Between the Front Lines

Call Number
350-1-1:155/3

General information

Call No.:
350-1-1:155/3
Part of series
HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive
Located at
VHS PAL #155 / No. 3
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00000155
Original Title
Zwischen den Fronten
Date of air
1993-10-12
Date
1993
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
German

Content

Form/Genre
Television program
Contents Summary
The report talks about the 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 (sp), a Croat woman, who talks about the mafia plundering going on in Bosnia. Her house has been robbed by the local mafia. She explains that local authorities know about perpetrators, but are not willing to lay down the law. She also talks about food being extremely expensive, and the hardships of living without water and electricity. 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 food for the soldiers on the frontlines. The report explains that wounded Bosnian Croat soldiers are transported to Nova Bijela (sp) where a church has been turned into a hospital. Two civilian women as well as a refugee woman in Travnik give statements. Footage included: UN soldiers, a man going through thrash, a man calling out for Muslim prayer, Bosnian Croat soldiers on the frontlines, Nova Bijela (sp) hospital patients, refugees from Banja Luka arriving in Nova Bijela, Travnik's grade school children in class, two boys holding bread in their hands, a woman standing over a gravesite, and a well-dressed man in Travnik.

Context

Associated Names
ORF (Producer)