An attempt to hold on to a little piece of Yugoslavia ends with a bad bank loan
Skift Take
The Yugoland of Tito ended in violence, how much nicer then that the nostalgic theme park established to remember it only ends up in a pile of defaults.
Blasko Gabric and his friends found it hard to cope with the collapse of Yugoslavia, so they made a miniature one of their own.
Now, they could lose this one too.
The Yugoland theme park, for years a gathering spot for the admirers of the former communist state, faces closure because Gabric put up part of the property as collateral in a bank loan that went bad.
"I will try to save Yugoslavia," said Gabric, a 70-year-old retired Serbian printer. "It would be truly sad if this Yugoslavia disappeared as well."
[caption id="attachment_20849" align="alignright" width="420"] In this photo taken Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, Blasko Gabric, the owner of the Yugoland theme park, looks at a bust of late Yugoslavian communist dictator Josip Broz Tito which is on display at the park in the northern Serbian town of Subotica. Photo by AP Photo/Darko Vo
