Divič is a place located in the Zvornik

Zvornik

Zvornik is a city on the Drina river in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, located south of the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The town Mali Zvornik lies directly across the river in Serbia, and not far north is Loznica.-History:Zvornik is first mentioned in 1410, although it was...

 Municipality, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

. Divič is an ethnic Bosniak village.

Demographics

The 1991 census showed Divič had a total population of 1388.

• 1,360 - Bosniaks
• 4 - Serbs
• 4 - Croats
• 7 - Yugoslavs
• 13 - others

Serbian aggression on Divič

During the Serbian aggression on Bosnia and Herzegovina (92-95) many of the locals of Divič were killed only because they were Bosniaks and all the others were expelled from their homes. Many of the men died in incidents in the Dom Kultura prison camp in Čelopek

Čelopek (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Čelopek is a suburb of the city of Zvornik, on the Drina river in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the start of the Bosnian war 1992-1995, in the early stages of the ethnic cleansing of the Bosniak population of the Drina Valley, brutal war crimes were perpetrated by the Yellow Wasps...

, where appalling atrocities were perpetrated by members of the Yellow Wasps

Yellow Wasps

The Yellow Wasps were a Serbian paramilitary group which was active in the Bosnian War. Its leader was Vojin Vučković Žućo. The group was active in the Zvornik region...

 paramilitary group led by the Vučković brothers.
During the war the Serbs changed the name of Divič to Sveti Stefan. When the war ended the survivors began to return to their homes. The place was renamed back to Divič. Today in Divič there lives between 350-400 people.

Football match in support of refugee return

In Divič six members of Bosnia's national soccer team on 2 June 2009 played in a symbolic match between two clubs Drina 93 and Mladost Divič, organized to boost refugee return. Thousands of Muslim Bosnian returnees came to watch the match.

One of the players was Samir Muratović

Samir Muratovic

Samir Muratović is a Bosnian footballer, currently playing for Sturm Graz.-Football career:Muratović started his career at FK Drina Zvornik. He then moved to Turkey for Kocaelispor. In 1999, he moved back to Bosnia for FK Željezničar Sarajevo of the Bosnian Premier League...

 who was born in a nearby village of Snagovo, where forensic experts have uncovered hundreds of bodies of Bosnians from mass graves in the past decade. Among the visiting stars were striker Edin Džeko

Edin Džeko

Edin Džeko is a Bosnian footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester City and the Bosnian national team. He was named Bosnian Footballer of the Year for 2009 and 2010...

, Sejad Salihović

Sejad Salihovic

Sejad Salihović is a Bosnian footballer who plays for 1899 Hoffenheim primarily as a left midfielder but can also play as a left winger, centre midfield and occasionally as a left back...

, Miralem Pjanić

Miralem Pjanic

Miralem Pjanić is a Bosnian football player who plays for Italian club Roma in Serie A. He plays as an attacking midfielder and has been described as an "old-fashioned playmaker with huge technical qualities"....

, Said Husejinović

Said Husejinovic

Said Husejinović is a Bosnian football player who played for Werder Bremen.- Career :On 1 July 2008, it was announced that Werder Bremen and Sloboda Tuzla had come to an agreement over the transfer of Husejinović to Werder for €900,000. On 17 January 2009 Husejinović was loaned to 1...

 and Elvir Rahimić

Elvir Rahimic

Elvir Rahimić is a Bosnian football midfielder who plays for PFC CSKA Moscow at Russian Premier League.-Career:...

.

External links

• http://www.divic-zvornik.com
• http://www.divic.net/
• "Serbs Put a Serb on Trial for War Crimes", by Roger Cohen, New York Times, 12 June 1994, accessed 15 January 2011