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| '''''Postcards from the Grave''''' is a 2006 book by ], relating to his experiences in ].<ref name="isbn">ISBN 0863565190</ref> | '''''Postcards from the Grave''''' is a 2006 book by ], relating to his experiences in ].<ref name="isbn">ISBN 0863565190</ref> | ||
| Most of the book deals with how Emir Suljagic survived the July 1995 ] of over 8,000 men<ref>http://www.potocarimc.ba/memorijalni_eng/favorite.htm Potocari Memorial Centre preliminary list of names</ref> by the ]n ] army. He decided to write |
Most of the book deals with how Emir Suljagic survived the July 1995 ] of over 8,000 men<ref>http://www.potocarimc.ba/memorijalni_eng/favorite.htm Potocari Memorial Centre preliminary list of names</ref> by the ]n ] army. As an interpreter for the UN, he was evacuated with the Dutch UNPROFOR battalion<ref>"Postcards from the Grave", p.158</ref> while almost every man he had ever known and many women too lost their lives<ref>"Postcards from the Grave", back cover</ref>. | ||
| He decided to write his testimony of the event, which he has dedicated to the victims of the massacre - "ten thousand people, ten thousand coffins, ten thousand gravestones"<ref>"Postcards from the Grave", p.12</ref>, to counter the revisionist history being put forth by such figures as George Bogdanich. <ref name="racistgarbage"></ref>. The book has received attention in the press and in after-action reports of the event as being accurate and undercutting many arguments of revisionists such as Lewis MacKenzie.<ref name="story">Lewis MacKenzie. "The real story behind Srebrenica." ''The Globe and Mail'' (Canada), July 14, 2005 </ref> | |||
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Revision as of 08:13, 2 October 2009
Postcards from the Grave is a 2006 book by Emir Suljagic, relating to his experiences in Srebrenica.
Most of the book deals with how Emir Suljagic survived the July 1995 Srebrenica massacre of over 8,000 men by the Bosnian Serb army. As an interpreter for the UN, he was evacuated with the Dutch UNPROFOR battalion while almost every man he had ever known and many women too lost their lives.
He decided to write his testimony of the event, which he has dedicated to the victims of the massacre - "ten thousand people, ten thousand coffins, ten thousand gravestones", to counter the revisionist history being put forth by such figures as George Bogdanich. . The book has received attention in the press and in after-action reports of the event as being accurate and undercutting many arguments of revisionists such as Lewis MacKenzie.
References
- ISBN 0863565190
- http://www.potocarimc.ba/memorijalni_eng/favorite.htm Potocari Memorial Centre preliminary list of names
- "Postcards from the Grave", p.158
- "Postcards from the Grave", back cover
- "Postcards from the Grave", p.12
- "Srebrenica Report" by the Srebrenica Research Group
- Lewis MacKenzie. "The real story behind Srebrenica." The Globe and Mail (Canada), July 14, 2005
External links
- Publisher's summary of "Postcards from the Grave"
- Review of "Postcards from the Grave" by Tim Judah, Observer, 3.7.2005
- Review by SEUK Academic Review