FBU-2006-12-15
Interviewer
Jessica Kirkley and Julie Allen
Date of Interview
12-15-2006
Interview Location
St. Louis, MO
Length of Interview
22:26
Gender
Female
Religion and/or Ethnicity
None Given
Description
Born in Sisak, but was raised in Prijedor. She describes a nice middle-class life before the war with many friends. She was 16 when the war started She had heard of the war starting in Sarajevo and was aware that people were being distinguished based on their ethnic background, but her parents tried to keep them away from what was happening. Her family is not religious. She finished high school in Prijedor although they had no electricity and most of the teachers and students had left. She left Prijedor in 1993 for Belgrade where she entered school for Occupational Therapy. Her parents joined her in Belgrade a year later in 1994. She doesn’t think about the war but doesn’t want to go back. It is a major disappointment that the city isn’t the same. The interview is cut-off.
Keywords
Sisak, Belgrade, High School
Wartime Residence
Prijedor
First Country of Residence
Serbia
Document Type
Oral History
Collection
Fontbonne University
Digital Format
MP3, MP4
Digital Publisher
Center for Bosnian Studies
City
St. Louis, MO
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