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On reaching Hanina village, the soldiers searched their
captives and took Zlatija’s gold earrings, the only valuables
she had on her. From Hanina, they were taken by
bus to the police station in Čajniče.
As soon as we got to the station, they took Mamko away
from us. The first days were the worst of our time in
prison in Čajniče. For the first three or four days I
couldn’t change the children, who were wet through.
After that, the Čajniče Red Cross came and brought
everything the children needed. Men in different uniforms
came while we were in prison and said all sorts
of things: that they would kill us all, that they would cut
the children’s throats, and things like that. As time
passed, we were treated better. My elder daughter
Amela wore a brace for her dislocated hip. They just
tore it off her so that she now has to use crutches to
move about. She had an operation in Sarajevo. The
younger one, Alema, started walking in prison. All the
time we were there, I was terribly afraid for my children
and it was a great relief when we were exchanged
on 21 May the same year.
The name of Džafer Bungur, Zlatija’s husband, appears
on the list of exchanged persons although he was not
among the captives. Zlatija believes that she, her mother-in-law,
and children were exchanged for two Serb
women from Čajniče, Polka Mašić and her daughter.
Aiša Zundja, a Muslim woman from Foča, and her four
children were exchanged at the same time.
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