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Another condensation: comparing this war to previous wars and then saying this war was the worst:

TK: You have survived two wars?

Džanana: Yes one in childhood and one in old age…But that war [World War II] was nothing compared to this war. Božija milost! [Meaning something like God’s joy that God gives in abundance, which is the way Džanana compares World War II to the present war].

People would also make comparisons to Hitler, saying that he had not been as destructive as the Croats had been during this war. And not only old people who had actually experienced World War II made such comparisons. Even for younger people, evoking Hitler, the symbol of modern evil, and stating that this war was worse than what he did, was a powerful expression of the strength of their feelings.