The Story of the Kapamadžija Family / Diaries of Migration: Notes on Novi Sad Families

‘The Story of the Kapamadžija Family’ panel will be held at ‘Prometej’ Gallery on 1 March, at 6 p.m. The Kapamadžija family is one out of the four Novi Sad’s families which will be represented through the exhibition ‘Diaries of Migration: Notes on Novi Sad Families’, which is being realized within the Migrations programme arch.

The Kapamadžija family moved to Novi Sad from Pančevo a few years after the First World War. One of the most prominent members was Dr Žarko Kapamadžija (1895 – 1979), an ophthalmologist, and a medical lieutenant colonel. He was born in Pančevo, where he finished elementary school and high school, while he studied medicine in Prague, where he specialized in ophthalmology. He settled in Novi Sad, where he opened a practice (Njegoševa Steet 16).

After the Second World War, he was the head of the medical-flying commission of the Yugoslav Air Force in Zemun for a period of time, and later, at his own request, he was transferred to the Military Hospital in Petrovaradin, where he was the head of the Ophthalmology Department. In his youth, he was active in the Sokolsko Društvo (a gymnastic society), engaged in photography, and mostly filmed rallies and other gymnastic events. His son, prof. Borislav Kapamadžija, PhD, neuropsychiatrist, and his granddaughter prof. Aleksandra Kapamadžija, PhD, gynaecologist-obstetrician, continued the medical tradition.

In addition to family members, prof. Nikola Vučković, PhD, retired neuropsychiatrist will take part in the accompanying program.

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