30 years since the war in Bosnia – Commemoration days and international conference in Sarajevo
Author: Ammar Ćuk Translation: Ibrahim Ćuk / Ammar Ćuk 30 years of Bosnian independence mean 30 years since the beginning of the war. While the national crisis is the heaviest since the end of the war, in the whole of Bosnia the unfathomable dread and sorrow are being remembered. Parallelly the stories of valor, humanity and resistance, which are inextricably linked to the former, are being celebrated. I had the honor to attend several events in Sarajevo these days, whose siege was the longest in modern history. The days of remembering were scheduled around April 6th. It is a fateful day for Sarajevo and is being commemorated as the day of the city every year. On April 6th 1941 the Nazis attacked Sarajevo, on April 6th 1945 the city was liberated from fascism, on April 5th /April 6th the city’s siege started within the Bosnian war. On top, it was purposefully initiated during the days of the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday. More than 11.500 people were
