Tarčin is a predominantly Muslim municipality of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. During the Bosnian War and the concurrent Siege of Sarajevo (1992–1996), it was an area of great strategic significance because it connected the besieged city with the remaining territory controlled by the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH). Fearful of a fifth column that would threaten their rear, the local authorities arrested all Bosnian Serb males of fighting age and detained them inside a large, windowless grain silo in Tarčin.Burg & Shoup 1999, p. 179 Tarčin was home to another detention facility operated by the ARBiH, a health clinic that was located about from the Silos camp. Some of those who were detained at the clinic were reportedly later transferred to Silos.
