Zwischen den Fonten

The report talks about daily hardships locals and refugees have to endure in the Vitez and Travnik areas of Bosnia, which lay between the frontlines. Interviewed is Viktorija Piljeka, a Croat woman, who talks about the criminals plundering in Bosnia. Her house has been robbed by the local criminals...

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Institution:Open Society Archives at Central European University
Language:German
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:009e710c-36fc-4422-b06c-294895ab40af
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Summary:The report talks about daily hardships locals and refugees have to endure in the Vitez and Travnik areas of Bosnia, which lay between the frontlines. Interviewed is Viktorija Piljeka, a Croat woman, who talks about the criminals plundering in Bosnia. Her house has been robbed by the local criminals well known to local authorities, which are not willing to lay down the law. The report explains that since Travnik has fallen under Bosnian Muslim rule, Bosnian Croats have either left or have been driven out of the area. The animosities between the local people of Travnik and the refugees is detailed, as well the locals' efforts to gather good for the soldiers on the frontlines. The report explains that wounded Bosnian Croat soldiers are transported to Nova Bijela, where a church has been turned into a hospital.