Kosovo mythology and the Bosnian genocide
TitelKosovo mythology and the Bosnian genocide
Verfasser
Call number291.1783315/0001
Inventarnummer04495h
ErscheinungsortNew York, New York, United States
VerlagBerghahn Books
Erscheinungsjahr
2010
Seitenpp180-205
MaterialArtikel
ISBN9781571813022
NotesArticle from the book "In God's name: genocide and religion in the twentieth century" pp180-205
Beschreibung
The genocide in Bosnia was not merely a case of what the Serbs called 'ethnic cleansing', but also a re-enactment of the Serbian myth of that nation's defeat by the Ottoman army six hundred years earlier. Ethnic cleansing was sometimes planned in local Serbian Orthodox churches, while religious rituals were held to celebrate successful cleansing