Konjic

Personal testimony · 1992

Only She Survived: The Testimony of a Young Mother from Presjeka near Nevesinje, 1992

In June 1992, a young mother was visiting her mother-in-law in the village of Presjeka near Nevesinje, together with her husband and two small children, when the shelling began. According to her testimony, Serb soldiers captured the refugees, separated the men, and locked the women and children in a heating plant; she survived the detention and sexual violence. According to her, her husband, son and daughter were killed in 1992 and never returned.