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Bosnia – photo gallery

By Heidi Sequenz on 12. April 2017 in Bosnia, Europe

: Bridge in Mostar, built in 1539

: View of Mostar

: Bridge in Mostar, built in 1539 – destroyed in 1993- reopened in 2004

: Bridge in Mostar, built in 1539 – destroyed in 1993- reopened in 2004

: Mostar along the Neretva River

: Mostar Traces of the war, often the ownership of these properties is in dispute

: Blagej – spring of Buna

: Blagej – spring of Buna

: Blagaj Tekija, a Dervish monastery outside Mostar- It is nearly 600 years old and sits right next to the spring of the River Buna.

: Inside Blagaj Tekija a Dervish monastery

: Inside Blagaj Tekija a Dervish monastery

: Mostar -Promenade above the river

: Mostar Souvenir stalls near Old Bridge

: Mostar – Cross on hill marks the Christian section of town

: Full moon over Mostar

: Travnik former Capital of Bosnia

: Travnik former capital of Bosnia

: Sarajevo Old Town Baščaršija

: Travnik Castle, Stari grad

: Travnik Castle, Stari grad

: Trafik- Selma and Heidi enjoying the best Cevacici

: Travnik – segregated schoo, renovated side in blue for Croatian students, run-down left part for Muslim students

: Bedrana and Heidi at the library of Ivo Antic’s house

: Travnik – vlada voda

: Travnik-Vlada Voda

: Travnik- Vlada voda

: Travnik – mosque

: Sarajevo Old Town Baščaršija

: Sarajevo Old Town Baščaršija

: Sarajevo Old Town Baščaršija

: Sarajevo Old Town Baščaršija

: Sarajevo Old Town Baščaršija

: Sarajevo Old Town Baščaršija

: Sarajevo Old Town Baščaršija

: Sarajevo Old Town Baščaršija

: Sarajevo Old Town Baščaršija

: Sarajevo Old Town Baščaršija

: Jewish Synague

: Church

: Sarajevo Latin Bridge is an Ottoman bridge over the river Miljacka

: Sarajevo Latin Bridge is an Ottoman bridge over the river Miljacka

: Sarajevo Latin Bridge is an Ottoman bridge over the river Miljacka

: View from Yellow Castle

: View from Yellow Castle

: Cemetery below Yellow Castle

: Cemetery below Yellow Castle

: Cemetery below Yellow Castle

: Cemetery for fallen soldiers

: Sarajevo view from Yellow Castle

: Sarajevo view from Yellow Castle

: Sarajevo view from Yellow Castle

: Sarajevo view from Yellow Castle

: Sarajevo Red Roses, those mark places where people where killed by artillery shells fired from the mountains

: Historic photo, citizens of Sarajevo trying to escape snipers

: Sarajevo National Library Vedran Smailovic playing in the partially destroyed building in 19992

: Tunnel of Hope, connected Sarajevo to the outside world during the siege

: Sarajevo- Tunnel of Hope surfaced under this house owned by the Kolar Family

: Sarajevo – Kolar family who owns the house where the tunnel surfaced

: Map of Sarajevo showing the frontline during the siege

: Sarajevo Serbian controlled district of Grbavica reached into the city

: Sarajevo- District of Grbavica, from the high-rises the Serbian artillery attacked the town

: Sarajevo highrises – showing travel of war

: Sarajevo- Romeo&uliet, Admira Ismic and Bosko Brkic, two young people of different religions were shot Vrbanya Bridge trying to leave Sarajevo during the 1425 day siege

: photo taken by @ of Admira Ismic and Bosko Brkic, who died embraced on Vrbany Bridge. The young couple of different religions were shot Vrbanya Bridge trying to leave Sarajevo during the 1425 day siege

