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Gym hall at the Žepče Primary School
Location:
ŽepčeImportance of the locality:
The former gym hall at the Žepče Primary School was used by the HVO from 26 june 1993 to 31 March 1994 as a detention facility for Bosniak civilians. The prisoners were kept in overcrowded rooms, subjected to inhumane conditions, forced labour, forced displacement and abuse.
Entity: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ethnic group: Bosniaks
Area that victims came from: Žepče and the surrounding area
Responsibility: HVO
Court trials:
The Supreme Court of FBiH convicted Perica Adžić and sentenced him to 2 years and four months in prison for crimes committed at this facility. The Žepče Group case has been referred by the ICTY to the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH.
Commemorations: 31 March - day when detention facilities in Žepče were disbanded
Data source: Žepče Prison Camp Survivors Association (updated 03.02.2021)
Marked and photographed: 06.02.2021
Map:
Updated: 04.07.2021
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Security services command centre - CSB
Herzeg Bosnia - HB
Croat Defense Forces - HOS
Army of Croatia - HV
Croat Defense Council - HVO
Yugoslav National Army - JNA
International Crime Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia - ICTY
Ministry of Interior - MUP
People's Defense of the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia - NO APZB
Police station - SJB
Serb Army of Krajina - SVK
Territorial defense of Bosnia-Herzegovina - TO BiH
Army of Republic of Srpska - VRS
Army of Yugoslavia - VJ