Last night (May 25, 2022), the promotion of the scientific Monograph "Living Bonfire - Pioneer Street in Višegrad (June 14, 1992)" was held in the Sarajevo City Hall.
In the previous few months, the Association "Woman - Victim of War" realized the scientific research project of creating a monograph on the burning of civilians (live pyre) in Pionirska Street in Višegrad, on June 14, 1992. The result of the project was a published scientific monograph entitled "Living Bonfire - Pioneer Street in Višegrad (June 14, 1992)".
Project leader and author of the Monograph is Assoc. Ph.D. Ermin Kuka, senior research associate of the University of Sarajevo - Institute for Research on Crimes against Humanity and International Law. The initiator of the project and the publisher of the Monograph is the Association "Woman - Victim of War".
Introductory speeches at the promotion were given by: Assoc. Ph.D. Benjamina Karić, mayor of the city of Sarajevo, Mrs. Bakira Hasečić, president of the Association "Woman - Victim of War", and prof. Ph.D. Rasim Muratoivić, director of the Institute for Research of Crimes Against Humanity and International Law, University of Sarajevo.
The promoters of the Monograph were: M.Sc. Almir Grabovica, senior associate of the University of Sarajevo - Institute for Research on Crimes against Humanity and International Law, M.Sc. Hamza Memišević and others. sc. Muamer Džananović, research associate of the University of Sarajevo - Institute for Research on Crimes against Humanity and International Law.
The moderator of the promotion was Meliha Jašarević Merdžić.
The promotion of the Monograph is also an integral part of the 2022 event program of the Majlis of the Islamic Community of Višegrad, which commemorates the 30th anniversary of the crimes committed against Bosniaks in Višegrad.