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Divič is a place located in the Zvornik Municipality, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Divič is an ethnic Bosniak village.
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Demographics
The 1991 census showed Divič had a total population of 1388.
- 1,360 - Bosniaks
- 4 - Serbs
- 4 - Croats
- 7 - Yugoslavs
- 13 - others
History
Divič year 1910 had 133 houses and 479 inhabitants. They all were of Islamic religion.
Serbian aggression on Divič
During the Serbian aggression on Bosnia and Herzegovina (92-95) many of the locals of Divič were killed only because they were Bosniaks and all the others were expelled from their homes. Many of the men died in incidents in the Dom Kultura prison camp in Čelopek, where appalling atrocities were perpetrated by members of the Yellow Wasps paramilitary group led by the Vučković brothers.[1][2] During the war the Serbs changed the name of Divič to Sveti Stefan. When the war ended the survivors began to return to their homes. The place was renamed back to Divič. Today in Divič there lives between 350-400 people.[3]
Sport
Football match in support of refugee return
In Divič six members of Bosnia's national soccer team on 2 June 2009 played in a symbolic match between two clubs Drina 93 and Mladost Divič, organized to boost refugee return. Thousands of Muslim Bosnian returnees came to watch the match.
One of the players was Samir Muratović who was born in a nearby village of Snagovo, where forensic experts have uncovered hundreds of bodies of Bosnians from mass graves in the past decade. Among the visiting stars were striker Edin Džeko, Sejad Salihović, Miralem Pjanić, Said Husejinović and Elvir Rahimić.[4]
Reference
- ^ Eighth (Mazowiecki) Report on War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia - Part II Wilful Killings, accessed 15 January 2011
- ^ Human Rights Watch, War Crimes Trials in the Former Yugoslavia, 1 June 1995, 710, accessed 15 January 2011
- ^ http://divic-zvornik.com/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=9
- ^ http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gPWimpQr5ZM-N1oEWeBo-wxWbPqA
External links
Categories:- Zvornik
- Bosnia and Herzegovina geography stubs
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