(25) Bosnia twenty years later a story from Dobrun, Visegrad municipality

(Dobrun)

1) Do you remember where were you when you realized the war was imminent? In my home town Dobrun, in the municipality of Visegrad

2) Do you remember where you were when the war broke out? At home in Dobrun

3) Where were you when the war came to your town? In my house. We saw the dim light of the delivery of military equipment, light and then bullets and ammunitions fired from different weapons and tanks. In Dobrun, it was the people who lived there and from those who lived with them.

4) The most memorable event of the war for you was?  My Serbian nationality neighbors (whom I liked and we socialized we were friends) they do not come to socialize, like normal. They took unpaid leave from work and we no longer see them, they were gone.

5) What made you hopeless during the war? So much

6) What gave you hope during the war? Hope for justice and for a better future

7) Did you lose anyone close to you during the war? Babu my father-who had been killed without any reason, and I ask for a valid reason for why he was tortured and killed. He was dumped in lake Perucac they identified him with DNA analysis  

8) Were you wounded during the war? Where were you wounded? No I wasn't

9) Your biggest loss during the war was? Attempt at annexation or merger has been made, the "fool" in Serbia - tried to take what belongs to us (I was left an indelible image while in Bosnian Dobrun in my arms I bring her body, my brother's daughter-while the army truck sat there, the JNA which I myself have served, bearded members of the same JNA, they are insane!

10) What was the hardest part about the war? Bosnia / Herzegovina was devastated in totality and then: Srebrenica, Zepa, Gorazde-who protected the Insanity? Why did it have to happen?

 

11) Did you leave the country during the war? Yes, at the outset, and remained until 1998.

12) 20 years later, what do you think of what happened? Let everyone, absolutely everyone-leave my / our Bosnia / Herzegovina in peace, and if you can not then help her in prosperity, that's my country in this world.

13) Are things better or worse than what you expected 20 years later? All this is from 1992 to today is a kind of manipulation of the brain.

14) Do you think war will return to BiH? God is the only one who knows that

15) What do you think the future of BiH will be? I hope it will be better for the children, for the sake of their future.

(24) Bosnia twenty years later the loss of a brother and mother from Foca

(Foca)

1) Do you remember where were you when you realized the war was imminent? At home in Foča, watching TV news from Croatia's war.

2) Do you remember where you were when the war broke out? At home protecting our neighborhood with other young people. My closest neighbors attacked us several times at night with gunfire. One of them was Janko Janjić, one of the cruelest to citizens of Foča after Serbs occupied the city.

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

4) The most memorable event of the war for you was? When I left my home for good with freshly baked bread in the oven and no time to eat it. Former units from Serbia came to town.

5) What made you hopeless during the war? Passivity of the international community

6) What gave you hope during the war? Faith in God and that I was on the right side

7) Did you lose anyone close to you during the war? Mother and brother


8) Were you wounded during the war? Where were you wounded? I was not wounded, I suffer 82 mm grenade explosion one meter from me and my left ear buzzing all the time since then

9) Your biggest loss during the war was? My family members

10) What was the hardest part about the war? Endless struggle for surviving every day

11) Did you leave the country during the war? No

12) 20 years later, what do you think of what happened? Aggression and territorial claims of neighboring states caused all the suffering

13) Are things better or worse than what you expected 20 years later? In some ways it is better than before the war, but the majority is worse than expected (the degradation of values in all spheres of life)

14) Do you think war will return to BiH? No

15) What do you think the future of BiH will be? Maximum participation in positive international integration and reform of social processes and consciousness of our people

Bosnia twenty years later an interview with Dnevni Avaz

Amerikanac Chris Mathieu, zaljubljenik u našu zemlju: U 365 priča govori o ratnoj Bosni

Na svom blogu bosniavolimte.blogspot.com objavljuje po jednu priču jednog Bosanca i Hercegovca

Autor Adnan DŽONLIĆ | Objavljeno 28.01.2012. u 05:11

Metju sa suprugom Kristi: U BiH došao kao humanitarac

Amerikanac Kris Metju (Chris Mathieu) realizira jedinstven projekt - 365 ratnih priča, kojim želi ponovno skrenuti pažnju svijeta na BiH. On sa suprugom Kristi živi u Sarajevu, a u BiH je došao tokom rata kao humanitarac.

