AHS-2014-09-10

Date of Interview

9-10-2014

Interview Location

St. Louis, MO

Length of Interview

1900-01-00

Date of Birth

1996

Gender

Female

Religion and/or Ethnicity

Muslim

Description

Born in Detroit to parents who came from Bosnia as refugees, Earliest memories of life are visiting cousins and extending family in St. Louis, Moved to St. Louis at the age of 2 with family, Remembers while growing up that her father and mother were always working, Parents speak very little about Bosnia and the conflict or the former Yugoslavia, Family before the war was not a fan of Tito and the polices of the former Yugoslavia, Father was injured during the war due to and explosion which left him with spinal cord injuries, Hopes that future generations will remember what happened and that there will be more recognition so that it cannot happen again

Keywords

Sarajevo, United States, St. Louis [MO], Brčko, Concentration camp, School, Culture shock, Identity, Growing up Bosnian American

First US Residence

Detroit, MI

Document Type

Oral History

Collection

Affton High School

Digital Format

MP3

Digital Publisher

Center for Bosnian Studies

City

St. Louis, MO

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