This is the interior of Crkva Sv. Petra (Church of St. Peter) in Petrovina, Croatia. This is the small village in Northern Croatia from which my father's family migrated. As befits a small village, it is a small church.
All church records were destroyed by the communists, so there was no tracing family history here. Yugoslavia wasn't as hostile to the church as were the communists elsewhere (except for Poland). You were allowed to go to church in the former Yugoslavia. You would not be arrested or imprisoned if you did. However, according to the priest who opened this church up for us to see, you would never get promoted beyond an entry-level job or otherwise advance.
Visited September 2014.
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