The Secret Capital

Call Number
350-1-1:224/1

General information

Call No.:
350-1-1:224/1
Part of series
HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive
Located at
VHS PAL #224 / No. 1
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00000224
Original Title
Die Heimliche Hauptstadt
Date of production
1993
Date
1993
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
German
Notes
Rape • Torture • Prison Camps • Destruction Civilian Property • Ethnic Cleansing • Military/Para-Military • Refugee/Ex-Pow ID

Content

Form/Genre
Television program
Contents Summary
The broadcast focuses on the Bosnian city of Zenica during the war. Daily life in the besieged city is reflected on, showing destroyed buildings, the downtown market, and people waiting for food rations. The report highlights the ongoing problem of war profiteers stealing humanitarian aid and reselling it on the local market at prices few can afford. Refugees from surrounding villages are then shown giving testimonies to workers from the Zenica Documentation Center. The documentation center collects, records, and archives material evidence of war crimes in addition to the testimonies gathered, all in the hope that it will help build a case for an international tribunal. At the time of the report the ICTY had yet to be established. Ragib Hadzic, head of the Zenica Documentation Center, explains how the evidence is collected and the difficulties in working with the UN and other international organizations. Pictures and documents of accused perpetrators are shown with detail, including those of Veselin Nikolic. Prisoners are shown in the Zenica prison and some are interviewed.

Context

Associated Names
ORF (Producer)