Analysis: Why did the Germans and the USA postpone the statement on the Resolution on Srebrenica

Jusuf is alive but he is still on the list of the dead: the name of pensioner Smajlović on the memorial wall in Potočari

President of the Organization of Families of Captured and Killed Fighters and Missing Civilians from Srebrenica, Branimir Kojić, pointed out that among the 8,372 names of Srebrenica Bosniaks killed in July 1995, on the memorial wall in Potočari, there are also people who are alive. There are 79 of them, and Jusuf Smajlović is among them.

"After the establishment of bi-ethnic government in Srebrenica, Smajlović returned and worked as a driver for the mayor of the municipality, and after retirement he lives not far from the largest Muslim military cemetery in Europe, which is located in his village," said Kojić, adding that Jusuf also laughed when heard where his name was written.

"All relevant historical data and evidence show that in July 1995, eight thousand Bosniaks did not perish around Srebrenica. Despite all efforts and malfeasance, the Bosniak side has not managed to secure the set number of victims even in 20 years. So far, according to Bosniak sources, in Potočari 6,751 victims were buried, among whom were only a few civilians killed in combat operations or those who were in the military unit that was breaking through the positions of the Army of the Republika Srpska towards Tuzla."

Kojić also pointed out that among the burials were not only those who died in July 1995, but also the remains of Muslim fighters who died throughout the war.

He mentioned that the remains of Sulja Suljagić, the father of the current director of this center, Emir Suljagić, were also transferred to Potočari. The elder Suljagić died on December 24, 1992 in Voljavica near Bratunac, he was buried there, but in July 2005 he was transferred to Potočari as an alleged Srebrenica victim from 1995. He notes that there are hundreds of such cases.
 

Death train on St. George's Day

BiH Ambassador Zlatko Lagumdžija said that the vote was postponed until after May 6, and St. George's Day has a special symbolism.

Namely, on that date in 1942, the Croatian and Muslim Ustashas of the NDH ordered that the Serbs in Sarajevo prepare a "Saint George's Day prayer".

At four o'clock in the morning, columns of prisoners poured into the city from Jajce - the barracks - from the hill above Bembaša, from the camps of Beledija, Ćemaluša, and the Central and City prisons, as well as the barracks of Duke Stepa. The columns met on the banks of Kulin Ban, where they met the train of death.

There were about 3,000 mostly young people in the column. The Ustashas shouted: "Where are you Serbs? We will take you to Jasenovac for free!".

The train left Sarajevo for the infamous camp. In the general chaos, one of them, who is claimed to have been a member of the Sarajevo cultural society "Sloga", in his own spasm and weakness, out of pride and defiance, sang the famous song: "Spring falls on my shoulder, a green lily of the valley, to everyone but to me - it's St. George's Day!"