Emaciated prisoners in the Manjaca concentration camp near Prijedor, north-west Bosnia. Thousands of civilians, mostly Bosniaks were confined in this camp, then tortured, sexually abused, maltreated, and/or killed. Photographer: Patrick Robert
Bosnian Genocide (Prijedor, August 1992). Emaciated and tortured prisoners in the Manjaca concentration camp near Prijedor, north-west Bosnia. Thousands of civilians, mostly Bosniaks were confined, tortured and killed in this concentration camp. Photographer: Patrick Robert
Approximately 2000 Bosniaks were killed or missing in connection with the atrocities and at Manjaca concentration camp. The camp was founded by the Yugoslav National Army (JNA) and the Bosnian Serb authorities and was surrounded by barbed wire and explosives (mines) – as visible from the photographs. It was shut down in late 1993. About 6,000 Bosniaks and Croats passed through the camp, many were tortured at Manjaca and then sent to other camps like: Keraterm, Trnopolje, and Omarska – all located around Prijedor.
FORBIDDEN ENTRY SIGN: Bosnian Genocide (August 1992, Prijedor). The entrance sign to the Manjaca concentration camp reads in cyrillic letters CONCENTRATION CAMP – PROHIBITED ENTRY. Thousands of civilians, mostly Bosniaks were confined, tortured, sexually abused and killed there. Photographer: Antoine Gyori.
In Prosecutor v Slobodan Milosevic, the International Criminal Tribunal rejected “motion for judgment of acquittal” and concluded that Genocide occurred in seven Bosnian municipalities, including Prijedor where Keraterm concentration camp was located. On 16 June 2004, the Court ruled:
“On the basis of the inference that may be drawn from this evidence, a Trial Chamber could be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that there existed a joint criminal enterprise, which included members of the Bosnian Serb leadership, whose aim and intention was to destroy a part of the Bosnian Muslim population, and that genocide was in fact committed in Brcko, Prijedor, Sanski Most, Srebrenica, Bijeljina, Kljuc and Bosanski Novi.”
Bosnian Genocide (August 1992, Prijedor): Manjaca concentration camp near Prijedor, north-west Bosnia. Thousands of civilians, mostly Bosniaks were confined, tortured and killed there. Photographer: Isabel Ellsen
Bosnian Genocide (August 1992, Prijedor): Prisoners at the Manjaca concentration camp near Prijedor, north-west Bosnia behind wire. Photographer: Isabel Ellsen
Bosnian Genocide (August 1992, Prijedor): The Manjaca concentration camp was surrounded by a barbed wire and landmines. Warning sign (visible from Center to Right) written in cyrillic letters reads MINES. Photographer: Patrick Robert
Bosnian Genocide (August 1992, Prijedor): The Manjaca concentration camp was surrounded by a barbed wire and landmines. Warning sign (visible from Center to Left) attached to a barbed wire and written in cyrillic letters reads MINES. Photographer: Patrick Robert
Bosnian Genocide (August 1992, Prijedor). Inside of one of many rooms of the Manjaca concentration camp. Photographer: Patrick Robert
Bosnian Genocide (August 1992, Prijedor). Bosniak civilians brought into the Manjaca concentration camp by truck await to meet their fate. They soon realized they are not being brought to safety, but into the concentration camp where thousands of Bosniaks were tortured, sexually abused and killed. Photographer: Isabel Ellsen.
Starving and emaciated prisoners at the Manjaca concentration camp during the Bosnian Genocide in the municipality of Prijedor in August of 1992. Credit: Ron Haviv, Blood and Honey.
Bosniak civilians in the notorious Serb-run Manjaca concentration camp in north-west Bosnia, near Prijedor, during the Bosnian Genocide in August of 1992. (Credit: The International Criminal Tribunal)
Bosnian Genocide (August 1992, Prijedor). Bosniak prisoners behind a barbed wire of the Manjaca concentration camp near Prijedor, north-west Bosnia. Photographer: Patrick Robert
