AHS-2014-12-14-B
Interviewer
Kristin Funke
Date of Interview
12-14-2014
Interview Location
St. Louis, MO
Length of Interview
1900-01-00
Date of Birth
1995
Gender
Male
Religion and/or Ethnicity
Muslim
Description
Born in Sarajevo and lived with parents and some extended family, Earliest memories are of traveling to the hospital in Sarajevo, Remembers family having an extra room in the house that was used to house family and friends temporarily during the war, Parents went out during the war at night using the Sarajevo Tunnel to get food for the family, Identities as Bosnian American as his culture and language at home is Bosnian but everywhere else it is American, Family originally moved to Dallas but due to large Bosnian population in St. Louis decided to move there, Remembers first days in the United States thinking everything was different and looking at the large amount of cars and buildings, Learned the language easily and made friends easily as the apartment family lived in was almost all full of immigrants, Wants future generations listening to prevent events such as those that happened in Bosnia from happening if they have the power to prevent them
Keywords
Srebrenica, Sarajevo, Dallas [TX], St. Louis [MO], Identity, Culture, Future generation, Growing up Bosnian American
First Country of Residence
United States
First US Residence
Dallas, TX
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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