Liplje, Zvornik

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In July 1943, the Yugoslav Partisan-aligned 1st Proletarian Brigade, with Filip Kljajić serving as their political commissary,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dw8RfHq7_P4C&dq=Filip+Kljaji%C4%87+1943&pg=PA327|title=Retracing Images: Visual Culture After Yugoslavia; page 327|date=5 January 1942|isbn=9789004210301|accessdate=2 April 2015|last1=Šuber|first1=Daniel|last2=Karamanic|first2=Slobodan}}{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=psYYAAAAMAAJ&q=Filip+Kljaji%C4%87+1943|title=Dokumenti centralnih organa KPJ NOR i revolucija (1941-1945): (16. septembar-31. decembar 1941); page 471|year=1985|accessdate=2 April 2015}} liberated occupied Zvornik from the Wehrmacht and the troops of the occupying Independent State of Croatia. During withdrawal Kljajić died of an accidental gunshot on a hill on the outskirts of Zvornik.{{cite web|url=http://www.e-novine.com/srbija/srbija-tema/93947-Kako-smo-uili-Prve-proleterske.html|title=Kako smo učili od Prve proleterske|publisher=E Novine|date=18 November 2013|accessdate=2 April 2015}} His body was brought to Liplje and buried. Kljajić's body was taken in the 1960s from that spot by his family and reburied in a family plot elsewhere. A memorial was erected on the spot where his corpse was originally buried. Following the ethnic cleansing of Liplje in 1992 during the Bosnian War, the memorial suffered and became overgrown with shrubbery.

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At the start of the Bosnian War, armed Serb peasants from the nearby village of Snagovo overran Liplje on 1 May 1992 and, by 25 May, turned it into a concentration camp (see: Liplje camp) with the Bosniak (Muslim) residents becoming prisoners.{{cite web|url=http://www.zzi.at/files/subasic_molila_sam.pdf |title=SVJEDOČENJE ŽRTVE ZLOČINA SILOVANJA |publisher=ZZI |accessdate=2 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513073127/http://www.zzi.at/files/subasic_molila_sam.pdf |archivedate=13 May 2015 }} Between 420 and 460{{cite web|url=http://www.vijesti.ba/vijesti/bih/89187-Godisnjica-oslobodjenja-logora-Liplje-juna-Zvorniku.html |title=Godišnjica oslobođenja logora Liplje 1. juna u Zvorniku |publisher=Vijesti |date=29 May 2012 |accessdate=2 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402092627/http://www.vijesti.ba/vijesti/bih/89187-Godisnjica-oslobodjenja-logora-Liplje-juna-Zvorniku.html |archivedate= 2 April 2015 }} people were imprisoned; men, women and children were beaten, raped repeatedly and killed by Serbs.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q1TrvGxJeasC&dq=Liplje%2C+Zvornik&pg=PA116|title=Bosnia Remade: Ethnic Cleansing and Its Reversal; page 116|date=16 February 2011|isbn=978-0-19-973036-0|accessdate=2 April 2015|last1=Tuathail|first1=Gearóid|last2=Toal|first2=Gerard|last3=Dahlman|first3=Carl T.}} A total of 27 prisoners died. Escapees organized resistance groups in the towns of Cerska and Kamenica. On 1 June 1992,{{cite web|url=http://www.kalesija.info/zvornik-liplje-dan-kada-je-osloboden-prvi-logor-za-bosnjake-u-selima-zvornickog-zaleda/|title=Dan kada je oslobođen prvi logor za Bošnjake u selima zvorničkog zaleđa|publisher=Kalesija|date=1 June 2013|accessdate=2 April 2015}} about 300 Bosniaks armed with 27 rifles liberated the Liplje concentration camp.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WVHwAwAAQBAJ&dq=Liplje%2C+Zvornik&pg=PA92|title=Genocide on the Drina River; pages 91 & 92|date=1 July 2014|isbn=9780300206807|accessdate=2 April 2015|last1=Becirevic|first1=Edina}} It became the only camp with Bosniak prisoners to be liberated in the entirety of the 1992–95 war.{{cite web|url=http://www.radiosarajevo.ba/novost/55058 |title=Godišnjica oslobađanja koncentracionog logora Liplje |publisher=Radio Sarajevo |date=2 June 2011 |accessdate=2 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402144834/http://www.radiosarajevo.ba/novost/55058 |archivedate= 2 April 2015 }}{{cite web|url=http://radioglasdrine.com/vijesti/lokalne-vijesti/obiljezavanje-22-godisnjice-zlocina-nad-bosnjacima-zvornik-sjecanje-na-logor-u-liplju-foto/|title=Obilježavanje 22.godišnjice zločina nad bošnjacima: Zvornik sjećanje na logor u Liplju|publisher=Radio Glas Drine|date=30 May 2014|accessdate=2 April 2015}} None of the Serb rapists from the camp have been brought to justice.{{cite web|url=http://www.avaz.ba/dogadjaji/teme/nijednom-silovatelju-iz-liplja-nije-sudjeno|title=Nijednom silovatelju iz Liplja nije suđeno|publisher=Dnevni avaz|date=25 November 2008|accessdate=10 April 2015}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In August 1998, a mass grave believed to be of victims killed in 1995, was discovered and exhumed, revealing at least 191 individuals, most of whom died of gunshot.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NlRD4yaHrEYC&dq=Liplje%2C+Zvornik&pg=PA653|title=The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia 2001|year=2005|isbn=9789050953757|accessdate=2 April 2015|last1=Klip|first1=André}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kRzjAQAAQBAJ&dq=Liplje%2C+Zvornik&pg=PA69|title=Bosnia's Million Bones: Solving the World's Greatest Forensic Puzzle; page 69|date=26 November 2013|isbn=9781137278685|accessdate=2 April 2015|last1=Jennings|first1=Christian}} Several mass graves were found in Liplje, with exhumations still ongoing as of 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.oslobodjenje.ba/vijesti/bih/ekshumacije-na-podrucju-zvornika-i-bratunca|title=Ekshumacije na području Zvornika i Bratunca|publisher=Oslobođenje|date=28 August 2012|accessdate=2 April 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402151453/http://www.oslobodjenje.ba/vijesti/bih/ekshumacije-na-podrucju-zvornika-i-bratunca|archivedate=2 April 2015}}

