General information

Call No.:

386-3-8:1/1

Part of series

HU OSA 386-3-8 Records of the Physicians for Human Rights' Bosnia Projects: Administrative Records: Video Collection

Located at

VHS PAL #1 / No. 1

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00001793

Date of production

1997

Date

1997

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

English

Duration

18 min.

Content

Form/Genre

Documentary film

Contents Summary

Introduces the methods used by the Physicians for Human Rights in order to identify the victims killed in Srebrenica, Bosnia during the war. Offers an explanation of the postmortem process. Displays footage of exhumations and demonstrates the techniques used to determine the age, sex, height and DNA of the victims. Explains the antemortem process which includes discussing the victim's, clothes, appearance and daily habits with family members. Consistently reiterates PHR's mission to ease the suffering of those who do not know the fate of their loved ones killed during the fighting in Bosnia in the 1990's.