In depth recounting of my global wandering
Alison, Diane, Pat, and I finished our lunch and returned to the hotel for a brief rest before our group was to gather in the lobby. We were happy to find Geanie and Judy safe and sound. I’d like to …
Gallery 11/07/95. Since I expect most of my readers to be American, I’ll start with a reminder regarding the museum’s name. The typical date format used in the US is Month/Day/Year. In Europe, the format is Day/Month/Year. Thus, while Europeans …
The Massacre. The Dutch battalion (Dutchbat) of UNPROFOR had set up its headquarters in an abandoned factory in Potočari. More than 20,000 refugees from Srebrenica sought their protection. Dutchbat admitted some of the elderly, women, and children together with a …
The Siege of Sarajevo was long and heartbreaking. Living conditions were hellish. Destruction of property and lives was incessant for more than four years. Over that period, nearly 14,000 people were killed and scores of thousands injured. But the people …
If I haven’t yet broken your heart, perhaps I will with a more personal story of two people – Admira Ismić and Boško Brkić. [Photo from Sarajevo Times.] Boško was a Bosnian Serb just a bit shy of his 25th …