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title: Oath text for members of the Croatian National Guard (Hrvatska narodna garda), Croatia, 1991
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/croatia-national-guard-oath-1991/
description: Typewritten sheet on pale paper, mounted and framed, headed 'ZAKLETVA PRIPADNIKA HRVATSKE NARODNE GARDE' (Oath of a member of the Croatian National Guard).
section: Collection
---

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# Oath text for members of the Croatian National Guard (Hrvatska narodna garda), Croatia, 1991

Typewritten sheet on pale paper, mounted and framed, headed 'ZAKLETVA PRIPADNIKA HRVATSKE NARODNE GARDE' (Oath of a member of the Croatian National Guard). The oath binds the speaker to obey orders and to defend 'my homeland Croatia', its sovereignty, territorial integrity and all its citizens, even at the cost of his life. The tell is the way the one-sentence oath ties the person's own life to the state's sovereignty and territory.

## Propaganda techniques used in this document

[Identity fusion](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/identity-fusion/)

## Full record

Region, Country, Medium, Issuer type, Regime, Leader, Audience, Purpose, Theme, Event, Source, Rights

## Text on the object

Original (Croatian) · read from the image, not independently checked

Original (Croatian) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
ZAKLETVA PRIPADNIKA HRVATSKE NARODNE GARDE

SVEČANO PRISEŽEM,
DA ĆU VJERNO I ČASNO IZVRŠAVATI DUŽNOSTI
KOJE SE OD MENE,
PRIPADNIKA HRVATSKE NARODNE GARDE ZAHTJEVAJU
I DA ĆU SE SAVJESNO I ODGOVORNO
POKORAVATI SVIM SLUŽBENIM NAREDBAMA I ZAPOVJEDIMA.
PRISEŽEM
DA ĆU, I UZ ŽRTVU VLASTITOG ŽIVOTA
ŠTITITI I BRANITI SVOJU DOMOVINU HRVATSKU
NJEN SUVERENITET
TERITORIJALNU CJELOVITOST
I SVE NJENE DRŽAVLJANE
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
OATH OF A MEMBER OF THE CROATIAN NATIONAL GUARD

I SOLEMNLY SWEAR
THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND HONOURABLY CARRY OUT THE DUTIES
REQUIRED OF ME,
AS A MEMBER OF THE CROATIAN NATIONAL GUARD,
AND THAT I WILL CONSCIENTIOUSLY AND RESPONSIBLY
OBEY ALL OFFICIAL ORDERS AND COMMANDS.
I SWEAR
THAT, EVEN AT THE SACRIFICE OF MY OWN LIFE,
I WILL PROTECT AND DEFEND MY HOMELAND CROATIA,
ITS SOVEREIGNTY,
TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY
AND ALL ITS CITIZENS

(Literal translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader.)
```

Read from a 500 px photograph; typewritten capitals, line breaks kept.

[← Desert Storm surrender leaflets (CIA museum display)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/cia-desert-storm-surrender-leaflets-1991/) [Croatian war posters on display, including 'Hrvatska vas zove!' and 'Ne gledaj, pomozi' (Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, exhibit of 2012) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/croatia-war-posters-exhibit-hrvatska-vas-zove-1991/)

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