BALKANSKI PROSTOR U ISTARSKOM DJEČJEM ČASOPISU „MLADI HRVAT“

In the westernmost Croatian peninsula, Istria, the final phase of the Croatian National Revival took place before World War I. At the time, Istria was under Austrian authority, with a strong Italian minority. In the effort to preserve Croatian education and literature, the children’s magazine The Young Croat (Mladi Hrvat) was launched in 1910, founded and edited by Croatian writer and national revivalist Viktor Car Emin. During this period, the Balkan Wars erupted on the Balkan Peninsula. In Mladi Hrvat, we discovered a substantial body of texts and contributions related to the Balkans and the ongoing wars. This paper presents these texts and contributions, featuring contributions from Jovan Jovanović Zmaj. The analysis reveals that the Balkans and the struggles of its peoples for freedom were depicted in this Croatian magazine, far away in Istria, with empathy, closeness, and a sense of solidarity with their Slavic brethren.