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00:00The man who created an independent, sovereign, independent state in Croatia,
00:05stepped into history.
00:07The pain, tears and pride in the hearts of all of us who had the honor
00:12to be witnesses of the time of Dr. Franjo Tudjman,
00:15the first Croatian president.
00:17Before the last resting place of President Tudjman,
00:29at this late evening,
00:31the citizens come to pray and express their last respects.
00:34I was at the funeral today,
00:48and I had the desire, with my friends,
00:52to come now and pray for the former president,
00:59because he is a great man.
01:01I am a returnee after 24 years.
01:06I am very happy that I created this state,
01:10and I am deeply grateful to him for that.
01:13I feel an emptiness.
01:16This place has now become historical,
01:20and it will be sacred to us,
01:22because we will be happy to return here
01:24and pray for the soul of our president,
01:27Mrs. Franjo Tudjman.
01:30The Zagreb Cemetery will be open all night long.
01:40There are still many people at the Markovo Market
01:42who say goodbye to the president.
01:44With thousands and thousands of people already lit up,
01:46every minute, new candles get their place here.
01:53I am not surprised, there are a lot of them.
01:55I think they have a reason to be here.
02:01I was there all night.
02:05Give me some peace.
02:07I remember that night.
02:12The whole of Croatia was in Zagreb today,
02:14from Pantovčak, through Ilica,
02:16Trgaban, Josip, Jelačić,
02:18Ribnjak and Nove Vese to Mirogoje.
02:21Many citizens said goodbye to their president,
02:23who will rest in the cemetery in front of the Church of Christ the King.
02:31The Holy Square in the Presidential Courtyards.
02:35In Zodar, in the Holy Square,
02:37the last late guard.
02:40The closest of the president's co-workers
02:42stands dignifiedly in the crowd.
02:46The president's family is entwined in the deepest crowd.
02:49The wife of Anka,
02:51the daughter of Evenka,
02:53the sons of Miroslav and Stjepan.
02:56The forest with the body of the president
02:58and the Holy Square is carried by eight Croatian generals.
03:02The road from the Holy Square to the Presidential Courtyards
03:05is covered with rosy patches.
03:09Will all the citizens of Croatia
03:11carry your dedication,
03:13work and love,
03:15it will be enough
03:17to continue the construction
03:19of your and our only Croatia.
03:23In the quiet silence,
03:25a long column of citizens
03:27passes through the Spalir of the highest state officials
03:29towards Pantovčak Street.
03:32The forest with the body of the President of the Republic
03:34passes through Pantovčak,
03:36a street where in recent days
03:38the long column of citizens
03:40who expressed their last respect
03:42was constantly stretching.
03:50The forest with the president's body
03:52passes the longest Zagreb street,
03:54thousands of people stop it
03:56with a last look.
03:59Zagreb citizens, but also Croats
04:01and all parts of the homeland,
04:03celebrated the greatest Croatian victories
04:05at the Bana Jelačić Square
04:07with President Tudjman,
04:09and now on the faces of the gathered
04:11you can see disbelief that they are growing
04:13from the president who realized
04:15the centuries-old dream of the entire Croatian people.
04:17The Greek top today
04:19did not mark the bottom.
04:22From the market of Josip Langa
04:24to the Gubčeva Zvezda,
04:26along Mirogoj,
04:28rivers of people are flowing
04:30from the market of Bana Jelačić.
04:37The funeral procession
04:39in Tuzi
04:41comes to Mirogoj.
04:48The direction of the Croatian generals
04:50at this moment
04:52transfer the forest
04:54to the Mirogoj cemetery.
05:21The end of the war
05:27He had an unwavering will
05:29to act, to fulfill his desire,
05:31accepting diplomatic games
05:33to be the winner in the end,
05:35decisively entering into conflicts
05:37that he could not avoid,
05:39to surprise, confuse,
05:41intimidate and frighten the opponent,
05:43remaining at the end of the risky
05:45encounter with the winner,
05:47who actually returned the people
05:49to their identity,
05:51and to the Croatian soldier
05:53the old, long,
05:55overshadowed glory
05:57of one of the best warriors in Europe.
05:59God, our father,
06:01thank you for all the good
06:03that your late servant Franjo
06:05gave in his lifetime
06:07service to his homeland.
06:19The end of the war
06:28Anka Tuzman,
06:30the wife of the president.
06:33Love, Croatia.
06:43Oh, hero,
06:46the land of love,
06:50what is the name of this land?
06:57The land of love,
07:01the land of love,
07:05the land of love,
07:08the land of love,
07:11the land of love...
07:14The church of Zvonadilje, Croatia,
07:17suffered a lot in the civil war.
07:20The president of the Republic,
07:22Dr. Franjo Tuzman,
07:24paid tribute to the sad memories.
07:28The sirens were heard all over Croatia.
07:31At the moment,
07:33there was silence in Beijing,
07:35which ruled the Croatian cities.
07:37The citizens cried out
07:39for the first Croatian president.
07:58The Zagreb Cathedral
08:08In the Zagreb Cathedral,
08:10the case file for the president
08:12of Tuzman was presented
08:14by Cardinal Franjo Kuharic
08:16as a special envoy of the Holy Father.
08:19The special envoy of the Holy Father,
08:21Cardinal Franjo Kuharic,
08:23in the Zagreb Cathedral,
08:25at the consecration of all
08:27Croatian bishops,
08:29presented the Holy Mass for the
08:31creator of the independent
08:33Croatian state.
08:35In the sermon, Cardinal Kuharic
08:37emphasized that the president
08:39was sensitive to the fate
08:41of his people.
08:43He chose a difficult path
08:45with his conscience,
08:47which led him to darkness.
08:49But for his program of freedom,
08:51the Croatian people
08:53gave him the last respect.
08:55The free and sovereign
08:57Croatian state
08:59was created under his leadership,
09:01but with the will of the whole people
09:03and resistance against
09:05unjust violence.
09:11How did he achieve this?
09:13With the help of God.
09:17He left us in the heritage
09:19of a sovereign and free
09:21internationally recognized
09:23Croatian state,
09:25which is the abundance
09:27of freedom
09:29and the possibility
09:31of all Croatian citizens
09:33to work together
09:35for the common good
09:37in freedom.
09:39Tears and sincere prayers
09:41for the peace of the soul
09:43and eternal tranquility
09:45in the divine mercy
09:47were directed by
09:49the members of the family,
09:51colleagues, diplomats
09:53and respecters of the first
09:55Croatian president.