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M. Kehrig, The position of military archives in the frame of archival service Independence or integration?, Arh. vjesn., god. 42 (1999), str. 113-128 Primjer Švedske u kojoj je donedavno samostalni vojni arhiv izuzet iz nadležnosti ministarstva obrane i postao odjel nacionalnog arhiva, upućuje na tendenciju koja će vjerojatno biti sve prisutnija. Suvremene vojske nisu vezane za vlastitu povijest kao element njihova identiteta i samosvijesti i nastoje se usredotočiti isključivo na svoju osnovnu zadaću u sadašnjosti i neposredno predstojećoj budućnosti. Zahtjevi za smanjenjem troškova i transparentnošću također imaju velik utjecaj. Ipak, svaki od tri analizirana modela može se pokazati uspješnim, ovisno o tradiciji, organizaciji uprave i vojske, raspoloživim resursima i si. Bez obzira na to koji je model primijenjen u pojedinoj zemlji, važno je da je rad vojnih arhiva reguliran nacionalnim arhivskim zakonodavstvom na isti način kao i rad ostalih javnih arhiva i da se osigura dostupnost i jednaki uvjeti korištenja gradiva vojnih arhiva kao dijela nacionalne arhivske baštine Sažetak izradio Jozo Ivanović In one of his essays the German poet Friedrich von Hardenberg, better known as Novalis, stated that archives were the peoples' memory. This placed him in the tradition of Herder, who promoted the collecting of popular legends and particularly songs partly out of a belief that peoples should have an accurate knowledge of their literary past, as their historical and political history was manifested in them as much as their national identity. The extraordinary collecting activities in the field of European songs and legends which resulted in the publication of'Voices of the Peoples' greatly stimulated the development of German national identity. It is surely no coincidence that the Balkan peoples, amongst others, still look upon Herder as the founder of their national awakening. Hardenberg's literary career spans the late 18 th and early 19 lh centuries and is of course closely linked to the German Classical movement had such a rapid and powerful international impact and whose leading lights were Goethe, Schiller, Wieland and the Schlegel brothers, not to speak of the great philosophers Kant and Hegel. Hardenberg's statement concerning archives has lost nothing of its validity, and is frequently cited today, particularly in the German-speaking world. In the present essay on archives their core tasks are defined as follows: to secure and to take charge of archival materials, to prepare and keep them, and to edit and make them publicly accessible. To the present day nothing has altered these archival tasks, as I am sure we are all persuaded. For reasons of definition I would like to point out that the description of archives as the memory of states, peoples and nations embraces different areas of competency. Archives as the memory of the state relate to the documentation of the administrative activities of the state bodies; archives as the memory of the peoples and nations relate mainly to securing, keeping and ensuring public access to the literary and artistic sources. In many European states (to which we will confine ourselves) 115
