The Commission on Concealed Mass Graves in Serbia ( sr, Komisija za otkrivanje tajnih masovnih grobnica u Srbiji) is an office of the

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...

n Government whose task is to find and document mass grave sites from the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

and the period immediately after it. It was established in 2009. In 2010, the commission announced that its first investigations would be in

Zaječar Zaječar ( sr-Cyrl, Зајечар, ; ro, Zaicear or ) is a city and the administrative center of the Zaječar District in eastern Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the city administrative area has a population of 59,461 inhabitants. Zaječa ...

in eastern Serbia. On April 29, 2010 all documents relating to the commission's work were unsealed from secrecy. After one year of operation, the commission announced that it had found 190 potential grave sites and had collected information on over 59,000 victims. The commission has prompted Serbian president

Boris Tadić Boris Tadić ( sr-cyr, Борис Тадић, ; born 15 January 1958) is a Serbian politician who served as the president of Serbia from 2004 to 2012. Born in Sarajevo, he graduated from the University of Belgrade with a degree in psycholo ...

to call for a committee of Serbian and Hungarian academics to investigate war crimes committed by both sides in

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...

during the war.

Members

* Slobodan Radovanović - Chairman of the Commission * Slobodan Homen * Ivan Bulatović * Blagoje Peruničić

Organization

A local branch of the commission has been established for the

Zaječar District The Zaječar District ( sr, Зајечарски округ, Zaječarski okrug, ; ro, Districtul Zaicear) is one of nine administrative districts of Southern and Eastern Serbia. It expands to the eastern parts of Serbia. It has a population of ...

Exhumations

Boljevac Boljevac ( sr-cyr, Бољевац, ; ro, Bulioț) is a town and municipality located in the Zaječar District of eastern Serbia. According to 2011 census, the population of the town is 3,332, while population of the municipality is 12,865. Hist ...

- In 2010, the remains of at least 26 people were discovered in a mass grave.

Findings

*By November, 2010: 190 potential grave sites and collected information on over 18,000 victims. *By December, 2011: 206 potential graves sites and collected information on over 36,000 victims.Popisano 36.000 žrtava komunističkog režima
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