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203 ska Kostajnica. At the end of the SecondWorldWar, she was arrested by Ustashas, but after the war she became a teacher in Osijek and a principal of the Grammar School in Gospić (1947-1948). In 1951/1952, Ljubica Ivezić started teaching at the Grammar School in Pula and, in 1964, became a part-time lecturer at the Teacher Training College, where she permanently moved in 1965/1966. Until her retire- ment, she lectured the Croatian and Yugoslav literatures, also other subjects such as: Croatian Teaching Methodology; Radio, TV and Film Culture; Free Time Orga- nisation; Homeland History and Tradition; Stage Performing Skills and Puppetry. It seems interesting to note that she continued teaching Children’s Literature until 1980. Ljubica Ivezić co-ordinated the literary sessions of Istarski borac, organised for the grammar school goers from Pula, since the journal and the literary club of the same name was established in 1953; she had even mentored young people until the activities in both the journal and the club were officially banned in 1980. Much credit goes to her for the development and affirmation of many leading writers and intellectuals in Istria, and especially for the encouragement to the chakavian poets. Using two surnames, Ivezić and Filipić-Ivezić, Ljubica published essays, studies and reviews in Istarski mozaik , being also a member of its editorial board, and in Istra . The Istrian Branch of the Croatian Writers’ Association (DHK) and the Central Croatian Cultural and Publishing Society (MH) released her memoirs “The Reflec- tions of Memory” in 2012. She is remembered as the first symbol of suffering and resistance to the political and journalist-like, also great-Serbian-like, harassment in Istria after the Croatian Spring (in the early 1970s). Ljubica Ivezić is surely one of the first-ranked Croatian intellectuals in Istria in the second half of the 20 th century. II. ISTARSKI BORAC (The Istrian Fighter) , the journal of the Istrian youth for literary, cultural and social issues, published in Pula from 1953 to 1979, excluding the period from 1965 to 1968 and the year of 1975. Its role in the post-war devel- opment of the Croatian language was huge, especially in raising young people’s abil- ity to read and write. The journal changed its titles and publishers more than once. It was published with the title of Istarski borac from 1953 to 1961, by the Branko Semelić Literary Session (1953-1954) and the Istarski borac Literary Club (1954- 1961). Its publication in the newspaper format, as Glas mladih , started in 1962 and lasted till 1964, so that it was first published as a gazette of the Istrian national youth (1962-1963) and then as a gazette of the Istrian youth for cultural and social issues (1964). The publishers were the District Committee of the National Youth (1962), the Istarski borac Literary Club (1963-1964), and the District Committee of the Pula Youth Association (1963). Its publication, entitled Istarski borac ( new series ), started again in 1969 and lasted as such till 1973. First it was known as the Istrian young people’s journal, but later in 1974 it was recognised as the journal of