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Croatian emigrant heritage

Mary Anne Sinovich and Elena Anne Bielich during their visit to the NSK.

Latest acquisition to NSK Foreign Croatica Collection spotlighting legacy of Croats in South Africa 

5 June 2026

Members of the Croatian diaspora in South Africa Mary Anne Sinovich and Elena Anne Bielich donated to the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) a comprehensive monograph documenting generations-long legacy of South African Croats. Soon to be available to NSK’s users as part of the NSK Foreign Croatica Collection, the monograph is a valuable addition to almost 12,000 titles which the Collection currently holds. Entitled The Life, Times and Legacy of Our Grandparents, it offers insight into the contribution of Croats to their local communities, their efforts to preserve their Croatian identity and close ties with their ancestors’ homeland.

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Participants in the final "Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium" event.

Final “Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” event showcases Croatian emigrant heritage

4 November 2025

On 4 November 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) organised the last event of Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium, its programme aimed at the popularisation and promotion of the CROATICA collection, which NSK assembles and curates. Held at CroAtrium, the Library’s multimedia lab and heritage interpretation centre ideal for presenting its collections to a wide range of audiences, the event showcased the results of a 2024 project which the Library ran in cooperation with the Croatian Fraternal Union of America.

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Segments of photographs showing the heritage of Croats in the US.

Croatian Fraternal Union of America and NSK presenting a joint project spotlighting Croatian emigrant heritage

4 November 2025, 14.00, CroAtrium, conference hall Judita & online

On 4 November 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) and Croatian Fraternal Union of America will jointly present From Pittsburgh with love: music and written heritage of Croatian emigrants, a project focusing on fostering cultural connections between Croats in the US and Croatia. Starting at 14.00 at CroAtrium (conference hall Judita), our multimedia lab and heritage interpretation centre, the presentation will be held as the last event of Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium, the Library’s 2025 programme aimed at the popularisation of

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Participants in the cooperation project run by the Croatian Fraternal Union of America and National and University Library in Zagreb.

Croatian Fraternal Union of America and NSK jointly protecting Croatian emigrant heritage

October 2024

The Croatian Fraternal Union of America and NSK, the National and University Library in Zagreb, are jointly running a project (Iz Pittsburgha s ljubavlju: knjižnična baština hrvatskih iseljenika) aimed at fostering cultural connections between Croats in the US and Croatia and popularising the cultural legacy of Croatian emigrants in America and its significance for Croatia’s culture. In October 2024, Senior Archivist and Curator at the NSK Manuscripts and Old Books Collection Dr Tamara Štefanac, NSK Library Adviser and the Head of the NSK Music Collection Dr Tatjana Mihalić and Senior Conservator and Head of the

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