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MORE PHOTOS OF WARTIME BOSNIA

by Amelei

PHOTO1.- An orphan boy eats a meal of cold gruel and breadcrumbs at the unheated Sarajevo orphanage during the Bosnian Serb siege of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, February 1993. Almost 2,000 children, and over 10,000 people in total were killed in Sarajevo during the 3-1/2 year siege. HUNGER IN SARAJEVOWe went to find the costumes, because we couldn't afford to make new ones. I picked one costume from the wardrobe of that tailor shop and tried it on, and turned sideways toward the mirror, and Kaca said, oh great, it's good, we'll take it. It had only one sleeve. When I turned around to the other side, the dress was so asymmetric, and me so thin so I asked what we were going to do with this Biafra detail. As absurd as it may sound, the war was one of the most beautiful parts of my life. It is horrible to be face to face with death all the time, with tragedies, with injuries. But,...

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PHOTOS OF BOSNIA

by Amelei

Photo 1. A RACE UNDER SNIPER FIRE I went to work, I worked in the Head Office of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Railroad Company and every day leaving for work and coming back I had to cross an avenue. It wasn't a street, but an avenue, I don't know how many meters wide. A sniper was always shooting at that avenue, killing people, injuring them, and I thought how to cross. I stayed in between the houses. One quick glance to my watch. When the first bullet was shot I counted the seconds to the next bullet. Some 15 to 20 seconds. And so I was ready when the shot was fired to run across the avenue and I had to do it in 15 seconds. At such times the fear a person feels is incredible. The legs were dead, the muscles don't work and there's no air in the lungs. And when I arrived to the other side then I stayed there awhile to catch my breath and rest a little and the people who were hiding there...

A young woman runs to avoid being shot by a Serb
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FAQ's

by Amelei

1. Isn't there still a war in Bosnia?No. We have recently celebrated 10 years of peace. The disintegration of the old Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia led eventually also to armed conflict here. On 20 November 1995 peace was signed between the various parties involved and fighting ended. Since then the countries infrastructure has been largely reconstructed and tourists are returning to the country in ever increasing numbers, making tourism the fastest growing economic sector2. Surely it is still dangerous in Bosnia and Herzegovina because of landmines?Bosnia and Herzegovina is not mine-free. This however does NOT mean that it is unsafe. About 4% of the total surface of Bosnia and Herzegovina is possibly contaminated. These areas are on former confrontation lines and are known, documented and often marked in various ways. Within city limits you can walk around safely. Moreover,...

village at the border

by deimos1818

During the war, the Serbians drove off all muslims and deported them. After the end of the war, the muslims came back.Thats what my hosts in Tuzla told me. I am sure that Serbs and Croats will tell me a different story. I know this version, if somebody has a problem with that, just mail me a text with the serbian/croatian/xxx/yyy version, I'll add it.

their legacy

by deimos1818

The Serbs left. Now there is a orthodox church in the center of the town. It isn't needed. I think they should add a minaret and make it into a mosque. It would be a symbol that the wounds which were made by the war are now closed.

the legacy of the Serbs.
extreme federalism

by deimos1818

just an in my view intersting thing:Bosnia was after the war divided in two so called "entities". The Federacaja Bosna i Hercegovina(majority there is muslim and croatic) and the Republika Srpska(Serbian majority). There is also the district of Brcko, which is independent. Both entities have their own armed forces, their own parliament etc..Serbia wants to annect the republika srpska, while Croatia also wants some parts of the country...

thats the the border...you are welcomed by the RS.
Isn't that landscape nice?

by deimos1818

The landscape looks nice, doesn't it?So green...Especcialy in Winter it must be fun to ski there. But it's mined. So schön und gleichzeitig so gefährlich...

mines everywhere around the hill in the center...

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