Kaže da je za Bosnu prvi put čuo u vrijeme Olimpijade u Sarajevu, a uslijedile su priče koje je slušao o Međugorju, ali i bivšoj zajednici na Balkanu.

Logori i Markale

- Čak i nekom ko poznaje Bosnu bolje od mene teško je bilo shvatiti zašto je došlo do rata. Sve je postalo puno jasnije u ljeto 1992. godine. Od tog trena moj život je drugačiji - kaže Kris.

On 20 godina kasnije, u 2012., na svom blogu bosniavolimte.blogspot.com objavljuje po jednu priču jednog Bosanca i Hercegovca. Namjerava da ih ispriča 365. Na istih 15 pitanja ljudi širom BiH dali su mu svoje viđenje rata, preživljavanja, ali i postratnog doba. Kaže da je zahvalan svima koji su mu već odgovorili na njegov upit.

- Sve je počelo kad su se pojavile slike Omarske i Trnopolja. Tada sam rekao: "Evropa nije vidjela ovakve slike, vrlo slične onome što su nacisti radili tokom Drugog svjetskog rata". Tad sam odlučio da ću život posvetiti pokušajima da svijet ne zaboravi ono što se događalo u Bosni - kaže Kris.

On je organizirao nekoliko humanitarnih projekata u SAD, kao i kampanja kojima je ukazivao na dešavanja u BIH.

- Nisam bio siguran da ću se ikada oporaviti od fotografija i snimaka poput Markala. Sve što sam dalje radio bila je neka moja bitka, moj rat protiv zla, rat protiv nekih unutrašnjih demona. U međuvremenu sam upoznao toliko dobrih Bosanaca da sam mogao reći da je ta zemlja moja, jer sam imao gdje doći, gdje biti, gdje živjeti - dodaje.

Nakon dvadesetak godina boravka u BiH našu zemlju opisuje samo jednom rečenicom: "Ako uspijem jedan posto vratiti Bosancima ljubavi, poštovanja i ponosa koje su mi darovali, umrijet ću kao sretan i zadovoljan čovjek"!

Ratni predmeti

Kris je nedavno priredio pravi mali muzej bosanskih ratnih obilježja, oznaka, predmeta koji su korišteni u ratu. Pažljivo, polako i strpljivo skupljao ih je širom države. Namjerava da uz pomoć centara za kulturu u Čikagu i Sent Luisu organizira izložbu ovih eksponata i u SAD. Trenutno ih ima više od dvije hiljade.

- Htio sam priču ispričati tim predmetima. Onda mi je sinulo da je najbolje da priču ispričaju sami Bosanci, koji su bili ovdje kad je rat došao u njihov grad. Želim slikati mozaik priča Bosanaca diljem svijeta. Ovako, iako su napisane mnoge knjige o ratu u BiH, dobit ćemo realnu sliku od Ahmića do Zavidovića, od Srebrenice do Kladuše. Zamislite priču o izgubljenom djetinjstvu, o godinama pojedenim zauvijek. One su najbolje pričane u prvom licu jednine. Nadam se da će ovaj projekt pomoći mlađim generacijama, povezati ih s ljudima i događajima u Bosni. Ja sam samo osoba koja nakon spoznaje nije mogla promijeniti kanal - zaključuje Kris.

Šta se desilo 12-godišnjoj djevojčici iz Trnopolja

Kris svoje priče objavljuje na blogu bosniavolimte.blogspot.com. Žao mu je što pripremljeni dokumentarac za BBC neće tako brzo ugledati svjetlo dana zbog nedostatka finansija. Kaže da "Zapadu nije Bosna zanimljiva iz više razloga", a projekt bi iziskivao puno novca, pa se okrenuo "priči sa 365 priča". Uz izložbu koju planira naljeto prirediti u SAD, Kris kaže da mu supruga Kristi, inače profesorica engleskog jezika, pomaže da što više mladih Amerikanaca i ljudi širom planete sazna što više o Bosni.

- Prikupio sam oko 900 predmeta Armije RBiH iz rata, mnoge zastave, plakate, dokumente, uniforme te veliku zbirku knjiga koje se odnose na BiH u ratu. Ako neko pita kako, pa pogledajte priču broj 4 o 12-godišnjoj djevojčici iz Trnopolja koja moli majku da je ubije, da je ne siluju četnici. Kad pročitate takvu priču, kad upoznate takvu osobu, jednostavno ne možete ostati normalni, a nemati potrebu život posvetiti da istinu o tome vidi cijeli svijet - navodi Kris.

