Ovčara – siva zona međunarodne zajednice (1992.-1994.)
Ovčara – the Grey Zone of the International Community (1992-1994)

Summary/Abstract: The mass grave at Ovčara is one of the most tragic reminders of the sufferings of the Homeland War when 200 wounded persons from Vukovar Hospital were taken away and executed near the estate of VUPIK (Vukovar Agricultural Industrial Complex) at Ovčara. The first public insights into the occurrences near Ovčara were provided in October 1992 in the article published in Vjesnik entitled “The Wounded were Taken Away Through the Rear Exit” on the basis of the testimony of a survivor, later a prisoner who was exchanged in Nemetin in 1992. Paying due attention to the exhumation of the mortal remains not having been carried out until four whole years after the discovery of the mass grave, that is to say in September and October 1996, this paper endeavours to determine the key factors that affected its discovery and research on the basis of accessible digital database documents of the ICTY at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio and according to the periodicals of the time; on the basis of these documents it is endeavoured to determine the reasons why the exhumation was performed only after the ICTY had already indicted the “Vukovar Three” and Slavko Dokmanović.

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