Siniša Glavašević (4 November 1960 – 20 November 1991
[Vukovarske novine: Sjećanja ratnih novinarki legendarnoga Hrvatskog radija Vukovar]
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Croatia
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n reporter who was killed by
Serbian paramilitaries following the
Battle of Vukovar.
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; retrieved 23 December 2011.
Early life
A native of
Vukovar
Vukovar (; sr-Cyrl, Вуковар, , ) is a city in Croatia, in the eastern Regions of Croatia, regions of Syrmia and Slavonia. It contains Croatia's largest river port, located at the confluence of the Vuka (river), Vuka and the Danube. Vukova ...
, Glavašević finished primary school there and entered the
University of Sarajevo
The University of Sarajevo (Bosnian language, Bosnian, Croatian language, Croatian and Serbian language, Serbian: ''Univerzitet u Sarajevu'' / Sveučilište u Sarajevu / Универзитет у Сарајеву) is a List of universities in Bo ...
, where he graduated with a degree in Comparative Literature. During the
Croatian War of Independence
The Croatian War of Independence) and (rarely) "War in Krajina" ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Рат у Крајини, Rat u Krajini) are used. was an armed conflict fought in Croatia from 1991 to 1995 between Croats, Croat forces loyal to the Governmen ...
, he was chief editor of
Radio Vukovar.
War
During the Battle of Vukovar, Glavašević was regularly reporting from the besieged city. He is particularly remembered for a series of stories he had read to the listeners, that talked about basic human values. On 16 October 1991, Glavašević said on
Croatian Radio:
On 18 November 1991, Glavašević sent in his last report, which ended with:
Death
Glavašević disappeared shortly after this last report. He had been beaten and executed by
Serbia
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n paramilitary forces, along with hundreds of others between 18–20 November. In 1997, his body was exhumed from a
mass grave
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in a nearby farm in
Ovčara. He was 31 years old. Both Glavašević and fellow journalist , a native of Ovčara, were featured cases in
Amnesty International
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's 1993-94 ''Campaign Against Disappearances and Political Killings''. Polovina’s funeral was held in Zagreb on 11 March 1997.
Legacy
In 1992,
Matica hrvatska
Matica hrvatska () is the oldest independent, non-profit and non-governmental Croatian national institution. It was founded on February 2, 1842 by the Croatian Count Janko Drašković and other prominent members of the Illyrian movement during ...
printed ''Stories from Vukovar'' (), a collection of stories by Glavašević. English translation of the collection was published in 2011.
See also
*
List of journalists killed in Europe
References
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1960 births
1991 deaths
People from Vukovar
Assassinated Croatian journalists
Civilians killed in the Croatian War of Independence
Journalists killed while covering the Yugoslav Wars
People murdered in Croatia
Deaths by firearm in Croatia
University of Sarajevo alumni
Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery
20th-century Croatian journalists
People assassinated in the 20th century