ia s
cap it a l
Dining
Loca l and authent ic cu is ine are t he new watchwords
Rovinj s be lo ved konoba Kant inon has passed into the
capable hands o f sommelier E mil Per dec and gourmet
chef Tomis lav Gret ic They vow to use loca l Ist r ian
ingred ient s only in a menu o f loca l spec ia lt ie s based on
coast al cu is ine
St ar chef Dino Galvagno renowned fo r sparking up
Zagreb s rest aurant scene wit h Prasac has launched an
even more ambit ious pro ject Peta Cetvrt ina where he
commit s to using only the freshest and most seasona l
product s from loca l far mers Weeds a lgae wild oyst ers
black S lavonian p igs and qua i l are combined in sensa-
t iona l new d ishes Even the wine list is a surpr ise con-
cent rat ing on o rganic wine fro m less - her a lded vineyards
Sight s
S ibenik has opened a brand -new Aquar ium r ight in t he
town center Some 500 fish o f 100 d if fe rent spec ies g l ide
around 20 huge t anks The st ar at t ract ion is bound to be a
smooth hound shark recent ly caught in loca l waters The
aquar ium is open da ily
Transport
The Kr ilo co mpany has rest art ed it s highly convenient
seasona l Sp l it -Hvar cat amaran with a schedu le t hat al-
lows vis it o rs t o leave Sp lit in t he morning and return in
t he ear ly evening T he same co mpany has t aken over
Jadro lin i ja s Sp lit -Hvar-Vis cat amaran while Jadro lini ja
now runs the Sp lit -Hvar-Korcu la cat amaran
Croat ia Air l ines has long had a mo nopo ly on int erna l
routes but no more Trade Air has announced that fl ight s
wil l beg in soon between Zagreb and Osijek and most
int erest ing fo r t rave lers a Rijeka -Sp l it -Dubrovnik route
I t has long been a cha l lenge to combine a vis it t o Ist r ia
Kvar ner and Dalmat ia in one t r ip but t his new route wil l
make it much eas ier to exp lo re t he length o f Croat ia s
coast
For more Croat ia t rave l in formation see Jeanne s
websit e wwwcroat iat rave l ler com
Croatia is in the Top 10 European Travel Destinations for 2013 by Croatia is in the Top 10 European Travel Destinations for 2013 by Croatia is in the Top 10 European Travel Destinations for 2013 by Lonely Planet Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet has included Croatia on its list of Top 10 European travel destinations for 2013 This what they had to say
Ca ll ing Croat ia a ho t spot is somewhat o ld news in t rave l c irc les ndash it s popular it y is fir mly est abl ished amo ng European
t rave llers and st eeply on the r ise among Amer icans as we ll But many t rave l lers are only see ing one sunny s l ice o f t he
count ry lured to t he near ly 2000km- lo ng coast line meanwhile miss ing the diverse char ms o f t he inland c it ie s nat iona l
parks and count rys ide
Zagreb t he EUlsquos newest cap it a l c it y is a hip c it y wit h wa lkable st reet s and a ca feacute scene so ingra ined that so me re fer
to t he c it y as one large outdoor cafeacute Surpass ing even the no table beaut y o f t he coast Plit vice Lakes Nat iona l Park is a
nature- loverlsquos parad ise with r ibbons o f br ight t urquo ise lakes and water fa l ls se t aga inst a backdrop o f karst cli ffs and
mossy t raver t ine
Back on the coast histo r ic Dubrovnik wil l de l ight vis it o rs even if t hey donlsquot know that t heylsquore st and ing in Kinglsquos
Land ing from the popu lar Game o f Thrones t elevis io n show
Read more ht tp wwwlone lyp lanet comeuropet rave l - t ip s-and-ar t ic les77757 ixzz2ZVWlrgeH
copy Plitvice Lakes National Park Photo by Kelly Cheng Getty Images
7
Photo of the MonthPhoto of the MonthPhoto of the Month
Each month we will publish a photo of
Croatia taken by one of the millions of
foreign tourist that discover ldquoThe Medi-
terranean as it once wasrdquo every year
For more of these check out the offi-
cial Facebook page of Croatia ldquoLove
Croatiardquo or visit wwwcroatiahr
This monthrsquos photo features sunset
somewhere along the Adriatic coast
Courtesy of Adam Sołtysiak
Enjoy
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wwwcroatiahr
Speaking of FactsSpeaking of FactsSpeaking of Facts
The Kornati archipelago of Croatia
with its 140 islands is the densest
archipelago in the Mediterranean
Sea
George Bernard Shaw described
Kornati in the following way
During the last days of creation
God wished to crown his work and
hence from his own tears stars and
breath created Kornati
3
The publ icat ion Croa-
t ia land and peop le has
been produced in co llabo-
rat ion with the Minist r y
o f Fore ign and European
Affa ir s o f t he Republ ic
o f Croat ia to mark the
ent r y o f Croat ia into t he
European Unio n
I t i s p r imar i ly in-
t e nd e d fo r t he hu g e
publ ic in t he o ther mem-
ber st at es and fo r al l
t hose who want or need
in fo r mat io n a bo u t t he
newest EU member So it
has been produced in
severa l languages It is a
so rt o f ―ident it y card
provid ing the most impor t ant info r mat ion about t he
count ry in a conc ise readable way ndash it s geography
histo ry po lit ica l o rganizat ion populat ion econo my
cu lture and soc iet y
Alo ngs ide an overview o f genera lly known fact s we
have inc luded so me int erest ing det ails t hrough which
Croat ia can cont r ibute to t he unit y and d ivers it y o f
Europe and which the ed itor ia l board cons idered were
probably less we l l known to t he wider publ ic unt il now
Of course as with any se lect ion t his one is arbit rar y to
some extent
At t ent ion is pa id to t he centur ies o f l inks between
Croat ia and o ther European count r ies and peoples Due to
it s pos it ion within Europe modern Cr oat ia was in t he
past exposed to differ ent inf luences which are re flect ed
in it s nat iona l and cu ltura l ident it y and in it s t ang ible
and sp ir it ua l her it age
The book was produced at t he Miros lav Kr leža I nst i-
t ut e o f Lexicography In co mpil ing t ext s and se lect ing
i l lust rat ions fo r t his publ icat ion t he authors and ed itors
re lied pr imar i ly on previous publ icat ions by the Inst it ut e
with t he a im o f mak ing Croat ia more access ib le t o t he
fo re ign publ ic
American Jewish Committee American Jewish Committee American Jewish Committee
Welcomes Croatias Membership Welcomes Croatias Membership Welcomes Croatias Membership
This is wonder fu l
news sa id AJC Ex-
ecut ive Dir ector David
Harr is We have lo ng
been admir ers o f t he
ambit ious vis io n o f t he
EUs founders aga inst t he backdrop o f Europes past wars
to creat e a zone o f peace open borders enhanced co m-
merce and great er underst and ing Croat ia s member ship
now fur ther expands that zone
We app laud Croat ia fo r it s remarkably successfu l
jour ney dur ing a re lat ive ly short t ime span mdash ju st over two
decadesmdash t o reach this milestone occas ion It augurs we ll
fo r t he people o f Croat ia and fo r t he Ba lkans Wit h the
fo r mer Yugos lav republ ics o f S lo venia and Croat ia now
par t o f t he EU as we ll a s Bu lgar ia Greece and Ro mania
and others in t he ne ighborhood seek ing to fo llow su it we
can envis io n an ent ire ly new era fo r t his promis ing reg io n
which in t he past was too o ft en syno nymous wit h conf l ict
and enmit y
DC Mayor Vincent Gray Con-DC Mayor Vincent Gray Con-DC Mayor Vincent Gray Con-
gratulates Croatia on the acces-gratulates Croatia on the acces-gratulates Croatia on the acces-
sion to the European Union sion to the European Union sion to the European Union In his letter of congratulations Mayor of the District of
Columbia Vincent C Gray emphasized that this was an
important milestone for the people of Croatia and con-
gratulated all those who have worked tirelessly on this
achievement
Want to learn more about the EUrsquos Want to learn more about the EUrsquos Want to learn more about the EUrsquos
28th Member State 28th Member State 28th Member State
Download a brochure ldquoCroatia land and peoplerdquo
Croatian Police Inspector Croatian Police Inspector Croatian Police Inspector
receives the 2013 Heroes receives the 2013 Heroes receives the 2013 Heroes
AwardAwardAward
At a ceremony in Washington on June 19 2013 Ms
Kat r in Glu ic was recognized by US Secret ary o f St at e
John Kerr y as one o f t he ―2013 Heroes in t he Fight
Aga inst Modern S laver y fo r her work to combat mod-
ern s laver y in Croat ia
As a Chie f Po lice Inspecto r within the Nat iona l
Po lice Off ice fo r t he Suppress ion o f Corrupt ion and
Organized Cr ime Ms Glu ic coordinat es human t raff ick-
ing invest igat ions and oversees ass ist ance to vict ims o f
human t raffick ing and fo rced labor She des igned and
