Eyewitness Testimony: Hasan Nuhanović

In 1992, Hasan Nuhanović and his family fled the violence in their hometown of Vlasenica but got only as far as Srebrenica.
United Nations peacekeepers arrived in Srebrenica in 1993, and Nuhanović found a job with them as a translator. When the Bosnian Serb army attacked Srebrenica in 1995, Nuhanović and his family sought shelter at the UN base with some 30,000 other civilians.
The Dutch UN peacekeepers handed the civilians over to the Bosnian Serbs, who separated men from women and children. Nuhanović was allowed to stay on the base because of his job. He desperately sought permission for his family to remain as well.
Nuhanović's parents and brother were forced off the UN base. All three were among the 8,000 Bosniaks killed by the Serbs.
Nuhanović has since learned some details about where and how his family was killed, but their remains have not been found.

[@danielandrade8211]

The "please stop begging" was a intense moment in Quo Vadis, Aida?And now after seeing the real person that inspired the movie, it only makes the experience of the movie even more stronger. I offer my condolences to Hasan and all the victims families.

[@rsb8380]

I’m here after watching the film. I originally just thought it was a totally fictionalised account, but when I realised it was based on this guys story and after looking into it more, I can’t believe how many things in the film, down to the most minute detail, actually happened. I can’t stop thinking about the film, and Srebrenica. I was aware that it happened and felt bad about it, but never knew much about it. But after seeing the film, and realising how much of it was based on the truth of this man’s actual story… I don’t know I just can’t stop thinking about it, it honestly blew me away. Far away.

[@adijatavukas]

His whole story is much more complex. For example how he learned English and his whole story during the war. It’s just amazing and terrifying. There are his book on English, if you can, read it.

[@milosavamicevic4669]

I am sure