War Crimes in the Keraterm and Trnopolje Camps: Memories of Survivor

V letih od 1992 do 1995 je na tleh Bosne in Hercegovine potekala vojna. 30. aprila 1992 sta srbski SDS in JNA prevzeli oblast nad Prijedorjem. Bošnjaško prebivalstvo mesta Kozarac, ki je spadalo pod občino Prijedor, se ni strinjalo s srbsko nadoblastjo, saj je srbska politika uvajala diskriminacijo in preganjanje zlasti bošnjaškega in hrvaškega prebivalstva ter tistih, ki se niso strinjali z dominantno srbsko politko. Nekaj dni pred napadom so Kozarčanom blokirali telefonske linije, vzpostavili blokado mesta in uvedli policijsko uro. Napad na Kozarac so izvedli 24. maja 1992 zjutraj, ko so srbska pehota in tanki zavzeli mesto. 14. junija so srbske čete vpadle v zaselek Sivci, kjer je živel tudi Ismet Sivac, čigar zgodba je predstavljena v diplomski nalogi. Poudarek je predvsem na spominjanju sogovornika na njegovo doživljanje nasilja v dveh koncentracijskih taboriščih. Pripadniki srbske vojske so veliko prebivalstva zaprli v eno izmed treh koncentracijskih taborišč: Omarska, Keraterm in Trnopolje, kjer je prišlo do raznih vojnih zločinov, od posilstev do pobijanja in mučenja. Naracije Ismeta Sivca kažejo na osebna pričevanja in doživljanje vojnega nasilja, lakote, medsebojnih odnosov v dveh taboriščih, v zadnjem delu naloge pa se posvečam sodobnim političnim komemoracijam dogodkov in množičnih pobojev v sodobnem Prijedoru, danes delu entitete Republike Srbske, ki so velikokrat tudi politizirani.In the years from 1992 to 1995, there was an ongoing war on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. On April 30, 1992, the Serb Democratic Party (SDS) and Yugoslav People\u27s Army (JNA) took power over Prijedor. The Bosniak population of the town of Kozarac, which belonged to the municipality of Prijedor, did not agree with Serbian supremacy. However, Serbian politics introduced discrimination and persecution on the town. A few days before the attack, the telephone lines and the town itself were blocked and a curfew was introduced. The attack on Kozarac was carried out on the morning of May 24, 1992, when Serbian infantry and tanks occupied the town. Resulting in the population being awakened by the sound of grenades. Everything in the town was demolished, with the exception of housing owned by the Serb population. The Bosniak and Croat populations there surrendered under pressure from the Serb war. On 14 June, Serbian troops invaded the hamlet of Sivci, where Ismet Sivac, whose story is presented in the thesis, also lived. In the following months, war crimes and ethnic cleansing of the predominantly Muslim population took place. Many of the population were imprisoned in one of the three concentration campsOmarska, Keraterm and Trnopolje, where various war crimes took place - from rape to killing and torture