Friday, February 10, 2012

(32) Bosnia twenty years later a story from Sarajevo


(Sarajevo)

1) Do you remember where were you when you realized the war was imminent? I was in Bosnia before war has started

2) Do you remember where you were when the war broke out? In Sarajevo

3) Where were you when the war came to your town? At home in Sarajevo

4) The most memorable event of the war for you was? The most memorable event was city shelled everday and blocaded, as well no electricity, gas and heating for more than 1000 days.

5) What made you hopeless during the war? Lack of food, water, insecurity and my ...faculty was converted into prison for Bosniacs (Electrothecnical faculty, university of Sarajevo etc)

6) What gave you hope during the war? I haven't lost anybody close to my family

7) Did you lose anyone close to you during the war? No I wasn't wounded

8) Were you wounded during the war? Where were you wounded? N/A

9) Your biggest loss during the war was? The biggest loss was 1000 days of my early youth without proper food, electricity, water...so the health, psycic and mental consequences  
10) What was the hardest part about the war? March 1994 when nobody couldn't go out of city except UN press journalists
11) Did you leave the country during the war? Yes

12) 20 years later, what do you think of what happened? It couldn't have been more stupid than this all was

13) Are things better or worse than what you expected 20 years later? Things are much better and it's not comparable at all

14) Do you think war will return to BiH? No, not at all, but unstable peace, yes

15) What do you think the future of BiH will be? Golden, if the enemies of Bosnia die



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