FBU-2018-09-25

Date of Interview

Spring 9-25-2018

Interview Location

St. Louis, MO

Length of Interview

61:06

Date of Birth

1985

Gender

Female

Religion and/or Ethnicity

Muslim

Description

Born in Jajce to parents who were natives of Sarajevo due to an outbreak of disease in the Sarajevo clinic, Grew up with her father a computer programmer and mother who worked at a university in the Bistrik region of Sarajevo, Remembers it as a time when her family would go on trips to other countries go skiing and enjoy concerts together, Remembers Sarajevo as a multifaith, multiethnic city were everyone was friendly and in that time did not think about religion, At the outbreak of war remembers seeing Serbian politicians on tv speaking about war and nationalist politics at play, After villages close to Sarajevo began to be attacked family decided to go to Germany where her aunt lived, Put on last plan leaving airport to Belgrade with her mother and grandmother but father left behind, After arriving in Belgrade took a train to Germany, Remembers as a difficult period as her father was still in Sarajevo and would not join the rest of the family for one year, Started school in Germany were kids would taunt her due to her not knowing the language and due to her social class, Mother was employed in a hospital as a cleaner while father after arriving worked on construction, After 5 years of living in Germany were told they had to leave, Decided to come to St. Louis is there seemed to be no future in Bosnia, Came to St. Louis with some money saved up and lived in South County, Parents began to work once again and she began to adjust to life in the United States, Began to think of herself as more then Bosnian due to the melting pot effect of the United States, Visited Bosnia for the first time in 2004 and had a panic attack, Wants future generations to remember to treat all of humanity equality and fairly as not a single person choses where they are born and who their parents are

Keywords

Sarajevo, Bistrik, Germany, St. Louis, Politics, Community

Pre-War Residence

Sarajevo (Bistrik)

Wartime Residence

Sarajevo,Germany

First Country of Residence

Germany

First US Residence

St. Louis, MO

Document Type

Oral History

Collection

Fontbonne University

Digital Format

MP3

Digital Publisher

Center for Bosnian Studies

City

St. Louis, MO

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