Next year will mark the 20th anniversary of the first refugees from the Bosnian War arriving in St. Louis.
In the coming months we’re going to take a closer look at their experiences in this country and how their presence has changed the cultural landscape of our city.
But to know how St. Louis became home to what’s estimated to be the largest Bosnian population outside of eastern Europe, you have to first understand the brutal ethnic war that many of them fled.
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Tim Lloyd was a founding host of We Live Here from 2015 to 2018 and was the Senior Producer of On Demand and Content Partnerships until Spring of 2020.
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Next year will mark the 20th anniversary of the first refugees from the Bosnian War arriving in St. Louis.
In the coming months we’re going to take a closer look at their experiences in this country and how their presence has changed the cultural landscape of our city.
But to know how St. Louis became home to what’s estimated to be the largest Bosnian population outside of eastern Europe, you have to first understand the brutal ethnic war that many of them fled.