Bosnia twenty years later GRAHAM BAMFORD (London, England)

On 29 April 1993, Graham Bamford doused himself with gasoline and set himself on fire in front the British House of Commons in London. Bamford did it in the hope of drawing attention to the atrocities committed during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, particularly the Ahmici massacre.

Bamford wrote that 'a photograph in the newspaper of a distressed little Balkan girl about the age of my own daughter galvanized me into action'. A few days later he wrote a final message: 'The British army must not be a guard of honor at a mass funeral. Bosnian babies, children, and womenfolk are waiting for the politicians to do what they know they should - give them military protection.'

Graham Bamford, a citizen of Great Britain, had poured gasoline over himself and set himself on fire in the middle of the day on the 29th of April 1993 in front of the House of Commons in London. He died in a horrible agony.

That he did as a sign of his personal protest on behalf of the inability of Great Britain to do something to help the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the aggression. Great Britain was shocked, his death was quickly obliterated.

This act of self-sacrifice should be remembered and appreciated, because such events are rarely noted in history.

"Graham Bamford was deeply moved by the images which were coming from the warzone in Croatia, later from Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the testimonials of his acquaintances and psychologist, he saw his own daughter in every victim from Bosnia and Herzegovina. His state was especially worsened when he saw images from central Bosnia, following the 16th of April 1993, when the British media reported of the terrible massacre done by an HVO unit on the civilians of the Ahmići village. One hundred and sixteen people were killed, among which also a three-month old baby and an old man aged 83. Only 13 days after that crime, Graham Bamford, described as a calm, family man, decided to take his own life as a sign of solidarity with the victims from Bosnia and Herzegovina, thereby hoping to alert the public, which was not reacting to these atrocities."

Graham Bamford’s last words were: "The British must stop the war in Bosnia, even by force, if necessary. The British army does not (only) have to be a guardian of honor at mass funerals. Bosnian babies, children, and women are patiently waiting for the politicians to do what they know they need to do – acquire military protection. They should not stand aside and calmly observe”.

Bosnia twenty years later pictures of post war damaged Bosnia

Sarajevo building Loris located on the Bosnian side during the war

(apartment block located in Grbavica controlled by Serbs)

(Bosnian Parliment building side view)

(Bosnian Parliment building front side)

(Apartment block in Hrsano)

(Mostar)

(Mostar)

(Mostar)

(Mostar)

(Pocitelj Srebrenica Memorial)

(Pocitelj Srebrenica Memorial)

(Pocitelj Srebrenica Memorial)

(Dutchbat HQ in Potocari)

(Dutchbat HQ in Potocari)

(Memorial to shelling victims in Tuzla, one of the single worse incidents during the war)

(Were the children are buried at in Tuzla at least 70 kids were killed and over 150 wounded)

(Sarajevo tunnel museum)

(Burned out home in Sarajevo)

(Sarajevo)

(Sarajevo)

(Sarajevo)

(Former soccer pitch near Olympic staduim Zetra)

(Pocitelj)

(Pocitelj)

(Pocitelj)

(Markale massacre victims)

(Gavrilo Princip marker)

(Sarajevo rose)

(23) Bosnia twenty years later a story from Gracanica

(Gračanica)

1) Do you remember where were you when you realized the war was imminent?
I was at home, in the town Gračanica, right between Tuzla and Doboj

2) Do you remember where you were when the war broke out? Same place, at home in Gracanica

3) Where were you when the war came to your town?
I was at home, my two kids and my husband went to war, I was terrified about them, people were moving out and going in foreign countries, mostly Germany.

4) The most memorable event of the war for you was?
The birth of my grandson, and seeing my kids and my husband come home alive.  

5) What made you hopeless during the war?
The situation that was in the air, like the war will never end

6) What gave you hope during the war?
The moments I spend with my family.

7) Did you lose anyone close to you during the war?
I did loose my cousins, and aunts.

Were you wounded during the war? Where were you wounded?
I wasn't. But my oldest son was hit by "shrapnel", he still has it in his back

9) Your biggest loss during the war was?
My nerves.