coordinat ed an ant i- t raff ick ing t raining program that is
used by many law enfo rcement o rganiza t ions in Croat ia
and she oversees ass ist ance to t raff ick ing vict ims as a
leader o f Croat ia s highly e ffect ive and innovat ive
Mobile Teams which can rap id ly dep lo y to provide
in it ia l care and prot ect ion to t raff ick ing vict ims
4
The Nat iona l Federat ion o f Croat ian Amer icans Cu ltura l
Foundat ion (NFCACF) has e lect ed a new President Mr
Pau l Tonšet ić - Kunder to succeed Mr Bil l Vergo t who is
ret ir ing a ft er serving two t erms as Pres ident since 2011
The vo te o f De legate and Execut ive Board members was
t aken at 20th Annua l Conference in St Pet e Beach Flo r ida
and announced immediat e ly dur ing the conference
―I have co me to know Paul over t he past few years and
have worked ver y c lose ly wit h him recent ly on issues co re
to our causes Paullsquos appo int ment was unanimous ly sup-
port ed by our ent ire De legat ion and Execut ive Board I am
confident t hat he wil l cont inue the t rad it iona l and ded i-
cat ed leader ship o f our o rganizat ion going fo rward said
outgo ing Pres ident Vergot
Mr Tonšet ić -Kunder o f Cora l
Spr ings Flo r ida is a t hird gen-
erat ion Croat ian Amer ican o r ig i-
na l ly bo rn and ra ised in P it t s-
burgh PA Both materna l and
f r a t e r na l g r a ndpar e nt s c a me
fro m Croat ia in t he ear ly 1900lsquos
(Samobor and Grubišno Po lje)
and they set t led in t he Western
Pennsylvan ia area
In add it ion t he De legates
a lso appo int ed a new execut ive
board fo r 2013-2014 year They
are Pres ident ndash Paul Tonšet ić -
Kunder Execut ive Vice Pres i-
dent ndash Zvonko Labas Treasurer
ndash Michae l St empihar Secret ary
ndash Anne Pavlich I mmediat e Past
P r e s i d e n t ndash B i l l V e r -
got Ass ist ant Treasurer ndash Jay
Hunter Par liamentar ian ndash Tom Steich Reg iona l Vice
Pres ident s were a lso appo int ed East ern ndash S t eve Rukav-
ina Cent ra l ndash Frank Jer bic Western ndash J im Kres-
nick Off icers-at -Large were named John Kra l j ic Mar io
Spa lat in and Char les St efanac
Publ ic Affa ir s Directo r Joe Fo ley over viewed act ivit ie s
in Washington His report highlighted the int roduct ion in
t he US Senate o f Senate Reso lut ion 131 ndash a lso known as
t he Beg ich Reso lut ionlsquo ndash and the subsequent Ba lkans
press coverage o f t his new leg is lat ive in it iat ive S Res
131 was int roduced by Senato r Mark Beg ich o f Alaska on
May 8th and ca lls fo r a Pres ident ia l Spec ia l Envo y to be
appo int ed fo r Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to eva luat e
t he successes and fa ilures to dat e o f t he Dayton Peace
Accords (DPA) in p lace s ince 1994 The Spec ia l Envo y is
to report back to t he Congress a ft er reviewing the man y
current po lit ica l d if f icu lt ies t hreat ening BiH and the re-
g ion Reco mmendat ions per t a ining to revers ing the eco -
no mic and po lit ica l d iscr iminato ry t rend aga inst Bosnia n
Croat s - as one o f t he three DPA-des ignated const it uent
peoples in BiH - are a lso to be par t o f t he Envo ylsquos
agenda Reso lut ion o f t his ongo ing cr is is in BiH is cons id-
ered by many fo re ign po licy exper t s to be the lynchp in fo r
t he future success o f Bosnia and Herzegovina
The public sess io n o f t he Assembly was conducted in
t he aft ernoon Fir st Miss Amer ica 2011 Teresa Scan lan
spoke to t he De legates and the publ ic about her goals fo r
invo lv ing more youth in advanc ing humanit ar ian ass ist ance
via her int ernat iona l representat ion o f Croat ian Re l ie f
Services Inc Miss Scanlo n overviewed her recent vis it s to
t he o rphanage in Port -au-Pr ince Ha it i founded by Fr
Gio rdano Be lanich who leads this non-pro fit NGO
(wwwcroat ianre lie fo rg)
Edward Joseph a Johns Hopk ins Univers it y fo re ig n
service schoo l pro fesso r and fo rmer Deputy Head o f t he
OSCE Miss io n in Kosovo spoke to t he De legates about t he
current po lit ica l c l imate in t he Ba lkans Mr Joseph spoke
comprehens ive ly no t ing that Bosnia remains a pr isoner o f
Dayton However t he Apr il 19th rapprochement between
Kosovo and Ser bia fac i l it at ed by EU High Representat ive
Cather ine Ashton was a sign fo r poss ible bet t er po lit ica l
t rends to come fo r t he Ba lkans
Ambassador to t he US from Croat ia His E xce l lenc y
Josko Paro and Ambassador to t he
US fro m BiH Her Exce l lency Jad-
ranka Negodic both spoke at length
to t he conference Ambassador Paro
highl ighted the impor t ance o f Croat ia
ga ining admit t ance to t he US Visa
Waiver Program and his apprec iat ion
fo r NFCACFlsquos cont inued st rong
support o f t his goa l in Washing-
ton The coming ce lebrat ion on Ju ly
1st o f Croat ia lsquos fu l l a scens io n to t he
European Unio n was reviewed by
Ambassador Paro Fee lings o f pr ide
and success re lat ed to t his impor t ant
achievement fo r t he Republ ic were
pa lpable amo ngst t he De legates and
the Croat ian d ip lo mat s at t end ing the
Assembly
Amba ssado r Nego d ic o f B iH
c losed with a review o f t he many
cha l lenges faced by her count ry
which remains in t he midst o f a frozen confl ict lsquo She also
c it ed the impor t ance o f t he new po lit ica l d ia logue inherent
in t he Apr il 19th Agreement between Serbia and Kosovo
and the need fo r rea list ic domest ic po lit ica l re fo r ms as BiH
mo ves fo rward with it s goa l o f jo in ing NATO Bo th Am-
bassadors Negodic and Paro were complimentar y regard ing
t he NFCACFlsquos cont r ibut ions toward the recent int roduct ion
o f t he Beg ich Reso lut ionlsquo in t he US Senate fo r t he Pres i-
dent to appo int a Spec ia l E nvo y fo r Bosnia Both agreed a
Spec ia l Envo y wil l have a pos it ive impact on the current
st at e o f affa irs in BiH and the relat ed report back to t he
US Congress with spec if ic po licy reco mmendat ions is lo ng
overdue
The NFCACF i s a non -prof i t 501 (c ) (3) organi zat ion
dedicated to promoting the interes t of the Croat ian peo-
ple - embodying heri tage of cul ture and language integ-
ri ty in human rights and equal i ty in self -determinat ion
advancing economic development and freedom from
persecut ion For further response on this NFCACF press
announcement please contact Mr Joe Foley Publ ic
Affairs Director in Washington on (301) 294 -0937 The
NFCACF is the nat ional umbrel la organi zat ion estab-
l ished in 1993 for Croat ian Americans related profes-
sional associat ions and the many fraternal lodges that
col lect i vely represent approximately 130000 mem-
bers For individual membership and chapter informa-
t ion recent newslet te rs and other Croat ian American
news pl ease visi t our web si te wwwnfcacf org
National Federation of Croatian Americans Elects New President and National Federation of Croatian Americans Elects New President and National Federation of Croatian Americans Elects New President and
Celebrates First 20 Years Celebrates First 20 Years Celebrates First 20 Years
National Federation of Croatian Americans Cultural Foundation Elects New President Paul Tonšetić-Kunder and Celebrates
Its First Twenty Years at National Assembly in St Pete Beach Florida
5
Croatian Righteous Among the Nations Croatian Righteous Among the Nations Croatian Righteous Among the Nations
An exhibition on the Croatian Gentiles who saved Jews during the Holocaust opened at the IHMEC in Chicago
On June 20 2013
Directo r o f t he I ll ino is
Ho locaust Museum and
Educat ion Center Rich-
ard Hirchhaut ( IHMEC)
a n d C r o a t i a n C o n s u l
G e n e r a l i n C h i c a g o
J e l e n a G r č i ć P o l i ć
opened the exhib it io n on
t he bdquoCroat ian Righteous
Amo ng the Nat ions― t he
f ir st ever to be exhib it ed
ins ide the Museum
The IHMEC is known
fo r it s open a ir memor ia l
Founta in o f t he Right -
eous in t he hear t o f
Skokie t he p lace wit h
the largest concent rat ion
o f t he Ho locaust survivors in t he Unit ed Stat es The open-
ing recept ion was at t ended by a few survivors inc lud ing
the IHMEC President Ms Fr it z ie Fr it zsha l l and a Croat ian
born Chicagoan Dr Dan Stockhamme r who was saved
himse lf by Croat ian gent ile rescuers The opening recep-
t ion wil l mo st like ly be remembered bes t by the vir tuoso a
cape lla per fo r mance o f Flo r i Yagodas lo ve songs in La-
d ino by Alber to Mizrahi Hazzan o f the histor ic Anshe
Emet Synagogue in Chicago Mr Mizrahi a lso known as
bdquoJewish Pavarot t ildquo t ranspor t ed us br ie f ly but seduct ive ly
and powerfu l ly t o ba lmy summer nights in Sp lit and Du-
