Locations of crimes
Places of crimes against the Serbian people. Current states, cities, settlements, villages, towns, regions, etc.
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- Parent Category: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Category: Zenica
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In the Pečuj neighborhood of Zenica today, the Serbian Orthodox cemetery has been completely devastated.
Over 60 tombstones have been destroyed, crosses broken, and Cyrillic lettering scraped off.
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Read more: Zenica, Central Bosnia — Serbian Cemetery Destroyed!
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- Parent Category: Montenegro
- Category: Plav
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At the beginning of July 1941, local quisling collaborators and servants of the occupiers – the Vulentari and Balists, led by Shems, Riza, and Šaba Ferović – established the notorious Plav camp. It was a concentration camp and the only camp for women and children in Montenegro. The largest number of victims of this execution site were children.
The fascist motto was adopted: "If you want to kill a people, first kill their children!" Therefore, it is no coincidence that children were among the most numerous victims of the genocide in Velika on July 28, 1944.
After the uprising was suppressed, the rebels went into guerrilla warfare, while their families remained in their homes, though some families fled toward the Vasojevići region.Some refugee families from Novšići, Velika, and Gornja Rženica were taken under the "besa" (a traditional Albanian oath of protection) by Albanians from Gornja Rženica – Džema Tahirović, Miljuš Novović, and others; guaranteeing them safe shelter, they housed them in their homes. However, when armed Balists and Vulentari from Plav and Gusinje arrived, neither Džema nor Miljuš could be found. The caught Orthodox families were expelled from their homes, their belongings were looted, and they were taken to the camp in Plav.
Read more: Concentration camp in the house of the Džudović family in Plav!
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- Parent Category: Croatia
- Category: Zagreb
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Aleksandra Zec was the daughter of Zagreb butcher Mihajlo Zec, and probably a completely ordinary twelve-year-old girl who would not have deserved to be written about in any way - if she had not been brutally murdered.
At around 11 p.m. on December 7, 1991, Sinisa Rimac, Munib Suljic, Igor Mikola, Nebojsa Hodak and Suzana Zivanovic (members of Mercep's unit) broke into her home at Poljanicka Street 22 in Zagreb's Tresnjevka neighborhood with the intention of arresting Mihajlo Zec for his alleged connections with the rebellious Krajina Serbs. He somehow managed to run out into the street and tried to escape, but was shot by Sinisa Rimac from a distance of about thirty meters.[1]
After that, they tied up 12-year-old Aleksandra and her mother Marija, put them in a van (without license plates) and drove to the Adolfovac mountain lodge on Sljeme, where they killed Aleksandra and her mother and threw them into a garbage pit.
A later investigation revealed that Sinisa Rimac, who had previously killed her father, had asked that Aleksandar not be killed, but that everyone else was against it because she had seen them. She acted in cold blood (with her hands and feet tied) was killed by Munib Suljić with a Heckler automatic rifle, shooting her in the back of the head. [1] Her sister Gordana and brother Dušan managed to survive because they hid in the house and thus escaped the killers.
Read more: We Have Not Forgotten: The Suffering of the Zec Family in Zagreb
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- Parent Category: Croatia
- Category: Zagreb
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"Illustrated Sheet" was a Croatian illustrated newspaper published during the First World War, reporting on war-related events and publishing photo reports. The newspaper was issued on Saturdays from January 1914 until December 1918, when it changed its name to "Osvit". In issue number 41, dated October 10, 1914, Illustrated Sheet featured on the front page a picture of Serbian prisoners in Zagreb, and inside, a story about them, which we present here in full.
SERBIAN PRISONERS IN ZAGREB
Increasingly, groups of captured Serbian wretches are seen in Zagreb, driven under bayonet to their destinations — naturally, to prison. These are mostly women, elderly people, and children, driven from the border so they won’t hinder the army in its operations. Such transports can number up to 50 heads.
It is understood that in Zagreb, every such prisoner, especially if wearing loose trousers and a sheepskin hat, is considered a komita (rebel), and the public is greatly disappointed by the appearance of these so-called komitas. These people look so miserable that they evoke sympathy rather than anger.
It should be known that real Serbian komitas, caught in the act, are executed on the spot by shooting; therefore, everyone who can escape flees from the army, and those who remain are sent to a secure place.
(Photo: Civil Serbian prisoners from border villages in Serbia and captured Serbian officers being led to the Zagreb garrison prison)
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- Category: North Macedonia
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Catena mundi reveals: How the Macedonians treated Serbs in 1941. A harrowing testimony of two Serbian priests.
1. Živojin B. Spasić, a priest from the Leskovac parish, Štip district, Vardar Banovina. I escaped on April 7, 1941
2. I left the Leskovac parish because the Macedonians were preparing to kill us Serbs as soon as our army abandoned its positions and the occupiers took over.
I fled towards the Greek border, but the retreat path was cut off, so we returned to Kavadar on April 9, 1941. In Kavadar, I read a Macedonian proclamation, where the leaders called on people to cleanse Macedonia of Serbs, going so far as to spare neither women nor children. I left Kavadar on April 10 and was already in Sv. Nikola, Ovče Polje district, by April 12. There, I planned to gather information on what to do—whether to return to the parish or continue my journey to old Serbia.
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- Parent Category: North Macedonia
- 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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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.