Schade, in Dubrovnik haben Serben ehemalige Serben, heute Kroaten beschossen.
In the 19th century there was a strong cultural and political movement of "Serb-Catholics" in Dubrovnik. All notable citizens of Dubrovnik, among them the catholic pristers such as Ivan Stojanović, considered themselves Serbs.
Eventually, the predominant Serbian cultural orientation of the city was lost at the beginning of the 20-th century, due to migrations and Austrian retributive policy. In 1908 all Serbian unions, clubs and newspapers in the city were closed and forbidden by Austrian authorities, which had led to massive emigrations of Dubrovnik Serbian-oriented high society. During the Kingdom of Yugoslavia those Serbs who left in Dubrovnik have opted for the Yugoslav national unity in contrast to Croats in the city who opted for the particular Croatian nationalism which had lad to the establishment of Croatia county (Banovina Hrvatska). Those circumstances have even intensifies emigration and led during the Independent State of Croatia period to the total reorientation of the city to the Croatian culture.