brovnik at t he Adr iat ic coast t hat make romance bigger
t han li fe
The exhibit io n features a se lect set o f narrat ives about
t he brave c it izens o f Croat ia who liv ing under t he Naz i
puppet Ustashi reg ime res ist ed fasc ist oppress ion to save
Jews fro m persecut ion and murder The Righteous Among
the Nat ions t it le is g iven by
Yad Vashem in Jerusa lem to
no n- Je w s w ho r isk ed t he ir
l ives t o save Jews dur ing the
Ho locaust A spec ia l co mmis-
s ion headed by Supreme Cour t
Just ice o f t he St at e o f Israe l
be s t o w s t he t it le o n e a c h
honoree Rescuers rece ive a
p laque o f honor and meda l and
the ir names are engraved on
the wa lls o f t he Garden o f t he
Righteous By Januar y 2013
over 24000 Right eous men
and wo men fro m 47 countr ies
ha ve be e n r e c o g n iz e d a nd
honored with that t it le 109
among them are Croat ian
T h e e x h i b i t i o n c u r a t o r
Branka Souml men drew on the book by Mir iam Ste iner -
Aviezer Hrvat sk i pravednic i (Croat ian Righteous) Zagreb
Novi Liber 2008 Ms Soumlmen l ives in Zagreb and is cur-
rent ly working on est ablish ing a Museum on To lerance
Ms St einer -Aviezer a Child Ho locaust survivor fro m
Kar lo vac Croat ia lives in Israe l and is a member o f t he
Commit t ee fo r recogniz ing Righteous at Yad Vashem
The exhib it io n is open fo r daily viewing unt il t he end o f
t he year at t he I ll ino is Ho locaust Museum and Educat ion
Center The Stat e o f I ll ino is was the fi rst in t he Unio n to
mandate educat ion on Holocaust and subsequent ly a l l
contemporar y genoc ides
Educat ing young and o ld about t he Ho locaust t he int e l-
lectua l histo ry that insp ired it it s his to r ica l agent s and
context - - but above a ll about ind iv idua ls t hat confronted
it t he Power o f One - - remains ind ispensable to t he pursu it
o f t ruth both loca lly and wor ldwide
Flory Jagoda Flory Jagoda Flory Jagoda ndashndashndash The Celebration Concert at the Library of CongressThe Celebration Concert at the Library of CongressThe Celebration Concert at the Library of Congress
September 21 2013 at 800 pm Coolidge Auditorium Library of Congress 10 1st Street SE Washington DC
This concer t ce lebrat es Flo r y Jagodalsquos int ernat io na l ly recognized career as
s inger composer and t eacher o f Sephard ic song and wil l honor her ro le as
―keeper o f t he flame fo r preserving perpetuat ing and expand ing this venerable
Jewish cu ltura l t radit ion Musica l co lleagues from the Washington DC area and
beyo nd wil l jo in Jagoda to perfo rm the songs that she has t aught t hem in her quest
to t ransmit her familylsquos musica l her it age and keep it vibr ant ly a l ive The concert
wil l be documented by JEMGLO an award -winning documentar y fi lm co mpany
and wil l serve as a cent ral e lement in a fi lm about Flo r ylsquos li fe and music JEM-
GLOlsquos work focuses on Jewish cu lture in it s many g lo ba l and histo r ica l manifes -
t at ions
Born in Sara jevo Bosnia in 1923 Flo r y Jagoda grew up in Zagreb and spent
t ime dur ing Wor ld War I I in Sp lit and Korcu la She learned many songs fro m her
Nona (grandmother) and o ther family members who were known as t he ―S ing ing
Alt aračs Her o r ig ina l co mposit ions and ar rangement s have been per fo rmed and
reco rded by s ingers and groups in t he US and Europe and many are now fir mly
ent renched in Sephard ic song t rad it ion
A 2002 recip ient o f a Nat iona l Her it age Fe llowship presented by the Nat iona l
Endowment fo r t he Art s Jagoda lat er served as a Master Ar t ist in t he Fo lk li fe
Apprent iceship Program fo r t he Virg inia Foundat ion fo r t he Humanit ies In 2003
the Amer ican I mmigrat ion Counc il honored her with an I mmigrant Achievement
Award In March 2003 she was the so lo ist in a ceremo ny at Oświęc im Po land
(Auschwit z) commemorat ing the Sephard ic Jews who per ished there dur ing the
Ho locaust She has per fo r med throughout t he US and in Bosnia Croat ia Spain Aust r ia Turkey France Russ ia
Canada and Israe l She has made five reco rdings and publ ished The Flo r y Jagoda Songbook (1993 Tara Publica-
t ions) which inc ludes her songs biography and family pho tos from the fo r mer Yugos lavia Jagoda has been a res i-
dent o f t he Unit ed Stat es fo r sixt y- f ive years and res ides in Alexandr ia Virg in ia with her husband Harry
The concer t is be ing presented under the ausp ices o f t he Homegrown Concer t Ser ies at t he Amer ican Fo lk l ife
Center o f t he Librar y o f Congress
6
Croatia Travel News RoundupCroatia Travel News RoundupCroatia Travel News Roundup by Jeanne Oliverby Jeanne Oliverby Jeanne Oliver
Par ty on Croat ia The
summer o f fun st art ed on
Ju ly 1 with Croat ia s o ff i-
c ia l ent r y into t he EU and
cont inues with a flur r y o f
fest iva ls a l l t hroughout t he summer Vis it o rs to Croat ia
can look fo rward to more t ransport opt ions new s ight s
and tours plus exc it ing deve lopment s on the d ining and
lodg ing scene
Game o f Thrones
The popular HBO ser ies fi lmed par t s o f seasons two
and three in Dubrovnik and is schedu led to return to film
season four Filming in Dubrovnik beg ins on August 20
and last s fo r one month when fo r t he fi rst t ime t he cast
wil l head to Split and fi lm fro m September 21 to October
10 True fans wil l want to sign up fo r Viato r s new Game
o f Thrones tours o f Dubrovnik a lthough it s cer t a inly
poss ible to vis it t he s it es independent ly
Hote ls
The Bout ique Hostel Forum in Zadar is enjo ying it s
f ir st fu l l season t reat ing it s lucky customers t o a st andard
o f comfor t almost unknown at t he budget leve l Croat ian
archit ect Toma P le j ić and des igner Damir Gamulin have
creat ed a dazz ling space that runs from dor mito r ies on
the fir st floo r to doubles and luxur y su it es on the top
f loo rs All have views o f Zadar s cent ral Forum square
In Zagreb the c it ys o ldest hotel t he Hotel Jadran has
t ransfo r med it se lf wit h a tot al overhau l and is now a
s leek and modern space The downtown locat ion makes it
a perfect launching pad fo r a discover y o f Croat ia s
cap it a l
Dining
Loca l and authent ic cu is ine are t he new watchwords
Rovinj s be lo ved konoba Kant inon has passed into the
capable hands o f sommelier E mil Per dec and gourmet
chef Tomis lav Gret ic They vow to use loca l Ist r ian
ingred ient s only in a menu o f loca l spec ia lt ie s based on
coast al cu is ine
St ar chef Dino Galvagno renowned fo r sparking up
Zagreb s rest aurant scene wit h Prasac has launched an
even more ambit ious pro ject Peta Cetvrt ina where he
commit s to using only the freshest and most seasona l
product s from loca l far mers Weeds a lgae wild oyst ers
black S lavonian p igs and qua i l are combined in sensa-
t iona l new d ishes Even the wine list is a surpr ise con-
cent rat ing on o rganic wine fro m less - her a lded vineyards
Sight s
S ibenik has opened a brand -new Aquar ium r ight in t he
town center Some 500 fish o f 100 d if fe rent spec ies g l ide
around 20 huge t anks The st ar at t ract ion is bound to be a
smooth hound shark recent ly caught in loca l waters The
aquar ium is open da ily
Transport
The Kr ilo co mpany has rest art ed it s highly convenient
seasona l Sp l it -Hvar cat amaran with a schedu le t hat al-
lows vis it o rs t o leave Sp lit in t he morning and return in
t he ear ly evening T he same co mpany has t aken over
Jadro lin i ja s Sp lit -Hvar-Vis cat amaran while Jadro lini ja
now runs the Sp lit -Hvar-Korcu la cat amaran
Croat ia Air l ines has long had a mo nopo ly on int erna l
routes but no more Trade Air has announced that fl ight s
wil l beg in soon between Zagreb and Osijek and most
int erest ing fo r t rave lers a Rijeka -Sp l it -Dubrovnik route
I t has long been a cha l lenge to combine a vis it t o Ist r ia
Kvar ner and Dalmat ia in one t r ip but t his new route wil l
make it much eas ier to exp lo re t he length o f Croat ia s
coast
For more Croat ia t rave l in formation see Jeanne s
websit e wwwcroat iat rave l ler com
Croatia is in the Top 10 European Travel Destinations for 2013 by Croatia is in the Top 10 European Travel Destinations for 2013 by Croatia is in the Top 10 European Travel Destinations for 2013 by Lonely Planet Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet has included Croatia on its list of Top 10 European travel destinations for 2013 This what they had to say
Ca ll ing Croat ia a ho t spot is somewhat o ld news in t rave l c irc les ndash it s popular it y is fir mly est abl ished amo ng European
