The systematic destruction of the Serbian people — the camps of the Independent State of Croatia, Srebrenica, and the pogroms in Kosovo and Metohija
29 articlesPrizren - the cultural capital of Kosovo. 18 March 2004: 6 Orthodox churches destroyed in a single day, including the UNESCO monument Our Lady of Ljeviš (Bogorodica Ljeviška) (14th century). KFOR watched. Serbs evacuated. Prizren without Serbs after centuries.
Read articleKosovo Polje, a settlement near Priština - an entire Serbian settlement burned on 18 March 2004. Three elderly people killed (they could not flee). 150 houses burned down. KFOR arrived 2 hours after the attack. 500 Serbs displaced forever.
Read articleThe Patriarchate of Peć (Pećka Patrijaršija) (13th century), seat of the Serbian Orthodox Church - attacked on 18 March 2004. A crowd of 3,000 Albanians. KFOR observed, did not intervene until the attackers had entered the compound. Partially burned. UNESCO monument endangered.
Read articleThe Roma community - 900+ Roma displaced in March 2004. Accused of being "allies of the Serbs". Settlements burned. 3 Roma killed. Almost entirely forgotten in international reports.
Read articleOrganized mass violence against Serbs and Roma in Kosovo (17-19 March 2004). 19 dead, 954 wounded, 4,100 displaced, 35 Orthodox churches destroyed. UNMIK and KFOR did not prevent the violence.
Read articleThe Devič Monastery (13th century) was completely burned on 17 March 2004. The nuns were evacuated at the last moment. A crowd of 2,000 Albanians. KFOR arrived late. Total destruction of a cultural monument.
Read articleKFOR - 17,500 NATO soldiers failed to protect minorities. Human Rights Watch report "Failure to Protect". They knew about the violence but did not react. A political decision not to intervene. NATO's greatest failure since its arrival in 1999.
Read articleA list of 35 Orthodox churches and monasteries destroyed or heavily damaged in March 2004. UNESCO monuments, medieval shrines, cultural heritage - systematically destroyed. A cultural genocide under UN supervision.
Read articleAttempts to minimise, relativise and deny the genocide at Jasenovac. The debate over the number of victims. The political use of history. The international reaction.
Read articleThe last commander of Jasenovac (1944-1945). Fled to Argentina, extradited in 1998. Trial in Zagreb in 1999 - sentenced to 20 years. Died in prison in 2008.
Read articleICMP (International Commission on Missing Persons) - founded in 1996 specifically for Srebrenica. Pioneering work in the DNA identification of mass graves. 7,000+ victims identified (by 2024). The process takes 30 years - secondary graves (bodies moved to conceal evidence).
Read articleKravica, a village 5 km from Srebrenica - 13 July 1995, 17:00. The VRS packs 1,000+ prisoners into an agricultural cooperative's warehouse and opens fire with automatic weapons and hand grenades. Survivor: "I walked over corpses. The blood was up to my knees." ICTY: Evidence of genocidal intent.
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