Raw memory
Subtitle: Prijedor, an 'ethnic cleansing laboratory'
By: Isabelle Wesselingh and Arnaud Vaulerin ; preface by Elie Wiesel ; foreword by Paul Garde ; translated by John Howe.
Contributors: Vaulerin, Arnaud.; Bosnian Institute.
Publisher: Saqi in association with the Bosnian Institute; Saqi Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Omarska (Concentration camp); Concentration camps -- Bosnia and Hercegovina -- Prijedor; Genocide -- Bosnia and Hercegovina -- Prijedor; Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 -- Atrocities -- Bosnia and Hercegovina -- Prijedor; Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 -- Bosnia and Hercegovina -- Prijedor Region; Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 -- Concentration camps -- Bosnia and Hercegovina; Ex-concentration camp inmates -- Bosnia and Hercegovina; Prijedor (Bosnia and Hercegovina) -- Ethnic relations
Work titles: Bosnie, la mémoire à vif.
Description: Since the end of the Bosnian war, in December 1995, more than 3,000 people have been declared missing, and more than 10,000 people who fled persecution have returned to resettle in Prijedor.Wesselingh and Vaulerin have produced a long and passionate enquiry, which not only reconstructs past events but attempts to understand how it is possible for anyone to return under the circumstances. What is left to say about the war today, and the crimes that were committed? Which memories ought to be preserved? Has justice been served? What is the role of the international community? Blending reportage, investigation and analysis, and containing interviews with refugees, camp survivors, war criminals and international agents, this is a tour de force that poses questions essential not only to the future of the former Yugoslavia but to all of Europe.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-245) and index.