LIFE OF REFUGEES FROM BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA IN A DETENTION CENTER IN PTUJ BETWEEN 1992 AND 1996 Cover Image

ŽIVOT IZBJEGLICA IZ BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE U SABIRNOM CENTRU U PTUJU IZMEĐU 1992. i 1996. GODINE
LIFE OF REFUGEES FROM BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA IN A DETENTION CENTER IN PTUJ BETWEEN 1992 AND 1996

Author(s): Katja Zupanič
Subject(s): Social history, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Post-Communist Transformation
Published by: Arhiv Tuzlanskog kantona
Keywords: Collecting refugee center; refugees; refugee elementary school; humanitarian work;

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the fate of the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina in a detention center in Ptuj, who left their homes during the last war in the Balkans, in 1992, to save THEIR lives, and find their refuge in Slovenia or Ptuj. Despite the fact that the local authorities in Ptuj, and many individuals and humanitarian organizations sought to provide good conditions for the stay of refugees, their life without the comfort of home, without jobs and entertainment represented a huge burden, especially for children and young people who have tried their games at the moment forget the state in which they are located. During this period, collection center, with the help of six workers from Ptuj, managed to perform a number of other tasks.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 467-475
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian