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- Category: Kumanovo
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The Kokoshin Massacre is a term used to describe the most brutal crimes committed by VMRO komitadjis against Serbs in Macedonia, or Old Serbia, as this region was known in Serbia at the time. The term Kokoshin massacre refers to several crimes carried out by VMRO komitadjis in the vicinity of Kumanovo and Kratovo during the period from July to October 1904. These crimes were committed by VMRO units under the command of voivodes Atanas Babata and Jordan Spasov. The collective name Kokoshin massacre was given by the Serbian press for the murders in the villages of Kokoshin, Shopski Rudar, and Tatomir, as Kokoshin suffered the greatest number of victims.
Massacres
The first killings of Serbs began in the village of German, located at the tri-border area of the Kumanovo, Krivopalanka, and Presevo districts. The village was patriarchal, meaning Serbian, and the VMRO units saw it as a thorn in their side because they feared that Serbian units could establish a base there from which they could threaten the channels of VMRO units traveling from Bulgaria to the interior of the Ottoman Empire. On May 12, 1904, the komitadjis attacked the house of Jovcha Spasic, the father of the village Serbian teacher Dimitrije Jovanovic. Jovcha was not at home at the time, but the komitadjis slaughtered his brother Kitan, his son Stosha, his daughters-in-law Anica and Todora, and his son-in-law Karanfil with knives, while his wife Milja was wounded with eight stab wounds.[1]
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- Category: Greece
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Images of Massacres – Genocide Against Serb Macedonians in the Aegean Macedonia Region.
Before 1878, there were almost no Greeks here. According to the 1912 census, Greeks were a minority throughout Aegean Macedonia, even in Thessaloniki itself.
Forgotten Greek crimes against the indigenous Serb population during the civil war from 1946 to 1949. This was the final phase of the ethnic cleansing of Serbs in Aegean Macedonia, who have lived in this area for millennia.
The crimes occurred during the communist uprising against the Greek government.
History of the population census:
Read more: How the Ethnic Cleansing of Serbs in Aegean Macedonia Was Carried Out
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- Parent Category: Kosovo and Metohija
- Category: Gjakova
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The old Church of the Holy Trinity in the city of Đakovica was intended to be a mausoleum, a memorial ossuary for thousands of Serbian children who died in Albania, as well as for the earthly remains of those who perished, were killed, or froze during the wars of 1912–1918.
This church was completed in 1940, but the April War of 1941 prevented its final completion and consecration. It was destroyed by Serbian godless communists in 1949 (blown up) on Savindan (January 27).
Its destruction was one of the most drastic examples of political antitheism by the new authorities established immediately after the end of World War II (as noted in the letter from the Bishop of Raška and Prizren, Mr. Vladimir, to the Serbian Patriarch Mr. Vikentije, “Destruction of the Church in Đakovica,” dated June 28, 1951, in: Endowments of Kosovo, pp. 803–804).
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- Parent Category: Kosovo and Metohija
- Category: Lipljan
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On July 23, 1999, in the village of Staro Gracko near Lipljan, fourteen Serbs were brutally murdered in a field. A burst of gunfire, fired at close range, cut down fourteen men, and some families from this village lost all of their male members in a matter of moments.
The Kosovo authorities, UNMIK, EULEX, and KFOR failed to find the killers of the Serbian harvesters from Staro Gracko even after fourteen years.
The youngest of the murdered was only seventeen years old.
The victims were:
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Village of Klečka, August 27, 1998.
Serbian police discovered a cremation furnace in a lime factory, used for burning killed Serbs. In Klečka, there was also a base of the terrorist Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), with a training center and ammunition storage. Captured KLA terrorists from Mališevo, Lijan, and Bekim Mazreku stated in their testimonies that during July 1998, 22 Serbian civilians were captured, killed, and burned in Klečka. The civilians were taken before a firing squad and executed, while the cremation furnace was used in the hope that the high temperature would destroy evidence. However, several partially burned bodies remained in the furnace.
In Klečka, the bodies of 22 Serbian civilians were found.
At the end of August, during military-police operations in the area of Mališevo, the “rebel stronghold” of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in the middle of Kosovo and Metohija, the burned remains of 22 people were discovered in the village of Klečka. The very next day, August 28, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP) of Serbia informed a large number of journalists, who were granted access to the village lime factory where the remains were found, that these were civilians executed by Albanian extremists.
Read more: Klečka – Crematorium for Serbs (Lipjan Municipality)
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- Category: Peć
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Svetislav, Zoran, Dragan, Vukota, and two Ivans look innocently from the obituary; Peć has turned into a city of sorrow, while the hypocritical world politics still try to mask the monsters ready to do anything—even flood Kosovo and Metohija with blood—under false names.
Just one day after the United States and the Security Council vetoed a presidential statement condemning the Albanian terrorists in Kosovo and Metohija, they, emboldened by such support, carried out the most monstrous terrorist act so far—in the "Panda" café in Peć on Monday, December 14, 1998, shortly after 8 PM—killing six Serbian youths, Serbian falcons. Most of them were high school students, and the owner of the café, Mirsad Šabanović, was also wounded.
In the terrorist attack, Ivan Radević (26), Dragan Trifović (18), Vukota Gvozdenović (16), and Ivan Obradović (15) were fatally shot on the spot, while Zoran Stanojević (18) and Svetislav Ristić (18), all from Peć, later died from severe injuries at the Clinical Hospital Center in Priština.
According to eyewitnesses, a car stopped in front of the café, which had 13 people inside at the time. Two terrorists jumped out, dressed in black uniforms with “balaclavas” covering their faces. They immediately opened burst fire at the guests right at the door.
The first bullets hit Ivan Obradović. Not far from him stood his father, who miraculously remained unharmed. However, it cannot be said that Ivan's father escaped the terrorists’ bullets and bursts; a bullet struck his heart, and now he lives wounded because of the death of his son. Then the terrorists fired at the others.
Read more: The murder of six Serbian young men in the “Panda” café in Peć (1998)
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- Category: Camps
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It was a large Austro-Hungarian concentration camp for Serbs, as well as other Slavic peoples, located in the northernmost part of Banat (present-day western Romania).
The camp was established by order of the Viennese court in the summer of 1914, when mostly Serbian civilians were brought in from the territories of Dalmatia, Dubrovnik, Bosnia, Šumadija, Srem, Herzegovina, and Pomoravlje. These arrests of Serbs were carried out by the Šuckori (special military units composed mainly of Bosnian Croats and Muslims).
The Arad Camp was located in the Arad Fortress, which is 215 km from Belgrade and 43 km from Timișoara. The fortress was built in the late 18th century. Several thousand Serbs passed through it, and it is estimated that around 20,000 prisoners were interned there in total (among them, the brothers of Gavrilo Princip — Jovo and Nikola). Civilians were brought in indiscriminately, regardless of age, gender, or economic status.
The Arad Camp is considered one of the most notorious Austro-Hungarian camps during the First World War.
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- Category: Kosovo Field
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On June 22, 1998, ten miners were kidnapped from the Belaćevac coal mine of the Obilić Thermal Power Plant in Kosovo and Metohija. According to the Association of Kidnapped and Murdered Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija, this was the first organized abduction of Serbian civilians by the criminal KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army)—a full year before the outbreak of armed conflict.
On that day, June 22, 1998, while on their way to work, the following individuals were abducted: Žarko Spasić, brothers Petar and Zoran Ađančić, along with their father Dušan, Filip Gojković, Miroslav Trifunović, Srboljub Savić, Mirko Buha, Božidar Lempić, and Dragan Vukmirović.
Members of the organization—which at the time was even designated as terrorist by the United States—used a truck to block the miners’ access to the coal pit and then took them in the direction of the Ćićevica mountain.
Subcategories
Locations of crimes Article Count: 14
Places of crimes against the Serbian people. Current states, cities, settlements, villages, towns, regions, etc.
Bosnia and Herzegovina Article Count: 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina (abbreviated BiH), informally Bosnia, a country in Southeastern Europe which is located on the Balkan Peninsula. It borders Serbia to the east, Montenegroin the southeast and Croatia in the north and southwest. In the south, it has access to the Adriatic Sea. The northern and larger part of the country is occupied by the region of Bosnia, and the southern and smaller part by the region of Herzegovina. The capital and largest city is Sarajevo. The place of crimes against Serbs.
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Article Count: 1
The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the two entities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in addition to the Republika Srpska. It occupies about 51% of the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was founded on March 18, 1994, with the signing of the Washington Agreement, which ended the Muslim-Croat conflict. The capital is Sarajevo, along with Mostar, where the headquarters of four federal ministries are located. With the latest constitutional changes, the Serbs also became a constituent nation of the Federation, so that currently there is a declarative constitution of all three nations in the entire territory of the Federation. The place of crimes against Serbs.
Zenica Article Count: 1
Zenica - a city, the administrative and economic center of the Zenica-Doboj canton and the local self-government unit of the same name in the Federation of BiH (Bosnia and Herzegovina). It is located in the valley of the Bosna River, about 70 km northwest of Sarajevo. The city is known for its ironworks and other heavy industry, but also as an important university center. The place of crimes against Serbs.
Montenegro Article Count: 1
Montenegro is a country in Southeast Europe, located on the Balkan Peninsula. It borders Bosnia and Herzegovina in the northwest, Serbia in the east, Albania in the southeast and Croatia in the west, while in the southwest it has a coast along the Adriatic Sea. The place of crimes against Serbs.
Plav Article Count: 1
Plav is a city and seat of the municipality of the same name in the east of Montenegro. According to the 2023 census, there were 4,121 inhabitants. It is located at the foot of the Prokletije mountain massif, on the river Lim. The place of crimes against Serbs.
Croatia Article Count: 2
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia in the northwest, Hungary in the northeast, Serbia in the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro in the southeast, and Italy in the west. Place of crime against Serbs!
Zagreb Article Count: 2
Zagreb is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is located in the north of the country, along the Sava river, on the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb is located near the international border between Croatia and Slovenia. Place of crime against Serbs!
North Macedonia Article Count: 2
North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia (formerly SR Macedonia and Old Serbia), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It borders Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east and Serbia to the north. It occupies approximately one third of the territory of the larger geographical region of Macedonia. The capital and largest city is Skopje.
Kumanovo Article Count: 1
Kumanovo is the second largest city in North Macedonia, after Skopje. It is the seat of the municipality of the same name, as well as the main urban settlement of the Northeast Statistical Area within the state. It is located in the northeastern part of North Macedonia at an altitude of 333 m.
Greece Article Count: 1
Greece, officially the Republic of Greece, is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located in the Balkans, between the Aegean Sea to the east, the Ionian Sea to the west and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. It borders Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the northeast. Place of crime against Serbs!
Serbia Article Count: 7
Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe. It occupies most of the Balkan Peninsula and a smaller part of the Pannonian Plain. It borders Hungary to the north, Romania to the northeast, Bulgaria to the east, North Macedonia to the south, Albania and Montenegro to the southwest, and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia to the west. It has a population of about eight million. The capital and largest city is Belgrade, which is among the oldest and largest cities in Southeastern Europe. The official language is Serbian, and the official currency is the Serbian dinar.
Kosovo and Metohija Article Count: 7
Косово и Метохија — скраћено КиМ, званично Аутономна Покрајина Косово и Метохија — АПКиМ, понекад кратко Косово, или Космет (од Косово и Метохија), је аутономна покрајина у саставу Србије. Налази се у средишту Балканског полуострва, а чине је области Косово и Метохија. Граничи се на југоистоку са Северном Македонијом, на југозападу са Албанијом и на западу са Црном Гором. Према попису из 2024. било је 1.586.659 становника. Службени језици су српски и албански, а седиште администрације се налази у Приштини.
Gjakova Article Count: 1
Đakovica is an urban settlement and the seat of the municipality of the same name in Serbia, located in the southwestern part of Kosovo and Metohija and belonging to the Peć Administrative District. According to the 2024 census, there were 41,809 inhabitants. It is located in the west of Metohija, between Peć and Prizren, while it is about 100 km from the Adriatic Sea coast.
Lipljan Article Count: 2
Lipljan is an urban settlement and the administrative center of the municipality of the same name in Serbia, located in the central part of Kosovo and Metohija, and it belongs to the Kosovo administrative district. According to the 2024 census, it had 13,092 inhabitants. It is situated 16 km south of Priština, at the confluence of the Janjevka River with the Sitnica River, and lies on the main route connecting Priština with Skopje and Prizren.
Lipljan in Kosovo and Metohija a site of suffering for Serbs
Peć Article Count: 1
Peć is an urban settlement and the administrative center of the municipality of the same name in Serbia, located in the western part of Kosovo and Metohija. It belongs to the Peć administrative district. According to the 2024 census, it had 41,171 inhabitants.
The town is situated on the Peć Bistrica River, a tributary of the White Drin, near the Prokletije mountains to the east. The Rugova Gorge, one of the longest and deepest gorges in Europe, is located about three kilometers from the city of Peć.
The city is 250 km north of Tirana, 150 km northwest of Skopje, and 280 km from Podgorica.
In the Middle Ages, the city was the seat of the Serbian Orthodox Church from the 13th century. The Peć Patriarchate Monastery is part of UNESCO's World Heritage site of Medieval Monuments in Kosovo
Camps Article Count: 1
Camps in which Serbs suffered
First world war Article Count: 0
Camps in the First World War where Serbs suffered
Kosovo Field Article Count: 1
The Municipality of Kosovo Polje is a municipality in the Republic of Serbia, located in the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija, and is part of the Kosovo Administrative District.
The municipality covers an area of 89 km².
This municipality, together with the municipalities of Obilić and Novo Brdo, was established on July 2, 1988, from settlements that were previously part of the then Municipality of Priština (Official Gazette of the SAP of Kosovo, no. 18/88).
Orahovac Article Count: 1
Orahovac is an urban settlement and the administrative center of the municipality of the same name in Serbia, located in the southwestern part of Kosovo and Metohija, and belonging to the Prizren Administrative District. According to the 2024 census, it had a population of 13,642.
The settlement's territory lies within the cadastral municipality of Orahovac, covering an area of 4,894 hectares.
Gjilan Article Count: 0
Gjilan (Albanian: Gjilan or Gjilani) is an urban settlement and the administrative center of the municipality of the same name in Serbia, located in the southeastern part of Kosovo and Metohija. It is the seat of the Kosovo Pomoravlje administrative district. According to the 2024 census, it had a population of 53,279. Gjilan is situated in the Kosovo Pomoravlje region and is connected to Pristina, Uroševac, Kosovo Kamenica, Preševo, and Bujanovac.
Prizren Article Count: 0
Prizren is an urban settlement and the administrative center of the municipality of the same name in Serbia, located in the southern part of Kosovo and Metohija, and belongs to the Prizren administrative district. According to the 2024 census, it had 76,850 inhabitants. It is one of the most important cities of the medieval Serbian state and cultural heritage of Serbia. The city is situated at the foothills of the Šar Mountains, near the borders with Albania and North Macedonia.