Country Report - Serbia - Crimes of the communist regimes – the case of Serbia
Country Report - Serbia - Crimes of the communist regimes – the case of Serbia

Author(s): Marina Jelić
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, Criminology, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), History of Communism
Published by: Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů
Summary/Abstract: My name is Marina Jelic and I’m from the Republic of Serbia. In my case the information where I come from is not irrelevant to the subject of this meeting in general. Because, as you may be aware, the country that I come from was, until the beginning of 1990s, part of a larger administrative territory – the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It is interesting to note that collapse of that complex country coincides with the fall of Berlin Wall, or collapse of communist systems in countries of Central and Eastern Europe. From the previously mentioned it is given to conclude that the communist regime can be only discussed in context of Yugoslavia (not Serbia). Serbia, which, aft er the collapse of federal country, went into wars, was in a particular way totalitarian organized state (as the most of former Yugoslav republics), which was in a way logical given the situation of open (or covert) war that prevailed in those newly created countries. It is not possible, however, to talk about classic communist model of government. (One party system, state ownership of property and materials for production, lack of freedom of press, total enclosed mass media, and so on…)

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