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POST-WAR COMMUNIST CRIMES AND GRAVEYARDS IN EAST HERZEGOVINA
Blanka Matković
orcid.org/0000-0003-0319-4907
; University of Warwick, Department of History
Sažetak
After May 1945 prisoners from Croatian concentration camps and prisons,
especially from Požega and Slavonski Brod, were transported to
Bosnia and Herzegovina. The vast majority of prisoners were confined
in Sarajevo and Mostar concentration camps, from where the unknown
number was taken to Stolac, Nevesinje, Bileća, Trebinje and Montenegro.
According to the witnesses’ statements those persons have never
come back home, therefore it is assumed that they were killed in many
pits and graveyards in the area of East Herzegovina. Speleological researches
confirmed that there are human bones in some pits, but suffering
of Croats in that area is still not enough explored. Although most of
testimonies speak about prisoners’ coming via Slavonski Brod, the traces
also lead to Split and Dubrovnik. Many sources, including the archive,
confirm close contacts and cooperation of Dalmatian and Herzegovinian
communists and authorities (especially OZNA), because of what exploring
of war crimes done in East Herzegovina and South Dalmatia is
very complex.
Ključne riječi
Second World War; Herzegovina; OZNA; communism; graveyards; post war crimes
Hrčak ID:
228620
URI
Datum izdavanja:
11.12.2012.
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