You Betrayed The Party Just When You Should Have Helped It — second updated edition
The project’s publication and web site give an insight into women’s suffering in the Goli Archipelago
The second updated edition of the publication about the women’s political camp on Goli Otok and Sveti Grgur “You betrayed the Party just when you should have helped it” was published in December 2021. In addition to the texts of anthropologist and feminist theorist Renata Jambrešić Kirin and curator and art historian Irena Bekić from the previous edition, it includes a text by curator and art historian Anca Verona Mihuleț, which gives a new perspective on the artistic and theoretical foundations of the project. Also, the publication includes new parts of the project, actions and drawings by Andreja Kulunčić, testimonies and biographies of former detainees, and a list of Yugoslav women political prisoners. The designer is Negra Nigoević, and the co-publishers of the publication are the association MAPA and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Zagreb 2021.
The existence of a women’s political camp on the islands of Sveti Grgur and Goli otok (Radislište V) where, alternately, in the period from 1950 to 1956, around 860 women accused of being associated with the Cominform (Informbiro) were imprisoned, is a fact that is little known to the public. Even professional and scientific discussions about Goli otok focus almost exclusively on the male political camp. The publication and website of the project provide an insight into women’s suffering in the Goli Archipelago and a longer-term approach to the collected materials.
The publication has been financed with funding from the Kultura Nova Foundation and was produced with support from the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Dialogue Southeast Europe.