The female interviewee, born in 1946 and with a Croat background, recalls the stories her father told her about his time in detention in WWII in the Jasenovac camp. She tells that she got married with a man with Serb background and explains that this never posed any problems in the family during Yugoslav times. She describes the growing suspicion towards her husband in the 1980s. She tells how her husband went missing during the war in the 1990s and how she found out that he was tortured and killed. She describes the burial of her husband during the war and about her fears to start a police investigation to find out what happened. The narrator tells about how people started disappearing during the war and about Operation Storm. She also tells that her husband until this day has not been recognized legally as a war victim and explains the legal battle she continues to fight. The narrator describes the hardship she is facing being a woman alone and lacking justice concerning the death of her husband.
Date Submitted: 2013-09-24