1918

This paper discusses a short but very important episode of First World War history concerning the Yugoslav ruling over Rijeka (Fiume) in 1918 as seen through the war experience and writings of Stanislaw Krakow. In the interwar period, Krakow became one of the most known representatives of Expressionism while at the same time a prominent journalist, philatelist, numismatist, art collector, movie director, etc.

The article is an introduction to the current issue of Forum Historiae that was supported by the Slovak Research and Development Agency project "Continuity and Discontinuity of Political and Social Elites in Slovakia in the 19th and 20th Centuries". The editors provide a brief overview of the theoretical concepts that underlie the articles published in the issue; they introduce the main research questions and hypotheses the authors of the issue worked with and outline the main conclusions.