Five sons killed, the sixth ended up in a camp in Serbia.

Mehmed Alić from Podgaj near Srebrenica lost five sons during the March of Death: Kadir, Behadil, Fadil, Mujo, and Nurija. All of them had joined the column from Potočari that was trying to break through to free territory. His wife Havka, along with their daughters-in-law and grandchildren, reached free territory by convoy and settled in Gračanica. Mehmed was working in Germany when the aggression on Bosnia and Herzegovina occurred.

Mother Havka inquired about her six sons who had set out through the forest. Over time, she would learn that five had died and in November 1995, she received a message that her youngest son, Sakib (born in 1972), was alive and detained in the Šljivovica camp near Užice, Serbia. This news so overwhelmed Havka that she passed away the same day. Her heart simply couldn't endure such turbulence and shock. Four of Mehmed and Hanka’s sons were found and buried in Potočari, only the eldest, Kadir, has not yet been found. The remains of the deceased were found in the vicinity of Zvornik, mostly in Pilica. The youngest son Sakib, who survived by circumstance, speaks of his fate:

"I set out with my brothers and other men towards free territories. Unfortunately, the group I was in couldn’t break through to free territory, although we were so close near Zvornik. We turned back and headed towards Žepa, not knowing that it had meanwhile been occupied by the Chetniks. In Budičin Potok, just before Žepa, we were captured and transported to Serbia. We were placed in the Šljivovica camp near Užice, where I stayed for eight months and 10 days. There I endured the hardest moments of my life. We were beaten and tortured daily. We were hungry and thirsty. I lost so much weight in that camp that I didn’t recognize myself. From 98 kg, which was my weight before, I dropped to 48 kg. When I was released from the camp, my suffering continued. I found none of my brothers or mother alive. In our Podgaj, where we all had homes and lived well, only desolation remained, and the families scattered across the world."

Source:
"If Bones Could Speak"