HOLOCAUST MUSEUM, CROATIAN NATIONAL ARCHIVE SIGN AGREEMENT

WASHINGTON, May 22 (Hina) - The Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Croatian National Archive concluded an agreement on cooperation yesterday in Washington. The agreement was signed by the director of the Holocaust Research Institute, Michael Berenbaum, and Croatian ambassador to the US, Petar Sarcevic. "The Croatian Government will persevere in searching for the truth about the Croatian and the world Jewish community," Ambassador Sarcevic said. "These efforts include the investigation of crimes committed during World War II and in the period immediately following the war, as well as the involvement of Croats in the anti-fascist struggle," he said. Exhaustive research into the World War II crimes had been conducted in Croatia since the independence, in cooperation with the Yad Vashem Memorial Museum and the Israeli National Archive, Sarcevic said. Unfortunately, a great part of the archive material had been shipped off to Belgrade during the war in Croatia and was unavailable to researchers. "This agreement is an important step forward in searching for historical truth," Berenbaum said. "It shows that Croatia has nothing to hide about its history," he said. (hina) jn as 231032 MET may 95