People recorded as killed in the Book 1 register
History
Kosovo War in Numbers — 1998–1999
During the 1998–1999 Kosovo War, Serbian and Yugoslav military, police and paramilitary forces carried out a broad campaign of killings, massacres, forced expulsions, disappearances and destruction against Kosovo's Albanian population.
January 1998 – 12 June 1999
Human losses documented during Serbia’s campaign in Kosovo
Persons recorded as still missing in the Book 1 register
Persons recorded as fallen martyrs in the Book 1 register
Killed, missing and martyrs recorded in the Book 1 register — not a death toll
The 11,507 figure combines three distinct source categories and is not a death toll.
Behind these figures were families and communities across Kosovo affected by killings, disappearances, destruction and forced expulsion. The Book 1 register documents these losses within a broader campaign carried out by Serbian and Yugoslav military, police and paramilitary forces against Kosovo’s Albanian population.
Wider documented context
Mass expulsion and displacement of Kosovo Albanians
OSCE/ODIHR, UNHCR and Human Rights Watch document a campaign of forced expulsion carried out by Serbian and Yugoslav forces, alongside extensive internal displacement across Kosovo in 1999. These figures are separate from Jusuf Osmani’s register.
- 862,979Kosovo Albanians expelled from Kosovo
- Several hundred thousandmore internally displaced
- More than 80%of Kosovo’s total population displaced from their homes
- About 90%of Kosovo Albanians displaced
Municipal records
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The 30 municipality registers show how recorded losses extended across Kosovo. Select a source-period municipality to view its reported categories; a missing category is not a zero.
Municipality map
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Comparison
Municipal figures
Sources
Sources for this page
The principal statistical source on this page is Prof. Dr. Jusuf Osmani’s Serb Government’s Crimes in Kosova 1998–1999. The books document killings, disappearances and other crimes attributed in the source to Serbian and Yugoslav military, police and paramilitary forces. Wider displacement figures are cited separately from OSCE/ODIHR, UNHCR and Human Rights Watch.