10) What was the hardest part about the war?
Not knowing whether my family is alive

11) Did you leave the country during the war?
No, although people were asking me to join them.

12) 20 years later, what do you think of what happened?
Politicians happened.

13) Are things better or worse than what you expected 20 years later?
Worse.

14) Do you think war will return to BiH?
Yes, I really do believe.

15) What do you think the future of BiH will be?

I don't know but I really hope it will be better than the current situation.

RADOVAN STANKOVIC ARRESTED AGAIN IN FOCA!!!!!!!!!!

Moments of Truth at the Site of the Crime
by Dženana Karup-Druško

Esma S., born in 1976, was only 15 when the war came to Foča. On 7 April1992 she gave birth in the Foča hospital. Three months later Serb soldiers came for her. The child was left in the hospital, while Esma was mistreated for the next year and a half. She was raped frequently and the criminals who abused her include Dragoljub Kunarac and Dragan Zelenović. She was asked to testify against Kunarac at The Hague, but refused. She did not have the strength to confront him.

Esma was separated from her child for four years. It was only in 1994 that the International Red Cross removed the girl from the Foča hospital to the territory controlled by the Army of Bosnia-Herzegovina and handed her over to Esma’s sister. In 1996 Esma returned from Serbia, where she had spent two and a half years after escaping from the Foča hell. She lives today in Sarajevo with her twelve-year-old daughter. Her husband died in the war. On 9 October [2004] she was present at a conference in Foča. She sat listening about the crimes.

Without Embellishment

The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Republika Srpska, working together with the Outreach Programme of the International Criminal Court for Former Yugoslavia, had organised the conference in Foča on the crimes committed there during the war. It was evident that few of the Serbs present expected that day to hear what the organisers had prepared: the testimony given at The Hague by the victims; the presentation of the evidence used in the trials conducted against the Foča war criminals; and the latter’s own statements. Silence reigned in the conference hall, with faces displaying disbelief and shock.

After more than a decade, it took just a few hours in Foča for the unvarnished truth to be told about the events that had occurred at the start of the war, when all Bosniaks were deported, killed or imprisoned. It was heard by representatives of the local parties, police, courts and prosecutors, and by members of NGOs.

‘The mother stood next to the bus screaming: "Give my child back to me! Give my child back to me!" Her twelve-year-old daughter had been snatched from her arms - she would never see her again. The girl was raped countless times. They walked her through the streets of Foča and rented her out to the troops. Jasko Gazdić sold her in the end for DM 200 to some Serbian soldiers. She was never heard of again’, recounted the victims, Bosniak women. There was mention of the Partizan building, where for several months dozens of Bosniak girls and women were raped, aged 12, 14, 15, 24, 25, 34. According to one woman prisoner, a Serb soldier approached a woman sleeping next to her ten-year-old child in this torture chamber and raped her. She pressed her lips together and remained silent, fearing to wake up her child. Some women managed to escape from Partizan and beg for help at the nearby police station. They were handed back to the criminals.

Rape as a war crime was one of the themes of the conference in Foča. ‘Two girls were raped several times on one night in Foča, then taken to Miljevina and sold to Pero Elez. One was 17, the other 15. They ended up in Karaman’s house, where they were visited daily by Serb soldiers, who would select girls and take them upstairs, where they did what they wanted with them.’ ‘Like other girls I too was raped every night or every other night. It is impossible to tell by how many of them.’ ‘After he had raped me, Zoran Vukanović sat down, lit a cigarette and told me: "I could do much worse things to you. Anything I wish. But I won’t, since you’re the same age as my daughter".’ Such were the accounts of women who had survived the transformation of Foča into Srbinje.

Insufficient Time for Justice

During the first days of the war, the Bosniaks of Foča were kept in the KP hall. At the conference of 9 October they talked of torture; of being questioned; of the night when Zulfo Veiz was killed - the fall of his body into the Drina was heard in all the cells; of forced labour; of prisoners who were used as mine-sweepers; of hungry volunteers who enrolled to pick fruit and never returned...

Among those involved in war crimes in Foča were: Dragoljub Kunarac, Zoran Vuković, Milorad Krnojelac, Mitar Rašević, Milenko Burilo, Zoran Matović, Radomir Kovač, Dragan Gagović, Janko Janjić, Radovan Stanković,

Savo Todović, Gojko Janković, Dragan Zelenović...

