OSIJEK MARKS GERMAN UNIFICATION DAY OSIJEK, Oct 3 (Hina) - The Osijek-based Croatian-German Society has organised an exhibition on 50 years of the Federal Republic Of Germany to mark German Unification Day. This exhibition was staged
on Sunday in the Croatian National Theatre (HNK) in the eastern Croatian city of Osijek. The show, which is a gift from Germany's Embassy in Zagreb, consists of two parts. Thematic posters of significant German towns and cities are on display in the first segment, and the second part, entitled "Divided and Unified Germany" includes photographs. Opening the exhibition, the Croatian-German Society's Vice President, Josip Franz, recalled that ten years had passed since the "tumultuous autumn of 1989 when the wall collapsed which had monstrously divided not only the German people but also the humanity." German Unification Day and the free and independent Croatia "have a joint deep
OSIJEK, Oct 3 (Hina) - The Osijek-based Croatian-German Society has
organised an exhibition on 50 years of the Federal Republic Of
Germany to mark German Unification Day.
This exhibition was staged on Sunday in the Croatian National
Theatre (HNK) in the eastern Croatian city of Osijek.
The show, which is a gift from Germany's Embassy in Zagreb, consists
of two parts. Thematic posters of significant German towns and
cities are on display in the first segment, and the second part,
entitled "Divided and Unified Germany" includes photographs.
Opening the exhibition, the Croatian-German Society's Vice
President, Josip Franz, recalled that ten years had passed since
the "tumultuous autumn of 1989 when the wall collapsed which had
monstrously divided not only the German people but also the
humanity."
German Unification Day and the free and independent Croatia "have a
joint deep links and sources," Franz said adding that over 500,000
Croats now live and work in Germany.
The choir "Brevis- Donau" performed songs at the opening ceremony.
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