Between the Front Lines

Call Number
304-0-16:198/1

General information

Call No.:
304-0-16:198/1
Part of series
HU OSA 304-0-16 Records of the International Human Rights Law Institute Relating to the Conflict in the Former Yugoslavia: Video Recordings Relating to the Conflict in the Former Yugoslavia
Located at
VHS NTSC #198 / No. 1
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00007582
Original Title
Zwischen den Fonten
Date of production
1992
Date
1992
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
German
Duration
9 min.
Notes
No transcript

Content

Form/Genre
Television program
Contents Summary
The report talks about 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, a Croat woman, who talks about the criminals plundering in Bosnia. Her house has been robbed by the local criminals well known to local authorities, which are not willing to lay down the law. 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 good for the soldiers on the frontlines. The report explains that wounded Bosnian Croat soldiers are transported to Nova Bijela, where a church has been turned into a hospital.

Context

Associated Names
ORF (Producer)