t rave llers and st eeply on the r ise among Amer icans as we ll But many t rave l lers are only see ing one sunny s l ice o f t he
count ry lured to t he near ly 2000km- lo ng coast line meanwhile miss ing the diverse char ms o f t he inland c it ie s nat iona l
parks and count rys ide
Zagreb t he EUlsquos newest cap it a l c it y is a hip c it y wit h wa lkable st reet s and a ca feacute scene so ingra ined that so me re fer
to t he c it y as one large outdoor cafeacute Surpass ing even the no table beaut y o f t he coast Plit vice Lakes Nat iona l Park is a
nature- loverlsquos parad ise with r ibbons o f br ight t urquo ise lakes and water fa l ls se t aga inst a backdrop o f karst cli ffs and
mossy t raver t ine
Back on the coast histo r ic Dubrovnik wil l de l ight vis it o rs even if t hey donlsquot know that t heylsquore st and ing in Kinglsquos
Land ing from the popu lar Game o f Thrones t elevis io n show
Read more ht tp wwwlone lyp lanet comeuropet rave l - t ip s-and-ar t ic les77757 ixzz2ZVWlrgeH
copy Plitvice Lakes National Park Photo by Kelly Cheng Getty Images
7
Photo of the MonthPhoto of the MonthPhoto of the Month
Each month we will publish a photo of
Croatia taken by one of the millions of
foreign tourist that discover ldquoThe Medi-
terranean as it once wasrdquo every year
For more of these check out the offi-
cial Facebook page of Croatia ldquoLove
Croatiardquo or visit wwwcroatiahr
This monthrsquos photo features sunset
somewhere along the Adriatic coast
Courtesy of Adam Sołtysiak
Enjoy
copy The Croatia Monthly is a free electronic newsletter published by the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia to the United States
of America 2343 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington DC 20008-2803 Tel+(202) 588 5899 Fax+(202) 588 8937 Pub-
lisher Ambassador Joško Paro Editor Dino Mihanović Second Secretary Free subscription un-subscription or comments
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Croatian National Tourist Board onlineCroatian National Tourist Board onlineCroatian National Tourist Board online
wwwcroatiahr
Speaking of FactsSpeaking of FactsSpeaking of Facts
The Kornati archipelago of Croatia
with its 140 islands is the densest
archipelago in the Mediterranean
Sea
George Bernard Shaw described
Kornati in the following way
During the last days of creation
God wished to crown his work and
hence from his own tears stars and
breath created Kornati
4
The Nat iona l Federat ion o f Croat ian Amer icans Cu ltura l
Foundat ion (NFCACF) has e lect ed a new President Mr
Pau l Tonšet ić - Kunder to succeed Mr Bil l Vergo t who is
ret ir ing a ft er serving two t erms as Pres ident since 2011
The vo te o f De legate and Execut ive Board members was
t aken at 20th Annua l Conference in St Pet e Beach Flo r ida
and announced immediat e ly dur ing the conference
―I have co me to know Paul over t he past few years and
have worked ver y c lose ly wit h him recent ly on issues co re
to our causes Paullsquos appo int ment was unanimous ly sup-
port ed by our ent ire De legat ion and Execut ive Board I am
confident t hat he wil l cont inue the t rad it iona l and ded i-
cat ed leader ship o f our o rganizat ion going fo rward said
outgo ing Pres ident Vergot
Mr Tonšet ić -Kunder o f Cora l
Spr ings Flo r ida is a t hird gen-
erat ion Croat ian Amer ican o r ig i-
na l ly bo rn and ra ised in P it t s-
burgh PA Both materna l and
f r a t e r na l g r a ndpar e nt s c a me
fro m Croat ia in t he ear ly 1900lsquos
(Samobor and Grubišno Po lje)
and they set t led in t he Western
Pennsylvan ia area
In add it ion t he De legates
a lso appo int ed a new execut ive
board fo r 2013-2014 year They
are Pres ident ndash Paul Tonšet ić -
Kunder Execut ive Vice Pres i-
dent ndash Zvonko Labas Treasurer
ndash Michae l St empihar Secret ary
ndash Anne Pavlich I mmediat e Past
P r e s i d e n t ndash B i l l V e r -
got Ass ist ant Treasurer ndash Jay
Hunter Par liamentar ian ndash Tom Steich Reg iona l Vice
Pres ident s were a lso appo int ed East ern ndash S t eve Rukav-
ina Cent ra l ndash Frank Jer bic Western ndash J im Kres-
nick Off icers-at -Large were named John Kra l j ic Mar io
Spa lat in and Char les St efanac
Publ ic Affa ir s Directo r Joe Fo ley over viewed act ivit ie s
in Washington His report highlighted the int roduct ion in
t he US Senate o f Senate Reso lut ion 131 ndash a lso known as
t he Beg ich Reso lut ionlsquo ndash and the subsequent Ba lkans
press coverage o f t his new leg is lat ive in it iat ive S Res
131 was int roduced by Senato r Mark Beg ich o f Alaska on
May 8th and ca lls fo r a Pres ident ia l Spec ia l Envo y to be
appo int ed fo r Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to eva luat e
t he successes and fa ilures to dat e o f t he Dayton Peace
Accords (DPA) in p lace s ince 1994 The Spec ia l Envo y is
to report back to t he Congress a ft er reviewing the man y
current po lit ica l d if f icu lt ies t hreat ening BiH and the re-
g ion Reco mmendat ions per t a ining to revers ing the eco -
no mic and po lit ica l d iscr iminato ry t rend aga inst Bosnia n
Croat s - as one o f t he three DPA-des ignated const it uent
peoples in BiH - are a lso to be par t o f t he Envo ylsquos
agenda Reso lut ion o f t his ongo ing cr is is in BiH is cons id-
ered by many fo re ign po licy exper t s to be the lynchp in fo r
t he future success o f Bosnia and Herzegovina
The public sess io n o f t he Assembly was conducted in
t he aft ernoon Fir st Miss Amer ica 2011 Teresa Scan lan
spoke to t he De legates and the publ ic about her goals fo r
invo lv ing more youth in advanc ing humanit ar ian ass ist ance
via her int ernat iona l representat ion o f Croat ian Re l ie f
Services Inc Miss Scanlo n overviewed her recent vis it s to
t he o rphanage in Port -au-Pr ince Ha it i founded by Fr
Gio rdano Be lanich who leads this non-pro fit NGO
(wwwcroat ianre lie fo rg)
Edward Joseph a Johns Hopk ins Univers it y fo re ig n
service schoo l pro fesso r and fo rmer Deputy Head o f t he
OSCE Miss io n in Kosovo spoke to t he De legates about t he
current po lit ica l c l imate in t he Ba lkans Mr Joseph spoke
comprehens ive ly no t ing that Bosnia remains a pr isoner o f
Dayton However t he Apr il 19th rapprochement between
Kosovo and Ser bia fac i l it at ed by EU High Representat ive
Cather ine Ashton was a sign fo r poss ible bet t er po lit ica l
t rends to come fo r t he Ba lkans
Ambassador to t he US from Croat ia His E xce l lenc y
Josko Paro and Ambassador to t he
US fro m BiH Her Exce l lency Jad-
ranka Negodic both spoke at length
to t he conference Ambassador Paro
highl ighted the impor t ance o f Croat ia
ga ining admit t ance to t he US Visa
Waiver Program and his apprec iat ion
fo r NFCACFlsquos cont inued st rong
support o f t his goa l in Washing-
ton The coming ce lebrat ion on Ju ly
1st o f Croat ia lsquos fu l l a scens io n to t he
European Unio n was reviewed by
Ambassador Paro Fee lings o f pr ide
and success re lat ed to t his impor t ant
achievement fo r t he Republ ic were
pa lpable amo ngst t he De legates and
the Croat ian d ip lo mat s at t end ing the
Assembly
Amba ssado r Nego d ic o f B iH
c losed with a review o f t he many
cha l lenges faced by her count ry
which remains in t he midst o f a frozen confl ict lsquo She also
c it ed the impor t ance o f t he new po lit ica l d ia logue inherent
in t he Apr il 19th Agreement between Serbia and Kosovo
and the need fo r rea list ic domest ic po lit ica l re fo r ms as BiH
mo ves fo rward with it s goa l o f jo in ing NATO Bo th Am-
bassadors Negodic and Paro were complimentar y regard ing
t he NFCACFlsquos cont r ibut ions toward the recent int roduct ion
o f t he Beg ich Reso lut ionlsquo in t he US Senate fo r t he Pres i-
dent to appo int a Spec ia l E nvo y fo r Bosnia Both agreed a
Spec ia l Envo y wil l have a pos it ive impact on the current
st at e o f affa irs in BiH and the relat ed report back to t he
US Congress with spec if ic po licy reco mmendat ions is lo ng
overdue
The NFCACF i s a non -prof i t 501 (c ) (3) organi zat ion
dedicated to promoting the interes t of the Croat ian peo-
ple - embodying heri tage of cul ture and language integ-
ri ty in human rights and equal i ty in self -determinat ion
advancing economic development and freedom from
persecut ion For further response on this NFCACF press
announcement please contact Mr Joe Foley Publ ic
Affairs Director in Washington on (301) 294 -0937 The
NFCACF is the nat ional umbrel la organi zat ion estab-
l ished in 1993 for Croat ian Americans related profes-
sional associat ions and the many fraternal lodges that
