FBU-2010-11-16
Date of Interview
11-16-2010
Interview Location
St. Louis, MO
Length of Interview
95.55
Date of Birth
1982
Gender
Male
Religion and/or Ethnicity
Muslim
Description
Family was in Prijedor when Serbian forces took control of the city, all Muslim residents are forced to wear white armbands and have white flags on there homes, Serbian paramilitary sweeped the streets looking for Muslims, Saved by a Serbian man for what reason remains unknow, Family,friends and neigbors taken on a truck convey from Prijedor to Vlasic, Serb forces would pull peole from trucks or tempt them with water to get off these peole were not seen again, heard screming and crying from the road as the truck moved,walked from the top of the mountian to Travnik as bullets from both the Serbian and Bosnian side flew overhead, Spent some time in a makeshift refugee camp in Travnik before movin to Zenica, Moved to Croatia where there was always tension, Journey to Hamburg, Germany and spent five years there, eventully moved to St.Louis after a threat of being kicked out of Germany appeared
Keywords
Prijedor, Germany, Trnopolje, Vlašić, St. Louis [MO], United States, Ethnic cleansing, Concentration camp, White flag, Learning German, Growing up Bosnian American
Pre-War Residence
Prijedor
Wartime Residence
Prijedor, Travnik, Zenica,Croatia
First Country of Residence
Germany
First US Residence
St. Louis, MO
Document Type
Oral History
Collection
Fontbonne University
Digital Format
MP4 (audio only)
Digital Publisher
Center for Bosnian Studies
City
St. Louis, MO
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