DEFENDING TRUTH ABOUT SERBS’ SUFFERING IN JASENOVAC THROUGH DIGNIFIED REMEMBRANCE IS THE DUTY OF ALL

BANJA LUKA, APRIL 17 /SRNA/ – SNSD Leader Milorad Dodik emphasized that all Serbs' generations' duty is to defend the truth about the suffering of their compatriots through dignified remembrance, thus contribute to combating historical revisionism, pointing out that today's premiere of the documentary-historical film "The Last Witness" is an opportunity to remind everyone of the horrors committed by the NDH within the Jasenovac concentration camp system.

Dodik noted that the film "The Last Witness" presents all the horrors of the Jasenovac camp through the extraordinary life story of Jelena Buhač-Radojčić.

"Jelena Buhač-Radojčić is a heroine who preserves from oblivion the horrors she survived as a seven-year-old child in the Stara Gradiška camp, carrying within her both pain and the strength to pass the truth on to future generations. We thank her for that!" Dodik posted on X.

Dodik congratulated film director Nedeljko Lajšić and the entire team on an excellently produced documentary-historical film that leaves a deep impression on every viewer.

The documentary-historical film "The Last Witness" will premiere today at noon in Banja Luka.

The film tells the story of Jelena Buhač-Radojčić, a survivor of the Stara Gradiška camp, whose life story served as the basis for the screenplay of the feature film "Dara of Jasenovac," and who was one of the children saved by Diana Budisavljević.

The Republika Srpska Government has declared April 19 a Day of Mourning in the entity on the occasion of commemorating the Day of Remembrance for victims of the Ustasha genocide in the Jasenovac concentration camp and its largest execution site – Donja Gradina in the NDH between 1941 and 1945.

According to data fromof the Donja Gradina Memorial Zone, 700,000 victims of Ustasha crimes perished in the notorious Jasenovac camp during World War II, including 500,000 Serbs, 40,000 Roma, 33,000 Jews, and 127,000 anti-fascists. Among the victims were 20,000 children.