col lect i vely represent approximately 130000 mem-
bers For individual membership and chapter informa-
t ion recent newslet te rs and other Croat ian American
news pl ease visi t our web si te wwwnfcacf org
National Federation of Croatian Americans Elects New President and National Federation of Croatian Americans Elects New President and National Federation of Croatian Americans Elects New President and
Celebrates First 20 Years Celebrates First 20 Years Celebrates First 20 Years
National Federation of Croatian Americans Cultural Foundation Elects New President Paul Tonšetić-Kunder and Celebrates
Its First Twenty Years at National Assembly in St Pete Beach Florida
5
Croatian Righteous Among the Nations Croatian Righteous Among the Nations Croatian Righteous Among the Nations
An exhibition on the Croatian Gentiles who saved Jews during the Holocaust opened at the IHMEC in Chicago
On June 20 2013
Directo r o f t he I ll ino is
Ho locaust Museum and
Educat ion Center Rich-
ard Hirchhaut ( IHMEC)
a n d C r o a t i a n C o n s u l
G e n e r a l i n C h i c a g o
J e l e n a G r č i ć P o l i ć
opened the exhib it io n on
t he bdquoCroat ian Righteous
Amo ng the Nat ions― t he
f ir st ever to be exhib it ed
ins ide the Museum
The IHMEC is known
fo r it s open a ir memor ia l
Founta in o f t he Right -
eous in t he hear t o f
Skokie t he p lace wit h
the largest concent rat ion
o f t he Ho locaust survivors in t he Unit ed Stat es The open-
ing recept ion was at t ended by a few survivors inc lud ing
the IHMEC President Ms Fr it z ie Fr it zsha l l and a Croat ian
born Chicagoan Dr Dan Stockhamme r who was saved
himse lf by Croat ian gent ile rescuers The opening recep-
t ion wil l mo st like ly be remembered bes t by the vir tuoso a
cape lla per fo r mance o f Flo r i Yagodas lo ve songs in La-
d ino by Alber to Mizrahi Hazzan o f the histor ic Anshe
Emet Synagogue in Chicago Mr Mizrahi a lso known as
bdquoJewish Pavarot t ildquo t ranspor t ed us br ie f ly but seduct ive ly
and powerfu l ly t o ba lmy summer nights in Sp lit and Du-
brovnik at t he Adr iat ic coast t hat make romance bigger
t han li fe
The exhibit io n features a se lect set o f narrat ives about
t he brave c it izens o f Croat ia who liv ing under t he Naz i
puppet Ustashi reg ime res ist ed fasc ist oppress ion to save
Jews fro m persecut ion and murder The Righteous Among
the Nat ions t it le is g iven by
Yad Vashem in Jerusa lem to
no n- Je w s w ho r isk ed t he ir
l ives t o save Jews dur ing the
Ho locaust A spec ia l co mmis-
s ion headed by Supreme Cour t
Just ice o f t he St at e o f Israe l
be s t o w s t he t it le o n e a c h
honoree Rescuers rece ive a
p laque o f honor and meda l and
the ir names are engraved on
the wa lls o f t he Garden o f t he
Righteous By Januar y 2013
over 24000 Right eous men
and wo men fro m 47 countr ies
ha ve be e n r e c o g n iz e d a nd
honored with that t it le 109
among them are Croat ian
T h e e x h i b i t i o n c u r a t o r
Branka Souml men drew on the book by Mir iam Ste iner -
Aviezer Hrvat sk i pravednic i (Croat ian Righteous) Zagreb
Novi Liber 2008 Ms Soumlmen l ives in Zagreb and is cur-
rent ly working on est ablish ing a Museum on To lerance
Ms St einer -Aviezer a Child Ho locaust survivor fro m
Kar lo vac Croat ia lives in Israe l and is a member o f t he
Commit t ee fo r recogniz ing Righteous at Yad Vashem
The exhib it io n is open fo r daily viewing unt il t he end o f
t he year at t he I ll ino is Ho locaust Museum and Educat ion
Center The Stat e o f I ll ino is was the fi rst in t he Unio n to
mandate educat ion on Holocaust and subsequent ly a l l
contemporar y genoc ides
Educat ing young and o ld about t he Ho locaust t he int e l-
lectua l histo ry that insp ired it it s his to r ica l agent s and
context - - but above a ll about ind iv idua ls t hat confronted
it t he Power o f One - - remains ind ispensable to t he pursu it
o f t ruth both loca lly and wor ldwide
Flory Jagoda Flory Jagoda Flory Jagoda ndashndashndash The Celebration Concert at the Library of CongressThe Celebration Concert at the Library of CongressThe Celebration Concert at the Library of Congress
September 21 2013 at 800 pm Coolidge Auditorium Library of Congress 10 1st Street SE Washington DC
This concer t ce lebrat es Flo r y Jagodalsquos int ernat io na l ly recognized career as
s inger composer and t eacher o f Sephard ic song and wil l honor her ro le as
―keeper o f t he flame fo r preserving perpetuat ing and expand ing this venerable
Jewish cu ltura l t radit ion Musica l co lleagues from the Washington DC area and
beyo nd wil l jo in Jagoda to perfo rm the songs that she has t aught t hem in her quest
to t ransmit her familylsquos musica l her it age and keep it vibr ant ly a l ive The concert
wil l be documented by JEMGLO an award -winning documentar y fi lm co mpany
and wil l serve as a cent ral e lement in a fi lm about Flo r ylsquos li fe and music JEM-
GLOlsquos work focuses on Jewish cu lture in it s many g lo ba l and histo r ica l manifes -
t at ions
Born in Sara jevo Bosnia in 1923 Flo r y Jagoda grew up in Zagreb and spent
t ime dur ing Wor ld War I I in Sp lit and Korcu la She learned many songs fro m her
Nona (grandmother) and o ther family members who were known as t he ―S ing ing
Alt aračs Her o r ig ina l co mposit ions and ar rangement s have been per fo rmed and
reco rded by s ingers and groups in t he US and Europe and many are now fir mly
ent renched in Sephard ic song t rad it ion
A 2002 recip ient o f a Nat iona l Her it age Fe llowship presented by the Nat iona l
Endowment fo r t he Art s Jagoda lat er served as a Master Ar t ist in t he Fo lk li fe
Apprent iceship Program fo r t he Virg inia Foundat ion fo r t he Humanit ies In 2003
the Amer ican I mmigrat ion Counc il honored her with an I mmigrant Achievement
Award In March 2003 she was the so lo ist in a ceremo ny at Oświęc im Po land
(Auschwit z) commemorat ing the Sephard ic Jews who per ished there dur ing the
Ho locaust She has per fo r med throughout t he US and in Bosnia Croat ia Spain Aust r ia Turkey France Russ ia
Canada and Israe l She has made five reco rdings and publ ished The Flo r y Jagoda Songbook (1993 Tara Publica-
t ions) which inc ludes her songs biography and family pho tos from the fo r mer Yugos lavia Jagoda has been a res i-
dent o f t he Unit ed Stat es fo r sixt y- f ive years and res ides in Alexandr ia Virg in ia with her husband Harry
The concer t is be ing presented under the ausp ices o f t he Homegrown Concer t Ser ies at t he Amer ican Fo lk l ife
Center o f t he Librar y o f Congress
6
Croatia Travel News RoundupCroatia Travel News RoundupCroatia Travel News Roundup by Jeanne Oliverby Jeanne Oliverby Jeanne Oliver
Par ty on Croat ia The
summer o f fun st art ed on
Ju ly 1 with Croat ia s o ff i-
c ia l ent r y into t he EU and
cont inues with a flur r y o f
fest iva ls a l l t hroughout t he summer Vis it o rs to Croat ia
can look fo rward to more t ransport opt ions new s ight s
and tours plus exc it ing deve lopment s on the d ining and
lodg ing scene
Game o f Thrones
The popular HBO ser ies fi lmed par t s o f seasons two
and three in Dubrovnik and is schedu led to return to film
season four Filming in Dubrovnik beg ins on August 20
and last s fo r one month when fo r t he fi rst t ime t he cast
wil l head to Split and fi lm fro m September 21 to October
10 True fans wil l want to sign up fo r Viato r s new Game
o f Thrones tours o f Dubrovnik a lthough it s cer t a inly
poss ible to vis it t he s it es independent ly
Hote ls
The Bout ique Hostel Forum in Zadar is enjo ying it s
f ir st fu l l season t reat ing it s lucky customers t o a st andard
o f comfor t almost unknown at t he budget leve l Croat ian
archit ect Toma P le j ić and des igner Damir Gamulin have
creat ed a dazz ling space that runs from dor mito r ies on
the fir st floo r to doubles and luxur y su it es on the top
f loo rs All have views o f Zadar s cent ral Forum square
In Zagreb the c it ys o ldest hotel t he Hotel Jadran has
t ransfo r med it se lf wit h a tot al overhau l and is now a
s leek and modern space The downtown locat ion makes it
a perfect launching pad fo r a discover y o f Croat ia s
cap it a l
Dining
Loca l and authent ic cu is ine are t he new watchwords
Rovinj s be lo ved konoba Kant inon has passed into the
capable hands o f sommelier E mil Per dec and gourmet
chef Tomis lav Gret ic They vow to use loca l Ist r ian
ingred ient s only in a menu o f loca l spec ia lt ie s based on
coast al cu is ine
St ar chef Dino Galvagno renowned fo r sparking up
Zagreb s rest aurant scene wit h Prasac has launched an
