[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 71 (Monday, May 23, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E919]
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          RECOGNIZING VICTIMS OF CONCENTRATION CAMP IN OMARSKA

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                        HON. SUE WILKINS MYRICK

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 23, 2011

  Mrs. MYRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the victims of a 
notorious concentration camp in Omarska, located in northwestern Bosnia 
and Herzegovina. In the summer of 1992, Omarska was the site of murder, 
torture and other mass violations of human rights. It is thanks to the 
courage of the British journalists Ed Vulliamy, Penny Marshall and Ian 
Williams and their brave reporting, that the world learned about the 
horrors of Omarska in the last decade of the 20th century.
  As we remember the victims of Omarska, let us reinforce the 
significance of remembrance and the right of the survivors and families 
of the victims to mark this tragic chapter in the history of Europe.

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