“We didn’t have any food, so we would go to the village in the early morning to find some. That’s how we were captured by our own neighbours – my father, my aunt, and me.”
“That night I was repeatedly raped by several soldiers. Some of them I knew. Some were strangers to me. It lasted the whole night.”
-Mirsada
“We didn’t have any food,
so we would go to the village
in the early morning to find some.
That’s how we were captured
by our own neighbours –
my father, my aunt, and me.”
“That night
I was repeatedly raped by several soldiers.
Some of them I knew.
Some were strangers to me.
It lasted the whole night.”
“People were only divided by who played basketball, or football, or what music they liked. All the religions and ethnicities were mixed in Sarajevo, it was such a warm and friendly environment, there wasn’t a street or corner of the city that you would stumble upon and not feel safe there, unlike other big cities in Europe. Sarajevo wasn’t a big city by size but it was a big city by heart, for sure – it was just amazing, really beautiful. I am very fond of those memories and unfortunately I do not see that any longer in Bosnia.”
-Resad Trbonja
People were only divided
by who played basketball,
or football,
or what music they liked.
All the religions and ethnicities
were mixed in Sarajevo,
it was such a warm and friendly environment,
there wasn’t a street
or corner of the city
that you would stumble upon
and not feel safe there,
unlike other big cities in Europe.
Sarajevo wasn’t a big city by size
but it was a big city by heart,
for sure – it was just amazing, really beautiful.
I am very fond of those memories
and unfortunately
I do not see that any longer in Bosnia.
“In the early days the bombing of Srebrenica was almost constant, as the Serbs lay siege to it. On the 12th of April 1993, his brother went to a help a woman carry her packages. A shell came whistling through the air, and killed him, along with 75 others.”
“I was in a specific state of mind where I was living from one minute to the next. I didn’t think about anything beyond that. It was harder for men who had wives and children. I’m an optimist by nature and had faith that I would get through it.”
-Hajrudin Mesic
In the early days
the bombing of Srebrenica was almost constant,
as the Serbs lay siege to it.
On the 12th of April 1993,
his brother went to a help a woman carry her packages.
A shell came whistling through the air,
and killed him,
along with 75 others.
“I was in a specific state of mind
where I was living
from one minute to the next.
I didn’t think about anything beyond that.
It was harder for men who had wives and children.
I’m an optimist by nature
and had faith that I would get through it.”
Bosnian Genocide 