even more ambit ious pro ject Peta Cetvrt ina where he
commit s to using only the freshest and most seasona l
product s from loca l far mers Weeds a lgae wild oyst ers
black S lavonian p igs and qua i l are combined in sensa-
t iona l new d ishes Even the wine list is a surpr ise con-
cent rat ing on o rganic wine fro m less - her a lded vineyards
Sight s
S ibenik has opened a brand -new Aquar ium r ight in t he
town center Some 500 fish o f 100 d if fe rent spec ies g l ide
around 20 huge t anks The st ar at t ract ion is bound to be a
smooth hound shark recent ly caught in loca l waters The
aquar ium is open da ily
Transport
The Kr ilo co mpany has rest art ed it s highly convenient
seasona l Sp l it -Hvar cat amaran with a schedu le t hat al-
lows vis it o rs t o leave Sp lit in t he morning and return in
t he ear ly evening T he same co mpany has t aken over
Jadro lin i ja s Sp lit -Hvar-Vis cat amaran while Jadro lini ja
now runs the Sp lit -Hvar-Korcu la cat amaran
Croat ia Air l ines has long had a mo nopo ly on int erna l
routes but no more Trade Air has announced that fl ight s
wil l beg in soon between Zagreb and Osijek and most
int erest ing fo r t rave lers a Rijeka -Sp l it -Dubrovnik route
I t has long been a cha l lenge to combine a vis it t o Ist r ia
Kvar ner and Dalmat ia in one t r ip but t his new route wil l
make it much eas ier to exp lo re t he length o f Croat ia s
coast
For more Croat ia t rave l in formation see Jeanne s
websit e wwwcroat iat rave l ler com
Croatia is in the Top 10 European Travel Destinations for 2013 by Croatia is in the Top 10 European Travel Destinations for 2013 by Croatia is in the Top 10 European Travel Destinations for 2013 by Lonely Planet Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet has included Croatia on its list of Top 10 European travel destinations for 2013 This what they had to say
Ca ll ing Croat ia a ho t spot is somewhat o ld news in t rave l c irc les ndash it s popular it y is fir mly est abl ished amo ng European
t rave llers and st eeply on the r ise among Amer icans as we ll But many t rave l lers are only see ing one sunny s l ice o f t he
count ry lured to t he near ly 2000km- lo ng coast line meanwhile miss ing the diverse char ms o f t he inland c it ie s nat iona l
parks and count rys ide
Zagreb t he EUlsquos newest cap it a l c it y is a hip c it y wit h wa lkable st reet s and a ca feacute scene so ingra ined that so me re fer
to t he c it y as one large outdoor cafeacute Surpass ing even the no table beaut y o f t he coast Plit vice Lakes Nat iona l Park is a
nature- loverlsquos parad ise with r ibbons o f br ight t urquo ise lakes and water fa l ls se t aga inst a backdrop o f karst cli ffs and
mossy t raver t ine
Back on the coast histo r ic Dubrovnik wil l de l ight vis it o rs even if t hey donlsquot know that t heylsquore st and ing in Kinglsquos
Land ing from the popu lar Game o f Thrones t elevis io n show
Read more ht tp wwwlone lyp lanet comeuropet rave l - t ip s-and-ar t ic les77757 ixzz2ZVWlrgeH
copy Plitvice Lakes National Park Photo by Kelly Cheng Getty Images
7
Photo of the MonthPhoto of the MonthPhoto of the Month
Each month we will publish a photo of
Croatia taken by one of the millions of
foreign tourist that discover ldquoThe Medi-
terranean as it once wasrdquo every year
For more of these check out the offi-
cial Facebook page of Croatia ldquoLove
Croatiardquo or visit wwwcroatiahr
This monthrsquos photo features sunset
somewhere along the Adriatic coast
Courtesy of Adam Sołtysiak
Enjoy
copy The Croatia Monthly is a free electronic newsletter published by the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia to the United States
of America 2343 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington DC 20008-2803 Tel+(202) 588 5899 Fax+(202) 588 8937 Pub-
lisher Ambassador Joško Paro Editor Dino Mihanović Second Secretary Free subscription un-subscription or comments
washingtonmvephr Neither the Embassy nor the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs accept any responsibility or liabil-
ity whatsoever with regard to the information in this newsletter Feel free to forward this newsletter to all that might be interested
in its content
Visit CroatiaVisit CroatiaVisit Croatia
Croatian National Tourist Board onlineCroatian National Tourist Board onlineCroatian National Tourist Board online
wwwcroatiahr
Speaking of FactsSpeaking of FactsSpeaking of Facts
The Kornati archipelago of Croatia
with its 140 islands is the densest
archipelago in the Mediterranean
Sea
George Bernard Shaw described
Kornati in the following way
During the last days of creation
God wished to crown his work and
hence from his own tears stars and
breath created Kornati
5
Croatian Righteous Among the Nations Croatian Righteous Among the Nations Croatian Righteous Among the Nations
An exhibition on the Croatian Gentiles who saved Jews during the Holocaust opened at the IHMEC in Chicago
On June 20 2013
Directo r o f t he I ll ino is
Ho locaust Museum and
Educat ion Center Rich-
ard Hirchhaut ( IHMEC)
a n d C r o a t i a n C o n s u l
G e n e r a l i n C h i c a g o
J e l e n a G r č i ć P o l i ć
opened the exhib it io n on
t he bdquoCroat ian Righteous
Amo ng the Nat ions― t he
f ir st ever to be exhib it ed
ins ide the Museum
The IHMEC is known
fo r it s open a ir memor ia l
Founta in o f t he Right -
eous in t he hear t o f
Skokie t he p lace wit h
the largest concent rat ion
o f t he Ho locaust survivors in t he Unit ed Stat es The open-
ing recept ion was at t ended by a few survivors inc lud ing
the IHMEC President Ms Fr it z ie Fr it zsha l l and a Croat ian
born Chicagoan Dr Dan Stockhamme r who was saved
himse lf by Croat ian gent ile rescuers The opening recep-
t ion wil l mo st like ly be remembered bes t by the vir tuoso a
cape lla per fo r mance o f Flo r i Yagodas lo ve songs in La-
d ino by Alber to Mizrahi Hazzan o f the histor ic Anshe
Emet Synagogue in Chicago Mr Mizrahi a lso known as
bdquoJewish Pavarot t ildquo t ranspor t ed us br ie f ly but seduct ive ly
and powerfu l ly t o ba lmy summer nights in Sp lit and Du-
brovnik at t he Adr iat ic coast t hat make romance bigger
t han li fe
The exhibit io n features a se lect set o f narrat ives about
t he brave c it izens o f Croat ia who liv ing under t he Naz i
puppet Ustashi reg ime res ist ed fasc ist oppress ion to save
Jews fro m persecut ion and murder The Righteous Among
the Nat ions t it le is g iven by
Yad Vashem in Jerusa lem to
no n- Je w s w ho r isk ed t he ir
l ives t o save Jews dur ing the
Ho locaust A spec ia l co mmis-
s ion headed by Supreme Cour t
Just ice o f t he St at e o f Israe l
be s t o w s t he t it le o n e a c h
honoree Rescuers rece ive a
p laque o f honor and meda l and
the ir names are engraved on
the wa lls o f t he Garden o f t he
Righteous By Januar y 2013
over 24000 Right eous men
and wo men fro m 47 countr ies
ha ve be e n r e c o g n iz e d a nd
honored with that t it le 109
among them are Croat ian
T h e e x h i b i t i o n c u r a t o r
Branka Souml men drew on the book by Mir iam Ste iner -
Aviezer Hrvat sk i pravednic i (Croat ian Righteous) Zagreb
Novi Liber 2008 Ms Soumlmen l ives in Zagreb and is cur-
rent ly working on est ablish ing a Museum on To lerance
Ms St einer -Aviezer a Child Ho locaust survivor fro m
Kar lo vac Croat ia lives in Israe l and is a member o f t he
Commit t ee fo r recogniz ing Righteous at Yad Vashem
The exhib it io n is open fo r daily viewing unt il t he end o f
t he year at t he I ll ino is Ho locaust Museum and Educat ion
Center The Stat e o f I ll ino is was the fi rst in t he Unio n to
mandate educat ion on Holocaust and subsequent ly a l l
contemporar y genoc ides
Educat ing young and o ld about t he Ho locaust t he int e l-
lectua l histo ry that insp ired it it s his to r ica l agent s and
context - - but above a ll about ind iv idua ls t hat confronted
it t he Power o f One - - remains ind ispensable to t he pursu it
o f t ruth both loca lly and wor ldwide
Flory Jagoda Flory Jagoda Flory Jagoda ndashndashndash The Celebration Concert at the Library of CongressThe Celebration Concert at the Library of CongressThe Celebration Concert at the Library of Congress
September 21 2013 at 800 pm Coolidge Auditorium Library of Congress 10 1st Street SE Washington DC
This concer t ce lebrat es Flo r y Jagodalsquos int ernat io na l ly recognized career as
s inger composer and t eacher o f Sephard ic song and wil l honor her ro le as
―keeper o f t he flame fo r preserving perpetuat ing and expand ing this venerable
