Confessions of a Monster

Call Number
350-1-1:171/2

General information

Call No.:
350-1-1:171/2
Part of series
HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive
Located at
BetaSP NTSC #171 / No. 2
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00000171
Original Title
Ispovijest monstruma
Date of production
1992
Date
1992
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
Bosnian, English

Content

Form/Genre
Documentary film
Contents Summary
"Confessions of a Monster" is a documentary film made in the fall of 1992 in a military prison in Sarajevo, where a group of journalists, including John Barnes of the New York Times, were introduced to Borislav Herak, a young man in JNA uniform, and the first person in fifty years to be charged with the crime of genocide. Borislav Herak, a Bosnian Serb soldier captured by the Bosnian Army and imprisoned for war crimes, speaks about looting, murder, and rape of Bosnian Muslim men and women. Herak explains in detail how he joined the Serb forces, talks about the music he likes, and demonstrates how he was trained on pigs to slit victim's throats. Herak also admits to raping and killing several Muslim women and executing several men. He describes what he did to his victims in detail. He gives the names of other soldiers who participated in these crimes. Herak says that he committed these acts under orders.