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Sarajevo: The Longest Siege
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First published April 1, 2022
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August 1, 2023
Weil wir Kinder der 90er zu jung und die Geschichte des Jugoslawienkriegs zu frisch war, habe ich bis kürzlich praktisch nichts darüber gewusst. Ein sehr gutes Buch, das kurz und prägnant Sarajevos Geschichte mit der jahrelangen Belagerung, der Gefangenschaft der Bevölkerung und dem Riss zwischen den verschiedenen Ethnien aufzeigt. Schockierend, was so nah bei uns geschehen ist und was ich als Kind nicht mitbekommen und in der Schule nicht gelernt habe.
August 28, 2022
We visited Sarajevo and I did not know much except the Olympics were hosted there in 1984 and then some parts of a war happened the in the 90s. After going to the Museum of Crimes Against Humanity And Genocide and had a city tour we learned a lot about the 4 year siege and all of the cruelty and loss of life experienced during the time. I picked this book up at a local bookshop. The book has many pictures and offers an extremely personal account of day to day life living under constant threat of being shot by a sniper for being outside or being shelled by artillery for being inside at the wrong place. This is obviously a very tough read but very eye opening and enlightening to the horrors that happened to everyday humans during the four of siege.
August 3, 2022
Picked this book up during a recent visit in Sarajevo. It seems that it is not distributed outside Bosnia which is a pity.
It describes in simple, everyday narrative the reality of Sarajevans during the siege. The contrast of this everyday, matter-of-fact tone with the sheer brutality of what is described is probably the strongest side of this book. It is also a particularly haunting read now, during the war in Ukraine, when you are hit with strikingly similar stories of Ukrainian civilians almost each time you open the news. Then you realise that the Russians of 2022 follow the very same murderous scenario like the Serbs of 1992-95, down to small, nauseating details.
Very recommended, particularly to visitors to Sarajevo who want to understand the trauma the Sarajevans have been through.
It describes in simple, everyday narrative the reality of Sarajevans during the siege. The contrast of this everyday, matter-of-fact tone with the sheer brutality of what is described is probably the strongest side of this book. It is also a particularly haunting read now, during the war in Ukraine, when you are hit with strikingly similar stories of Ukrainian civilians almost each time you open the news. Then you realise that the Russians of 2022 follow the very same murderous scenario like the Serbs of 1992-95, down to small, nauseating details.
Very recommended, particularly to visitors to Sarajevo who want to understand the trauma the Sarajevans have been through.
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December 29, 2022Dear All. If you think the war is far from you, you have to read this book. If you imagine your family, friends, and you yourself are all safe, you have to read this book
This is an exceptional story about the longest siege in history. Four year lasting siege, 1992-1996, of Sarajevo. Bosnia & Herzegovina. Sarajevo, called the “little Jerusalem” famous for its multiethnic history. Tolerance. All possible religions living together in harmony. Year 1992 cancelled almost all former live. The siege was cruel. Snipers ‘s Alley, bombings, shootings from around.
Siege retreats us to caves. Fight for water and food. Apparent indifference for dead bodies around. But people did not lose their humanity, their dignity. Balkans. Now Ukraine. Our neighbors.
Amra Abadzic-Lowe a famous journalist and her husband – Paul an outstanding photographer.
Survived the siege. Both. Witnessing, suffering. The book is about. If you want to learn how ordinary people become heroes under extreme circumstances, you have to read this book. If you do not want to see how the hell on the earth looks like, do not read.
No profit for me. If you buy the book AMAZON, KINDLE, a big part of financial impact will be transferred to non-government organizations supporting the war victims. B&H, Ukraine, all over the world.
Polish version of the book – in process.
AMRA ABADZIC “Sarajevo. The longest siege”
AMRA ABADZIC “Sarajevo. Najduza opsada”
AMRA ABADZIC „Sarajevo. Najdłuższe oblężenie” – premiere expected -26-29.05.2022. The Warsaw Book Fair.
This is an exceptional story about the longest siege in history. Four year lasting siege, 1992-1996, of Sarajevo. Bosnia & Herzegovina. Sarajevo, called the “little Jerusalem” famous for its multiethnic history. Tolerance. All possible religions living together in harmony. Year 1992 cancelled almost all former live. The siege was cruel. Snipers ‘s Alley, bombings, shootings from around.
Siege retreats us to caves. Fight for water and food. Apparent indifference for dead bodies around. But people did not lose their humanity, their dignity. Balkans. Now Ukraine. Our neighbors.
Amra Abadzic-Lowe a famous journalist and her husband – Paul an outstanding photographer.
Survived the siege. Both. Witnessing, suffering. The book is about. If you want to learn how ordinary people become heroes under extreme circumstances, you have to read this book. If you do not want to see how the hell on the earth looks like, do not read.
No profit for me. If you buy the book AMAZON, KINDLE, a big part of financial impact will be transferred to non-government organizations supporting the war victims. B&H, Ukraine, all over the world.
Polish version of the book – in process.
AMRA ABADZIC “Sarajevo. The longest siege”
AMRA ABADZIC “Sarajevo. Najduza opsada”
AMRA ABADZIC „Sarajevo. Najdłuższe oblężenie” – premiere expected -26-29.05.2022. The Warsaw Book Fair.
July 2, 2022
This book was recommended to me in a bookshop in Baščaršja. It is written in the first person pleural and really speaks to the day to day situation. How to keep your humanity in a situation like this. The book has headings for all different aspects of life (food, shelling, fuel, electricity, etc). Short at 100 pages, it’s worth the hour or two to really understand what it was like. Only 30 years ago…
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