John Martin18
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joined Sep 2016
After the city fell, there was this palpable fear in Washington, D.C. about potential retaliation from the angry folks from Vukovar—some of them had every right to be furious. Back when he was still alive, Glavaš touched on this topic quite lightly, barely mentioning anything beyond what happened at Ovchar... In his book, "Bloodthirsty Traitors" (a rather ironic title), Peter Janjic goes much deeper, naming names and filling entire pages with his specific take on who was responsible. I talk to former camp survivors often, and the division among them is so deep they don't even greet one another anymore. It’s heartbreaking... One guy might have been given housing while another wasn't, even though they shared the exact same trench. Or one received promotions and a higher pension than the other, despite being beaten side-by-side in that same camp. Damir Markuš, the 55-year-old author, writes under the name HOS-Kutin; he fought under the HOS-flag and oath, among others... They were kept as paramilitary units just so the government wouldn't officially recognize them for years after the war. There was even a day when someone broke into his home and took his HOS-flag without any explanation at all.