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In this paper, the author talks about religion as one of the „more important compo- nents of creating, building and structuring the society and culture of Vukovar in the period from Vukovar ‘91 until today”, based on the results of a conducted analysis of the position of religious segments in the structure of the main and specific thematic units in the published paper collections of the 24 held Vu. [...] As part of the overview of the aforementioned collections, the author also provides an insight into the „history of the establishment, activities and types of such commissions, as well as the categorization, systematization and topology of war damage, the types of documentation available and its creators and owners.” On the basis of all this, he points out that the archival sources mentioned const. [...] They show the changes in the size of the population, the reasons for the current decline in the number of citizens, the new status in the gender, educational, national and reli- gious structure, as well as the structure of the population according to economic 203 VUKOVAR DANAS – SJEĆANJA, ISKUSTVA I REALITET ŽIVLJENJA activities. [...] The results of the analysis show a significant decline in the demo- graphic situation in the city of Vukovar in the observed period, as evidenced by the fact that the population has halved in this period, along with the presence of long-term natural depopulation, a significant trend towards emigration, a strong aging of the population, as well as an unfavorable economic system. [...] By revealing the narratives of Zagreb primary school students about Vukovar as a symbol of war and suffering, the author discusses the results obtained in the con- 204 Summary text of creating a culture of remembrance and a „historical interpretation of past events based on memories, or rather, the influence of the discourse of memory on the creation of a relationship with the past, the Homeland W.