Forensic Exhumation in Village Kusonje, Near Pakrac [1/2]

Call Number
350-1-1:190/1

General information

Call No.:
350-1-1:190/1
Part of series
HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive
Located at
BetaSP NTSC #190 / No. 1
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00000190
Date of production
1992-01
Date
1992
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
Croatian
Notes
Part 1

Content

Form/Genre
Raw material
Contents Summary
January 28: a total of 20 bodies exhumed from a mass grave. Croatian army soldiers in the field; some civilians present as well. They observe a potential mass grave. Bulldozer shown exhuming a potential mass grave. Forensic expert is present, including several persons who wear white coats (some seem to be EU observers). Forensic expert finds an object that looks like a shoe. The first body is uncovered. Experts examine the body and discuss the possible origin of injuries and cause of death; the body that is being examined seems disfigured, with a large whole in the head. Other exhumed bodies shown. January 29: vehicles driving through a village; some houses covered with shrapnel holes; a Croatian flag hangs in the street; a brief close-up of a damaged civilian house with the Serb graffiti (the four-S symbol) on the wall shown; the exhumation of the mass grave continues (the seventh body found); additional bodies exhumed; one of the bodies is blind-folded. The twelfth exhumed body is shown.