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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