Banja Luka He testifies: I was born on 15 November 1929 in the village of Slabinja in Bosanska Dubica County. The names of my parents were Milos (father) and Milica (mother). I was named by the grandfather Stojan who died few months before I was born. The village of Slabinja was one of the biggest and most developed villages in that region, i e in the region of counties: Prijedor, Bosanski Novi, Kostajnica, Dubica and the mountain of Kozara. The village consisted of four hamlets: Rakovača, Iškovac, Čapaja and Strijić. There was a primary school in the village. It was consisted of a few hundreds of pupils. The pupils from

She was born in 1937 in the village of Kruhari, Sanski Most County She testifies: I was born on 27 January 1937 in the village of Kruhari in the vicinity of Sanski Most. I was named Zorka. My surname is Delić. When I was adopted in Zagreb, I was named Zorica – Marija Dasović. One time I didn’t know the date of my birth. I was told I was born on 10 April. It was the date and day when the Independent State of Croatia was established. It is interesting how I was ”changing” the religion. I was born as a Serb of the Orthodox religion. In the process of

He was born in 1934 in the village of Klekovci, Bosanska Dubica County, a high school teacher. He testifies: I am writing this truthful and sad story in order to reveal the truth regarding to the sufferings of the members of my household in the World War II. I don’t want to compete with those who cares for the glorifying of the numbers of their victims. I felt that I, as the only survivor, had the moral obligation to tell how and in which way my dearest lost their lives. The members of my family were: mother Stanka, father Spasoje; brothers: Miloš, Mihajlo, Sreten, Rajko, Mirko, Boško, Uroš and Stanko;

He was born on 20 July 1940 in the village of Gornja Omarska, Prijedor County. He testifies: My father Pantelija and mother Jovanka were farmers. They had a shop of the mixed goods. We lived in a pretty big house. We were living in one part of the house, while the other one was used as the shop. We had other outbuilding as other peasants did. We used to have a lot of neat cattle and sheep and goats. We had two pairs of horses which we used for transportation of goods from Prijedor (the goods which my parents used to sell in their shop). Our household consisted of: father

Prijedor, Aerodromsko settlement He testifies: I was born on 7 January 1937 in the vicinity of the town of Foča. Foča was the interest zone of Italy since 1941. However, while the negotioations around the division of this part of B&H, the Independent State of Croatia considered that Bosnia the river of Drina belonged to Croatia. The Croatian military units came to East Bosnia, i e Foca, and conducted the collecting of the Serbs from Foča, driving them to Croatia in the freighted cars. I was in one of the freighted cars. I remember the railway station in Foča and the minutes when I heard the scream and moan of

He was born on 10 May 1933 in the village of Kadin Jelovac, Dubica County. He testifies: My parents were farmers. Our household was consisted of: father Teodor, mother Milka, both born in 1888; sister Mileva, born in 1925; brother Milan, born in 1927; Rade, born in 1933; Anđa, born in 1935; and Draginja, born in 1937. There were four children who died before the war As far as the property was concerned we used to have: a house, a stable, a corn crib and few small outbuildings. The cattle was consisted of: two oxen, a cow and a calf, one-year old heifer, then three pigs and a lot of

Banja Luka She testifies: I was born in one of the most beautiful villages, which is located on the Sava River bank. The name of that village is Međeđa. It belongs to the municipality of Bosanska Dubica. I was born on 30 July 1932. My parent’s names are Rade (father) and Savka (mother – her maiden surname is Ružičić). The mother was a housewife, and the father was both a tradesman and a farmer. I was born in a great house that was consisted of the ground and upper floor. It was long 14 metres, and wide 10 metres. The house had balconies decorated by curving. The upper floor consisted

He was born on 9 April 1937 in the village of Gornji Podgradci, Bosanska Gradiška. He writes: I remember the distant 1942, when the Germans bombed the mountain of Kozara and the villages under the mountain. The so-called ”stuka” planes were flying low and bombing our village. I remember when the sawmill was in flames. The local residents were ordered to hoist white flags on their houses. My mother told me to hoist the piece of the sheet on the roof of our house. My grandfather came after me, my mother and sister. We carried the things we could carry. We were walking fifteen kilometres. During the walk, the Croats