The Tribunal representatives spoke in Foča about the trials already held, and about those where they had sufficient evidence - they named the criminals - but would not be able to hold them quite simply because there was not enough time. They repeated several times that local courts should take up these cases, and that they were ready to hand over the relevant incriminating evidence collected during the past years.

The End

As it turned out no one was quite satisfied with the Foča gathering. The Bosniaks did not hide their belief that too few criminals have been convicted, and that in regard to the trials already completed the prosecutors had no right to amnesty the criminals from some of their other deeds. (During the conference the Tribunal representatives said that the group charged with rapes was not charged with murder and other acts they had committed, simply in order to avoid prolonging the cases or watering them down). The Serbs wished to know why none of Foča’s Bosniaks have been tried for crimes committed against Serbs. They asked about the village of Jošane, where according to them 49 civilians were killed in 1993. The representatives gave a clear answer: ‘We have gathered all evidence connected with this case, but none of the local Serbs agreed to cooperate with us. This charge will not be raised at The Hague, since we no longer have the time.’

After the conference ended, the Serbs remained in Foča and the Bosniaks returned to their [new] homes in Sarajevo. Asked whether she would ever return to Foča, Esma S. said: ‘Never! Never!’

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Interview with Slobodanka Gačinović, chief prosecutor for the district of Trebinje.

‘We shall prosecute the criminals’

Dani: The Tribunal representatives stated repeatedly that the local authorities should continue prosecuting war criminals, and have even cited several names, stressing they have enough evidence against them. What are you going to do about it?

Gačinović: We are already investigating several such cases. I heard today that we have two verdicts regarding Foča, and that they refer to individuals mentioned who have not been convicted but whom we can try on the basis of the Tribunal’s evidence.

Dani: Do you mean that you didn’t know about these verdicts before now?

Gačinović: I knew that some verdicts had been passed, but I didn’t know that they also included evidence against people who hadn’t been tried by the Tribunal, and that we can prosecute them. This is enough for us to proceed.

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Interview with Branko Todorović, president of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of Republika Srpska

‘It was shocking to hear about rapes of twelve-year-old girls’

Dani: What is the aim of this conference?

Todorović: There are several, but one of the basic ones is to show to the local community what the International War Crimes Tribunal has done in concrete cases. Local communities have developed ways of forgetting, in an effort to falsify and relativise the crimes that have been committed. But facts, arguments and the very thorough work of the Tribunal investigators present the crime and the criminals in their true light. We saw today that during the first couple of hours there was complete silence in the room. People were shocked by the scope of the crimes, of which some of them may indeed not have been aware. It was shocking to hear about rapes of twelve-year-old girls, about killings, bestial acts, terrible crimes. This in my view signals that people are beginning to face up to the truth about the crimes committed.

Dani: Those invited to the conference included many members of the police, public prosecution service and courts. Do you think that this will lead to concrete results?

Todorović: What interests us in particular in regard to these conferences is the reaction of state institutions, in this case of district prosecutors in Republika Srpska, since they have conducted very few trials. Yet they know the names of the individuals involved, the time and place of their crimes, the names of the victims, and one must ask oneself why the judiciary of Republika Srpska has failed to do its public duty. What is particularly unacceptable is that the reform of the judiciary in Republika Srpska has failed, despite the initial trumpeted promises, given that the judiciary remains completely uninterested in prosecuting war criminals.

These texts have been translated from Dani (Sarajevo), 15 October


BOSNIAN SERBS REJECT PLAQUE TO VICTIMS IN FOCA
Hundreds of Bosnian Serb protesters have prevented Muslim women from placing a memorial plaque on a building used as a rape camp during the war.
The crowds stopped members of the Women Victims of War Association from getting to the sports centre used by Bosnian Serb soldiers in Foca in 1992.
Many of the women held at the site say they were raped and tortured by troops.
Riot police, keeping the groups apart on Thursday, let the women leave the plaque and flowers at a site nearby.
The engraved sign described the building as the scene of war crimes targeting Muslim women.
Authorities in Foca, known as a hardline Bosnian Serb town, said the women did not have permission to install the plaque.
Pelted
Members of the Serb Republic's Association of Wartime Camp Inmates were among the crowd of around 200 people protesting at plans to erect the plaque.