Jewish cu ltura l t radit ion Musica l co lleagues from the Washington DC area and
beyo nd wil l jo in Jagoda to perfo rm the songs that she has t aught t hem in her quest
to t ransmit her familylsquos musica l her it age and keep it vibr ant ly a l ive The concert
wil l be documented by JEMGLO an award -winning documentar y fi lm co mpany
and wil l serve as a cent ral e lement in a fi lm about Flo r ylsquos li fe and music JEM-
GLOlsquos work focuses on Jewish cu lture in it s many g lo ba l and histo r ica l manifes -
t at ions
Born in Sara jevo Bosnia in 1923 Flo r y Jagoda grew up in Zagreb and spent
t ime dur ing Wor ld War I I in Sp lit and Korcu la She learned many songs fro m her
Nona (grandmother) and o ther family members who were known as t he ―S ing ing
Alt aračs Her o r ig ina l co mposit ions and ar rangement s have been per fo rmed and
reco rded by s ingers and groups in t he US and Europe and many are now fir mly
ent renched in Sephard ic song t rad it ion
A 2002 recip ient o f a Nat iona l Her it age Fe llowship presented by the Nat iona l
Endowment fo r t he Art s Jagoda lat er served as a Master Ar t ist in t he Fo lk li fe
Apprent iceship Program fo r t he Virg inia Foundat ion fo r t he Humanit ies In 2003
the Amer ican I mmigrat ion Counc il honored her with an I mmigrant Achievement
Award In March 2003 she was the so lo ist in a ceremo ny at Oświęc im Po land
(Auschwit z) commemorat ing the Sephard ic Jews who per ished there dur ing the
Ho locaust She has per fo r med throughout t he US and in Bosnia Croat ia Spain Aust r ia Turkey France Russ ia
Canada and Israe l She has made five reco rdings and publ ished The Flo r y Jagoda Songbook (1993 Tara Publica-
t ions) which inc ludes her songs biography and family pho tos from the fo r mer Yugos lavia Jagoda has been a res i-
dent o f t he Unit ed Stat es fo r sixt y- f ive years and res ides in Alexandr ia Virg in ia with her husband Harry
The concer t is be ing presented under the ausp ices o f t he Homegrown Concer t Ser ies at t he Amer ican Fo lk l ife
Center o f t he Librar y o f Congress
6
Croatia Travel News RoundupCroatia Travel News RoundupCroatia Travel News Roundup by Jeanne Oliverby Jeanne Oliverby Jeanne Oliver
Par ty on Croat ia The
summer o f fun st art ed on
Ju ly 1 with Croat ia s o ff i-
c ia l ent r y into t he EU and
cont inues with a flur r y o f
fest iva ls a l l t hroughout t he summer Vis it o rs to Croat ia
can look fo rward to more t ransport opt ions new s ight s
and tours plus exc it ing deve lopment s on the d ining and
lodg ing scene
Game o f Thrones
The popular HBO ser ies fi lmed par t s o f seasons two
and three in Dubrovnik and is schedu led to return to film
season four Filming in Dubrovnik beg ins on August 20
and last s fo r one month when fo r t he fi rst t ime t he cast
wil l head to Split and fi lm fro m September 21 to October
10 True fans wil l want to sign up fo r Viato r s new Game
o f Thrones tours o f Dubrovnik a lthough it s cer t a inly
poss ible to vis it t he s it es independent ly
Hote ls
The Bout ique Hostel Forum in Zadar is enjo ying it s
f ir st fu l l season t reat ing it s lucky customers t o a st andard
o f comfor t almost unknown at t he budget leve l Croat ian
archit ect Toma P le j ić and des igner Damir Gamulin have
creat ed a dazz ling space that runs from dor mito r ies on
the fir st floo r to doubles and luxur y su it es on the top
f loo rs All have views o f Zadar s cent ral Forum square
In Zagreb the c it ys o ldest hotel t he Hotel Jadran has
t ransfo r med it se lf wit h a tot al overhau l and is now a
s leek and modern space The downtown locat ion makes it
a perfect launching pad fo r a discover y o f Croat ia s
cap it a l
Dining
Loca l and authent ic cu is ine are t he new watchwords
Rovinj s be lo ved konoba Kant inon has passed into the
capable hands o f sommelier E mil Per dec and gourmet
chef Tomis lav Gret ic They vow to use loca l Ist r ian
ingred ient s only in a menu o f loca l spec ia lt ie s based on
coast al cu is ine
St ar chef Dino Galvagno renowned fo r sparking up
Zagreb s rest aurant scene wit h Prasac has launched an
even more ambit ious pro ject Peta Cetvrt ina where he
commit s to using only the freshest and most seasona l
product s from loca l far mers Weeds a lgae wild oyst ers
black S lavonian p igs and qua i l are combined in sensa-
t iona l new d ishes Even the wine list is a surpr ise con-
cent rat ing on o rganic wine fro m less - her a lded vineyards
Sight s
S ibenik has opened a brand -new Aquar ium r ight in t he
town center Some 500 fish o f 100 d if fe rent spec ies g l ide
around 20 huge t anks The st ar at t ract ion is bound to be a
smooth hound shark recent ly caught in loca l waters The
aquar ium is open da ily
Transport
The Kr ilo co mpany has rest art ed it s highly convenient
seasona l Sp l it -Hvar cat amaran with a schedu le t hat al-
lows vis it o rs t o leave Sp lit in t he morning and return in
t he ear ly evening T he same co mpany has t aken over
Jadro lin i ja s Sp lit -Hvar-Vis cat amaran while Jadro lini ja
now runs the Sp lit -Hvar-Korcu la cat amaran
Croat ia Air l ines has long had a mo nopo ly on int erna l
routes but no more Trade Air has announced that fl ight s
wil l beg in soon between Zagreb and Osijek and most
int erest ing fo r t rave lers a Rijeka -Sp l it -Dubrovnik route
I t has long been a cha l lenge to combine a vis it t o Ist r ia
Kvar ner and Dalmat ia in one t r ip but t his new route wil l
make it much eas ier to exp lo re t he length o f Croat ia s
coast
For more Croat ia t rave l in formation see Jeanne s
websit e wwwcroat iat rave l ler com
Croatia is in the Top 10 European Travel Destinations for 2013 by Croatia is in the Top 10 European Travel Destinations for 2013 by Croatia is in the Top 10 European Travel Destinations for 2013 by Lonely Planet Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet has included Croatia on its list of Top 10 European travel destinations for 2013 This what they had to say
Ca ll ing Croat ia a ho t spot is somewhat o ld news in t rave l c irc les ndash it s popular it y is fir mly est abl ished amo ng European
t rave llers and st eeply on the r ise among Amer icans as we ll But many t rave l lers are only see ing one sunny s l ice o f t he
count ry lured to t he near ly 2000km- lo ng coast line meanwhile miss ing the diverse char ms o f t he inland c it ie s nat iona l
parks and count rys ide
Zagreb t he EUlsquos newest cap it a l c it y is a hip c it y wit h wa lkable st reet s and a ca feacute scene so ingra ined that so me re fer
to t he c it y as one large outdoor cafeacute Surpass ing even the no table beaut y o f t he coast Plit vice Lakes Nat iona l Park is a
nature- loverlsquos parad ise with r ibbons o f br ight t urquo ise lakes and water fa l ls se t aga inst a backdrop o f karst cli ffs and
mossy t raver t ine
Back on the coast histo r ic Dubrovnik wil l de l ight vis it o rs even if t hey donlsquot know that t heylsquore st and ing in Kinglsquos
Land ing from the popu lar Game o f Thrones t elevis io n show
Read more ht tp wwwlone lyp lanet comeuropet rave l - t ip s-and-ar t ic les77757 ixzz2ZVWlrgeH
copy Plitvice Lakes National Park Photo by Kelly Cheng Getty Images
7
Photo of the MonthPhoto of the MonthPhoto of the Month
Each month we will publish a photo of
Croatia taken by one of the millions of
foreign tourist that discover ldquoThe Medi-
terranean as it once wasrdquo every year
For more of these check out the offi-
cial Facebook page of Croatia ldquoLove
Croatiardquo or visit wwwcroatiahr
This monthrsquos photo features sunset
somewhere along the Adriatic coast
Courtesy of Adam Sołtysiak
Enjoy
copy The Croatia Monthly is a free electronic newsletter published by the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia to the United States
of America 2343 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington DC 20008-2803 Tel+(202) 588 5899 Fax+(202) 588 8937 Pub-
lisher Ambassador Joško Paro Editor Dino Mihanović Second Secretary Free subscription un-subscription or comments
washingtonmvephr Neither the Embassy nor the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs accept any responsibility or liabil-
ity whatsoever with regard to the information in this newsletter Feel free to forward this newsletter to all that might be interested
in its content
Visit CroatiaVisit CroatiaVisit Croatia
Croatian National Tourist Board onlineCroatian National Tourist Board onlineCroatian National Tourist Board online
wwwcroatiahr
Speaking of FactsSpeaking of FactsSpeaking of Facts
The Kornati archipelago of Croatia
with its 140 islands is the densest
