Burning Embers

Call Number
350-1-1:222/1

General information

Call No.:
350-1-1:222/1
Part of series
HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive
Located at
BetaSP NTSC #222 / No. 1
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00000222
Original Title
Die Lunte brennt
Date of air
1992-07-21
Date
1992
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
German

Content

Form/Genre
Television program
Contents Summary
Mounting tension between ethnic Albanians and Serbs in the formerly autonomous region of Kosovo. The report focuses on how the Serbian central authority revoked Kosovo's autonomy and now dominates the region with violent suppression of all resistance. Footage of both a Serbian police officer's funeral and a Kosovar Albanian civilian are shown, as well as clashes between ethnic Albanians and Serbian police. Pictures and footage of abused Kosovo Albanians show severe maltreatment by the Serbian police, corroborated by Gazmed Pula, Head of the Helsinki Committee in Kosovo. The closing of Albanian schools and high unemployment are also discussed. Chatir Chatiri of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and Zoran Gligorijevic of the Serbian Socialist Party both speak on the present situation in Kosovo. Interviews with the small Croatian minority in Janjevo, giving a broad view of the ethnic make-up within Kosovo. Amateur footage of Serbian police confiscating voting ballots after Albanians voted to set up their own government in Kosovo

Context

Associated Names
ORF (Producer)