They told Bosnia's independent TV Hayat that they objected because they were not allowed to erect similar memorial signs in Sarajevo or Tuzla.
Slavko Jovicic, vice-president of the inmates association, told the station he did not deny the offences were committed in Foca, but urged the council of ministers to regulate the laws so such incidents could be avoided.
A reporter for TV Hayat said the Muslim women were "seen off out of Foca with insults and pelted with eggs and stones".
Foca, about 70km (45 miles) southeast of Sarajevo, was one of the first Bosnian towns to fall into the hands of the Bosnian Serbs in 1992.
During the 1992-1995 war, most Muslims were expelled from Foca, but others were abused or killed in camps like the sports hall.
A mass grave, containing up to around 350 bodies, thought to be Muslim detainees killed during the war, was found near Foca in August.

(Radovan Stankovic)

21 January 2012   Radovan Stankovic was arrested in Foca, four and a half years after he escaped from serving a prison sentence of 20 years in which he was convicted for war crimes.

Stankovic was arrested today (Saturday, 21 January) at 15:45 of the support units of the Police station in Foca on the basis of citizens' reports of being in the family home in Foca," confirmed Mirna Soja, a spokesman for the police of the Republic of Serbian. He heard and in the evening would have to be in Prison in Foca, where the 25 May 2007. The escaped. Soja stated Stankovic tried to resist and escape, but was arrested by police near the apartment where he was. Stankovic Court guilty that as a member of the Miljevina Battalion within the Foca Tactical Brigade of the Army of the Republic of Serbian ( VRS), participated in the enslavement, torture, rape and killing of Bosniak civilians 1992nd and 1993. year. He was the first charged with war crimes by the Hague war crimes tribunal handed over to the BiH. Court verdict Ranko Stanković was sentenced to two years in prison for aiding the escape of Radovan Stankovic brother. Appellate Panel reversed the ruling that the seven employees of Foca prison found not guilty for this flight and ordered a new trial. Stanković the final verdict in BiH was convicted because he was one of the organizers and supervisors of the so-called "Karaman's house" in Foca, which served as a detention center for women, girls and boys, and that Serbian soldiers were called "brothel." According to the verdict, in "Karaman's house" during the period from April to October 1992. The detained were nine girls and girls from 12-24 years. All are considered to court, both physically and mentally abused, and raped regularly in various ways, while I Stanković responsible for the rape of three women. After the escape Stankovic from Foca prison, there were doubts that he is in Serbia, which has a nationality, which received while in custody of the ICTY.

(22) Bosnia twenty years later a story from FOCA

(FOCA)

1) Do you remember where were you when you realized the war was imminent? Spending the weekend in Sarajevo

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?  In Foča,  fought later, I was already in the environment.

4) The most memorable event of the war for you was? When the Reiz Ceric in Foca the refugees moved from the building Medrese

5) What made you hopeless during the war? When I think about it, the whole war was hopeless

6) What gave you hope during the war? My Daughter

7) Did you lose anyone close to you during the war? Yes

8) Were you wounded during the war? Where were you wounded? No

9) Your biggest loss during the war was? 4 years of my life and death of family members.

10) What was the hardest part about the war? The first year

11) Did you leave the country during the war? No and I cannot forgive myself

12) 20 years later, what do you think of what happened? No opinion

13) Are things better or worse than what you expected 20 years later? worse in any case can not be worse than war

14) Do you think war will return to BiH? No, we are a colony

15) What do you think the future of BiH will be? Nothing special it seems

(21) Bosnia twenty years later a story from Prijedor

(Prijedor)

1) Do you remember where were you when you realized the war was imminent? In Bosnia, Prijedor city

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

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

4) The most memorable event of the war for you was? The Concentration camp

5) What made you hopeless during the war? Masacre in the room next to us (about 300 people)

6) What gave you hope during the war? It's hard to explain, Optimism

7) Did you lose anyone close to you during the war? Many, too many

8) Were you wounded during the war? Where were you wounded? Not much physically

9) Your biggest loss during the war was? My father

10) What was the hardest part about the war? The camp

11) Did you leave the country during the war? During the second half of the war

12) 20 years later, what do you think of what happened? Stupid and horrible

13) Are things better or worse than what you expected 20 years later? Country is in the same state as before the start of the war , again

14) Do you think war will return to BiH? Who knows?

15) What do you think the future of BiH will be? I'm not sure, depends on a lots of factors.