The Grubišno Polje Area during the First World War and its Aftermath

Rad na osnovi parcijalnog proučavanja arhivskih izvora i određene sekundarne literature pokazuje kako su stanovnici grubišnopoljskog područja krenuli u Prvi svjetski rat i kako je izgledao život na bojišnici i pozadini. Osim toga, u radu se ukazuje na to koliko je rat utjecao na stanovništvo grubišnopoljskog područja te na koji su način podnosili njegove posljedice. S godinama koje su prolazile stanje je bilo sve teže, a stanovništvo, usprkos bogatom poljoprivrednom kraju, iznureno i siromašno. Pri kraju rata, kada je Austro-Ugarska Monarhija pokazivala vidne znakove svoga raspada, nastala je anarhija i bezvlašće, čiju su prazninu pokušavali ispuniti novoustrojeni Narodni odbori mjesnih vijeća u službi stvaranja nove jugoslavenske države.The paper shows how the Grubišno Polje area and especially its population survived during the First World War on the front-line and behind it on the basis of an analysis of partial archival sources and secondary literature. In addition, the paper shows the extent of the impact the War had on the population of the Grubišno Polje area, as well as the way they dealt with its consequences. Men from Grubišno Polje fought valiantly on different European battlefields from the Serbian to the Italian one, suffering significant casualties, which were especially high on the Russian front. In the beginning of the War there was a certain belief in one’s own invincibility and that victory will soon be achieved, but reality soon showed its real face. As years went by the consequences of the War were more and more difficult to endure, but numerous families from Grubišno Polje still took in malnourished children from other parts of Croatia, as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina. Despite rich agricultural environs, the population of Grubišno Polje met the end of the War visibly drained and poor. There was anarchy and absence of authority towards the end of the War, when the signs of the disintegration of Austro-Hungarian Monarchy started to become visible. Newly formed people’s committees of local councils, whose goal was the creation of a new Yugoslav state, tried to fill the resulting void