Reddit user u/marleysapmarleysap posted in the r/Croatia subreddit a couple of days ago, asking an unusual question: does anyone know Blaženka from Rijeka?
As she explains in the post, her mom is trying to find her former best friend, a woman who she remembes only as Blaženka, and who was her best friends when they were children. They were both students of the Pedagoška gimnazija Vladimira Nazora high-school, in the years 1977-1979, and have not seen each other since the poster’s mom left Rijeka and moved to the US.
The information the poster’s mom seems to remember about her best friend is scarse, she does not remember the friend’s last name (and that could’ve easily been changed by now!), and the only important other piece of information she has is that the friend Blaženka was somewhere from Bosnia. They’ve tried contacting the school, but unfortunately their records have been destroyed, so no luck there either.
The search has made rounds on the Internet (if there wasn’t social media, we’re guessing that there wouldn’t be ANY chance to find someone with this much information), and has even appeared in Rijeka-based Novi list. In the past hour, one new account has appeared on Reddit, claiming that they know who Blaženka is, and that they can help put her in contact with the family that’s looking for her from the States. Hopefully this is another one of those “long-lost friends” that will eventually come to a happy ending, both for Blaženka from Rijeka and for her childhood friend.