archipelago in the Mediterranean
Sea
George Bernard Shaw described
Kornati in the following way
During the last days of creation
God wished to crown his work and
hence from his own tears stars and
breath created Kornati
6
Croatia Travel News RoundupCroatia Travel News RoundupCroatia Travel News Roundup by Jeanne Oliverby Jeanne Oliverby Jeanne Oliver
Par ty on Croat ia The
summer o f fun st art ed on
Ju ly 1 with Croat ia s o ff i-
c ia l ent r y into t he EU and
cont inues with a flur r y o f
fest iva ls a l l t hroughout t he summer Vis it o rs to Croat ia
can look fo rward to more t ransport opt ions new s ight s
and tours plus exc it ing deve lopment s on the d ining and
lodg ing scene
Game o f Thrones
The popular HBO ser ies fi lmed par t s o f seasons two
and three in Dubrovnik and is schedu led to return to film
season four Filming in Dubrovnik beg ins on August 20
and last s fo r one month when fo r t he fi rst t ime t he cast
wil l head to Split and fi lm fro m September 21 to October
10 True fans wil l want to sign up fo r Viato r s new Game
o f Thrones tours o f Dubrovnik a lthough it s cer t a inly
poss ible to vis it t he s it es independent ly
Hote ls
The Bout ique Hostel Forum in Zadar is enjo ying it s
f ir st fu l l season t reat ing it s lucky customers t o a st andard
o f comfor t almost unknown at t he budget leve l Croat ian
archit ect Toma P le j ić and des igner Damir Gamulin have
creat ed a dazz ling space that runs from dor mito r ies on
the fir st floo r to doubles and luxur y su it es on the top
f loo rs All have views o f Zadar s cent ral Forum square
In Zagreb the c it ys o ldest hotel t he Hotel Jadran has
t ransfo r med it se lf wit h a tot al overhau l and is now a
s leek and modern space The downtown locat ion makes it
a perfect launching pad fo r a discover y o f Croat ia s
cap it a l
Dining
Loca l and authent ic cu is ine are t he new watchwords
Rovinj s be lo ved konoba Kant inon has passed into the
capable hands o f sommelier E mil Per dec and gourmet
chef Tomis lav Gret ic They vow to use loca l Ist r ian
ingred ient s only in a menu o f loca l spec ia lt ie s based on
coast al cu is ine
St ar chef Dino Galvagno renowned fo r sparking up
Zagreb s rest aurant scene wit h Prasac has launched an
even more ambit ious pro ject Peta Cetvrt ina where he
commit s to using only the freshest and most seasona l
product s from loca l far mers Weeds a lgae wild oyst ers
black S lavonian p igs and qua i l are combined in sensa-
t iona l new d ishes Even the wine list is a surpr ise con-
cent rat ing on o rganic wine fro m less - her a lded vineyards
Sight s
S ibenik has opened a brand -new Aquar ium r ight in t he
town center Some 500 fish o f 100 d if fe rent spec ies g l ide
around 20 huge t anks The st ar at t ract ion is bound to be a
smooth hound shark recent ly caught in loca l waters The
aquar ium is open da ily
Transport
The Kr ilo co mpany has rest art ed it s highly convenient
seasona l Sp l it -Hvar cat amaran with a schedu le t hat al-
lows vis it o rs t o leave Sp lit in t he morning and return in
t he ear ly evening T he same co mpany has t aken over
Jadro lin i ja s Sp lit -Hvar-Vis cat amaran while Jadro lini ja
now runs the Sp lit -Hvar-Korcu la cat amaran
Croat ia Air l ines has long had a mo nopo ly on int erna l
routes but no more Trade Air has announced that fl ight s
wil l beg in soon between Zagreb and Osijek and most
int erest ing fo r t rave lers a Rijeka -Sp l it -Dubrovnik route
I t has long been a cha l lenge to combine a vis it t o Ist r ia
Kvar ner and Dalmat ia in one t r ip but t his new route wil l
make it much eas ier to exp lo re t he length o f Croat ia s
coast
For more Croat ia t rave l in formation see Jeanne s
websit e wwwcroat iat rave l ler com
Croatia is in the Top 10 European Travel Destinations for 2013 by Croatia is in the Top 10 European Travel Destinations for 2013 by Croatia is in the Top 10 European Travel Destinations for 2013 by Lonely Planet Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet has included Croatia on its list of Top 10 European travel destinations for 2013 This what they had to say
Ca ll ing Croat ia a ho t spot is somewhat o ld news in t rave l c irc les ndash it s popular it y is fir mly est abl ished amo ng European
t rave llers and st eeply on the r ise among Amer icans as we ll But many t rave l lers are only see ing one sunny s l ice o f t he
count ry lured to t he near ly 2000km- lo ng coast line meanwhile miss ing the diverse char ms o f t he inland c it ie s nat iona l
parks and count rys ide
Zagreb t he EUlsquos newest cap it a l c it y is a hip c it y wit h wa lkable st reet s and a ca feacute scene so ingra ined that so me re fer
to t he c it y as one large outdoor cafeacute Surpass ing even the no table beaut y o f t he coast Plit vice Lakes Nat iona l Park is a
nature- loverlsquos parad ise with r ibbons o f br ight t urquo ise lakes and water fa l ls se t aga inst a backdrop o f karst cli ffs and
mossy t raver t ine
Back on the coast histo r ic Dubrovnik wil l de l ight vis it o rs even if t hey donlsquot know that t heylsquore st and ing in Kinglsquos
Land ing from the popu lar Game o f Thrones t elevis io n show
Read more ht tp wwwlone lyp lanet comeuropet rave l - t ip s-and-ar t ic les77757 ixzz2ZVWlrgeH
copy Plitvice Lakes National Park Photo by Kelly Cheng Getty Images
7
Photo of the MonthPhoto of the MonthPhoto of the Month
Each month we will publish a photo of
Croatia taken by one of the millions of
foreign tourist that discover ldquoThe Medi-
terranean as it once wasrdquo every year
For more of these check out the offi-
cial Facebook page of Croatia ldquoLove
Croatiardquo or visit wwwcroatiahr
This monthrsquos photo features sunset
somewhere along the Adriatic coast
Courtesy of Adam Sołtysiak
Enjoy
copy The Croatia Monthly is a free electronic newsletter published by the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia to the United States
of America 2343 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington DC 20008-2803 Tel+(202) 588 5899 Fax+(202) 588 8937 Pub-
lisher Ambassador Joško Paro Editor Dino Mihanović Second Secretary Free subscription un-subscription or comments
washingtonmvephr Neither the Embassy nor the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs accept any responsibility or liabil-
ity whatsoever with regard to the information in this newsletter Feel free to forward this newsletter to all that might be interested
in its content
Visit CroatiaVisit CroatiaVisit Croatia
Croatian National Tourist Board onlineCroatian National Tourist Board onlineCroatian National Tourist Board online
wwwcroatiahr
Speaking of FactsSpeaking of FactsSpeaking of Facts
The Kornati archipelago of Croatia
with its 140 islands is the densest
archipelago in the Mediterranean
Sea
George Bernard Shaw described
Kornati in the following way
During the last days of creation
God wished to crown his work and
hence from his own tears stars and
breath created Kornati
7
Photo of the MonthPhoto of the MonthPhoto of the Month
Each month we will publish a photo of
Croatia taken by one of the millions of
foreign tourist that discover ldquoThe Medi-
terranean as it once wasrdquo every year
For more of these check out the offi-
cial Facebook page of Croatia ldquoLove
Croatiardquo or visit wwwcroatiahr
This monthrsquos photo features sunset
somewhere along the Adriatic coast
Courtesy of Adam Sołtysiak
Enjoy
copy The Croatia Monthly is a free electronic newsletter published by the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia to the United States
of America 2343 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington DC 20008-2803 Tel+(202) 588 5899 Fax+(202) 588 8937 Pub-
lisher Ambassador Joško Paro Editor Dino Mihanović Second Secretary Free subscription un-subscription or comments
washingtonmvephr Neither the Embassy nor the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs accept any responsibility or liabil-
ity whatsoever with regard to the information in this newsletter Feel free to forward this newsletter to all that might be interested
in its content
Visit CroatiaVisit CroatiaVisit Croatia
Croatian National Tourist Board onlineCroatian National Tourist Board onlineCroatian National Tourist Board online
wwwcroatiahr
Speaking of FactsSpeaking of FactsSpeaking of Facts
The Kornati archipelago of Croatia
with its 140 islands is the densest
archipelago in the Mediterranean
Sea
George Bernard Shaw described
Kornati in the following way
During the last days of creation
God wished to crown his work and
hence from his own tears stars and
breath created Kornati