FAMA Collection Catalogue Demo 0.94




Oral History: ‘The Siege of Sarajevo 1992-1996’

Catalogue FC-VOH-99

FC-VOH-99-227

Mile Plakalović

SUPPORT FOR THE HELPLESS

I was crisis-crossing the whole town from Nedjarici to Vratnik. There is no part of town I didn’t go to. It happened many times throughout the war that I encountered terrible scenes of carnage. There were people injured by snipers, by traffic accidents, by shelling and many other accidents. I remember a case in front of Robna Kuca which left an especially sickening impression. I remember it was a sunny day, a fine day. I was driving some customers, some people, when a shell fell in front of Robna Kuca and killed several people. I remember well that I approached an old woman that had some water canisters lying around her and half of her head was missing. Her brain was scattered 2 yards away. As for my activity during the war I can say that I visited all institutions for the socially disadvantaged people. I visited more than 20 thousand hospital patients. I did an innumerable number of humanitarian deeds involving Nursing Home, Mjedenica and Ljubica Ivezic orphanage. I visited schools and refugee centers in Dobrinja and Hrasnica.

ID FC-VOH-99-227
Project Oral History: ‘The Siege of Sarajevo 1992-1996’
Period August 1992
Headline SUPPORT FOR THE HELPLESS
Topic Shelling / Snipers
Hospitals / Medical Care / Wounded / Patients
Death / Massacres / Cemeteries
Experiences of Survival
Dangerous Zones / Streets / Junctions / Bridges
Location Robna kuća
Mjedenica
Home for the Elderly
Dobrinja
Hrasnica
Name Mile Plakalović
Sex male
Profession Taxi driver
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