Historia Est Magistra Vitae, or maybe not - AVNOJ Museum

We now know, for sure, that we, people, learn nothing from our history, but we like to judge; and the right to judge and value something can only be achieved when we get to know something well, study it, and analyze it critically.

And there's so much to study because our history, both national and global, has been far too difficult, and if we manage to evaluate everything that was good simply as good and everything that was bad solely as bad - regadless of who was standing behind these acts (someone "ours" or "theirs"), we will gain an advantage, and assistance, in making future mature decisions based on real historical experiences, facts, and critical thinking. That is the main role of the AVNOJ Museum in Bihać - to impartially inform the public about the historical facts and circumstances of the time.

As in everything else, we should start from ourselves, from our country, from our people because an evildoer cannot be a hero, a criminal cannot be a role model, a bully cannot be an idol - they are the same scum in every society, regardless of their origin, nationality, social status or religion!

On 26 and 27 Nov, 1942, the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council of People's Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ) was held in Bihac, which was then constituted as the all national and political representative body of the People's Liberation Movement in the fight against evil, because all forms of aggression and violence are just that - pure evil. And the study does not stop there, on the contrary, it continues. We should and must analyze everything, including the People's Liberation Movement and everything that happened afterwards - until today and including today!

For fifty years, the building where the session was held had been a museum with a permanent exhibition.
In 1992, it was destroyed during bloody military aggression.
The reconstruction took ten years and was completed in 2013.

Address and contacts:
5. Korpusa no.2, Bihac
Tel / fax: +387(37) 223-214
e-mail: muzej_usk@hotmail.com
Working hours:
Mon-Fri
7:00 - 15:30

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