Svakodnevica prvih meseci okupacije 1941. u člancima beogradskih Opštinskih novina

• Main Author: Rade Ristanović
• Format: Article
• Language: deu
• Published: Institut za Savremenu Istoriju 2014-02-01
• Series: Istorija 20. Veka
• Subjects: Newspapers; World War II; Serbia; Belgrade; Belgraders; Occupation; everyday life
• Online Access: http://istorija20veka.rs/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/2014_1_05_Ristanovic.pdf

Municipality Newspapers, as historical source, in our historiography are not being used enough, so the impression of lack of literary works subjected to daily life under occupation are the facts that motivated the author to try to analyze daily life of Belgrade citizens in accordance with the newspaper’s content in chronological frame from April 24th when the first number was issued until Jun 19th when the last number was confiscated. Newspapers, as a source, almost always reflects official stance of the authorities, so there is no doubt the stance is reflected on articles of the Municipality Newspapers, but despite this fact, we support the possibility of making the review regarding daily life of Belgrade citizens in the first months after the occupation started through the writings of newspaper’s journalists. Shortly, it was a life in the occupied city affected by bombing operation under the Nazi regime which ideology oppugned to some citizens the right to life, the city in which waiting in a line and lack of basic rations was everyday event, but also the city which, despite all problems it faced, offered going to theatre or to the beach etc. Listed factors formed one new picture of daily life in Belgrade, which was different in many aspects from the one from period of peace, so the one which is going to be in power until the end of occupation.