It was reported by Reuters on 8 July 2001 that a mass grave of approximately 200 victims of the 1995 Srebrenica Genocide was discovered in Liplje.{{cite web|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1347321.html|title=MASS GRAVE FOUND OF SREBRENICA VICTIMS|publisher=RFERL|date=9 July 2001|accessdate=2 April 2015}}

Bosniak returnees experience discrimination from the authorities of the Zvornik municipality, which fell into the hands of Republika Srpska after the war.{{cite web|url=http://www.nezavisne.com/novosti/drustvo/Zvornik-19-djece-do-skole-prevoze-u-kamionu-sa-5-mjesta-VIDEO-130448.html|title=Zvornik: 19 djece do škole prevoze u kamionu sa 5 mjesta|publisher=Nezavisne|date=29 February 2012|accessdate=15 April 2015}}

The elementary school in Liplje, which taught around 400 children before the war, currently has only 20 students.{{cite web|url=http://www.avaz.ba/clanak/145158/da-se-vlast-za-nas-borila-danas-bi-nas-manje-bilo-u-azilu-u-francuskoj-i-drugdje|title=PODRINJE "Avaz" u posjeti bošnjačkim selima u okolini Zvornika: Da se vlast za nas borila, danas bi nas manje bilo u azilu u Francuskoj i drugdje|publisher=Dnevni avaz|date=9 November 2014|accessdate=15 April 2015}} Liplje is one of the stops during the annual Marš mira (March of Peace).{{cite web|url=http://www.oslobodjenje.ba/vijesti/bih/mirsad-i-omer-prezivjeli-su-mars-smrti-1995-godine-pjesacimo-za-30-ubijenih-malica|title=Mirsad i Omer preživjeli su marš smrti 1995. godine: Pješačimo za 30 ubijenih Malića|publisher=Oslobođenje|date=9 July 2014|accessdate=15 April 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924075341/http://www.oslobodjenje.ba/vijesti/bih/mirsad-i-omer-prezivjeli-su-mars-smrti-1995-godine-pjesacimo-za-30-ubijenih-malica|archivedate=24 September 2015}}

Heavy rainfall in June 2010 set off several landslides and rock slides in Liplje. Due to the blockage of the flow of water, a local creek overflowed and swept away the main access road to the village. The flood also destroyed the crops of the Bosniak returnees.{{cite web|url=http://www.rtvtk.ba/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15121:zvornik-zbog-klizita-i-poplava-odsjeeno-est-povratnikih-sela&catid=81:europe&Itemid=197|title=Zvornik: Zbog klizišta i poplava odsječeno šest povratničkih sela|publisher=RTVTK|date=22 June 2010|accessdate=15 April 2015}} More flooding and landslides were reported following heavy rainfall in March 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.glassrpske.com/drustvo/panorama/Zvornik-Ugrozeni-objekti-i-putevi/lat/177847.html|title=Zvornik: Ugroženi objekti i putevi|publisher=Glas Srpske|date=16 March 2015|accessdate=15 April 2015}}

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