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Jewish and Bosnian Muslim Genocide Survivors Share Stories with Students

The Men’s Club at Temple Ner Tamid and Holocaust Center hosted an evening with two genocide survivors: Stephan Lewy, a Holocaust survivor and liberator, and Jasmina Cesic, of Bosnia. Tara Vocino (Peabody Patch) — Peabody teens and their parents had … Continue reading

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UN Resolution Recognized Sabra & Shatila Massacre as Genocide

Ten years before the Bosnian Genocide, ethnic cleansing and massacres of Palestinian civilians shocked the entire World. To this day, the Sabra and Shatila massacre hold a special place in the pages of dark history, outlining mans’ inhumanity to man. … Continue reading

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Israel to Extradite Bosnian Genocide Suspect to Sarajevo

An Israeli court ruled on Monday that a former Serbian soldier could be extradited to Bosnia to face genocide charges for involvement in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, though he can appeal the move. Aleksandar Cvetkovic [also known as Aleksandar Spintkovitz], … Continue reading

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Serbs Desecrated Jewish Cemetery in Sarajevo

From the book: “Rape warfare” (1996) by Beverly Allen I first learned of the Bogomil culture from a Sarajevo woman, a sociologist friend whose name I will not say. During the six hours she spent closeted in my Zagreb hotel … Continue reading

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Appeal to the defenders of the truth about genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina

By M.Sci. Marjan Hajnal Philosopher, author, humanist pre-war resident of Sarajevo Israel (Mr. Marjan Hajnal is a member of the Institute for the Research of Genocide, Canada) I have been following with great dismay the intensification of attacks on the … Continue reading

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Jews Demand Action, Condemn "Savage" Serb Brutality in Bosnia

The Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA), the united voice of the organized Jewish community, was formally established in 1944 by the Council of Jewish Federations, the forerunner of the United Jewish Communities (UJC). The JCPA was known for many … Continue reading

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Jews Push U.S. to Arm Bosnian Muslims, Right to Self-Defence

The Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA), the united voice of the organized Jewish community, was formally established in 1944 by the Council of Jewish Federations, the forerunner of the United Jewish Communities (UJC). The JCPA was known for many … Continue reading

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"Never Again" Applies to Bosnia, Too

The Jewish Post & News, p.4 12 August 1992. Never again! That’s the expression Jewish Holocaust survivors and the rest of world Jewry use when referring to the horrors perpetrated by Nazi Germany. Never again should anyone stand by, shrug … Continue reading

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Captured by Israel, Serb War Criminal Aleksandar Cvetkovic, Bosnian Genocide Suspect

Serb forces “targeted for extinction the 40,000 Bosnian Muslims living in Srebrenica,” according to judgement of the International Criminal Tribunal presided over by a Holocaust survivor, Judge Theodor Meron. The perpetrator of the first genocide in Europe since the Holocaust … Continue reading

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Israel Arrests Bosnian Genocide Suspect Aleksandar Cvetkovic

Jerusalem Post 18 January 2011. [re-published with permission] ISRAEL — Alexandar Cvetkovic [Alexander Cvetkovic] is suspected of involvement in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre during which Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) were murdered in eastern Bosnia. The International Investigation Unit arrested on Tuesday … Continue reading

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Bosnian Muslims and Jews have a joint experience of persecution and genocide in Europe

Dr. Mustafa Cerić is the Grand Mufti of Bosnia-Herzegovina (leader of Islamic community) and a prominent member of the Committee on Conscience fighting against the Holocaust denial. Invited by president of Fondation pour la Memoire de la Shoah, David de … Continue reading

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Jewish leader warns, "Bosnian Muslims suffering like Jews under Nazi"

Article courtesy of San Francisco Jewish Community Publications Inc., dba Jewish Bulletin of Northern California. Published on Friday, July 28, 1995. Bosnian Muslims suffering like Jews under Nazis, official says by Jewish Telegraphic Agency 28 July 1995. “The expulsion terror … Continue reading

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JERUSALEM POST: A look into Bosnian Genocide’s notorious concentration camp

  First, Bosniaks and Croats had to wear white bands on their arms By Tovah Lazaroff, JPost Correspondent in Geneva Originally published: Apr 26, 2009. Republished with Permission. JERUSALEM POST – As an inmate in the Omarska concentration camp in … Continue reading

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Jewish people express outrage over Bosnian Genocide

By: Debra Nussbaum Cohen The Jewish Post & News, 12 August 1992. NEW YORK (JTA) – In language rife with the imagery of the Holocaust, leaders of Jewish organizations are calling on the United States and the United Nations to … Continue reading

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Israel Offers Help to Bosnian Muslims

Bush demands inspections; Israel offers aid 8 August 1992. WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush vowed Friday that he would not rest until Serbian-run prison camps were opened to outside inspection, but he stopped short of threatening to bomb Serbian positions … Continue reading

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Bosnian Jews: "We Jews are part of the Bosnian people"

Sarajevo is hit by overnight shelling By: George Jahn The Prescott Courier 16 September 1992. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina – Scattered fighting was reported overnight in Bosnia, but people ventured out today despite at last four eruption of shelling in the besieged … Continue reading

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Elie Wiesel: Pigheaded Radovan Karadzic Denied it All

“How can you ever adequately punish a man who is guilty of ordering the assassination of 8,000 human beings [in Srebrenica]?” – asked Elie Wiesel. Mr. Elie Wiesel is a Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor. … Continue reading

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JEWISH POST: Holocaust Survivor on Bosnian Muslims and Jews

Remember and Protest War Crimes in Bosnia Jewish Post, p.4 2 December 1992. A Muslim people are targeted for extinction, and the West turns away. There is no rationalizing this brutal immorality. To compare Bosnia and the Holocaust is to … Continue reading

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Jewish and Bosnian Muslim Soldiers, Brothers in Arms

This article offers uniquely rare insight into the Jewish life in the besieged Sarajevo in 1992. Side by side with their Muslim neighbours, Jewish people fought in the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and thus contributed to … Continue reading

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