: Vrbanya Bridge in 2017, there Amira and Bosko were shot in 1992

: Sarajevo traves of war, house near the bridge

: Sarajevo now this area is peaceful

: Sarajevo souvenirs made of bullets

: Sarajevo rural surrondings

: Sarajevo rural surrondings

: Sarajevo – View from surrounding mountains

: Sarajevo – View from surrounding mountains

: Sarajevo bobsleigh track built for the Olympics in 1984

: Sarajevo bobsleigh track built for the Olympics in 1984

: Sarajevo bobsleigh track

: Sarajevo Bare Cemetery were people of all religions are buried together

: Sarajevo Bare Cemetery were people of all religions are buried together

: Sarajevo Bare Cemetery were people of all religions are buried together

: Sarajevo Bare Cemetery were people of all religions are buried together

: Sarajevo Bare Cemetery were people of all religions are buried together

: Sarajevo Bare Cemetery were people of all religions are buried together

: Sarajevo Bare Cemetery were people of all religions are buried together

: Sarajevo Jewish Cemetery

: Sarajevo Jewish Cemetery

: Sarajevo Jewish Cemetery

: Sarajevo Jewish Cemetery

: Sarajevo Jewish Cemetery- hit by shells

: Sarajevo Jewish Cemetery-5

: Sarajevo Memorial for Children killed during the siege

: Sarajevo Memorial for Children killed during the siege

: Sarajevo Memorial for Children killed during the siege

: Sarajevo- Historic photo – the car of Archduke Franz Ferdinand before the attack that killed him and his wife

: Sarajevo place where Franz Ferdinand was shot

: Sarajevo- Plague reminding of the tragic event in Juni 1914 that led to WWI

: Sarajevo Tomb of Gavrila Princip

: Sarajevo Eldina and Heidi meeting near Sniper Alley

: Sarajevo Alma and Heidi talking at the Heinrich Böll Stifung

: Bosnian Food

: Bosnian Food

: Sarajevo- park benches serve as advertisement when not used

: Idlicka Spring of Bosne

: Ilidza – Vrelo Bosne, The springs of river Bosna is located in the southwestern part of the Sarajevo

: Ilidza – Vrelo Bosne, The springs of river Bosna is located in the southwestern part of the Sarajevo

: Ilidza – Vrelo Bosne, The springs of river Bosna is located in the southwestern part of the Sarajevo

: Ilidza – Vrelo Bosne, The springs of river Bosna is located in the southwestern part of the Sarajevo

: Ilidza – Vrelo Bosne, The springs of river Bosna is located in the southwestern part of the Sarajevo

: Ilidza – Vrelo Bosne, The springs of river Bosna is located in the southwestern part of the Sarajevo

: Ilidza – Vrelo Bosne, The springs of river Bosna is located in the southwestern part of the Sarajevo

: Ilidza – Vrelo Bosne, The springs of river Bosna , alley leading to NP

: Going to Ilidza by horse carriage- Vrelo Bosne, The springs of river Bosna , alley leading to NP,

: Ilidza – Vrelo Bosne, The springs of river Bosna, Old villa from Austrian monarchy

: Ilidza Velo Bosna

: Ilidza, downtown

: Srebrenica

: Srebrenica Memorial Hall

: Srebrenica Genocide Memorial

: Srebrenica Genocide Memorial

: Srebrenica Genocide Memorial

: Srebrenica Genocide Memorial – photos taken of photos inside Memorial Hall giving evidence of the situation in July 1995

: Srebrenica Genocide Memorial – photos taken of photos inside Memorial Hall giving evidence of the situation in July 1995

: Srebrenica Genocide Memorial – photos taken of photos inside Memorial Hall giving evidence of the situation in July 1995

: Srebrenica Genocide Memorial – photos taken of photos inside Memorial Hall searching for the victims of the genocide

: Srebrenica Genocide Memorial – photos taken of photos inside Memorial Hall searching for the victims of the genocide

: Srebrenica Genocide Memorial – photos taken of photos inside Memorial Hall, funeral for the victims of the genocide

: Srebrenica Genocide Memorial – photos taken of photos inside Memorial Hall, funeral for the victims of the genocide

: Srebrenica Genocide Memorial – photos taken of photos inside Memorial Hall, funeral for the victims of the genocide

: Srebrenica photo taken of photo inside Memorial Hall, it shows prisoners lined up

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Srebrenica – tears and smiles

By Heidi Sequenz on 11. April 2017 in Bosnia, Europe

My visit of Srebrenica in March 2017 was an emotional rollercoaster ride. Nothing prepares you for facing over 8000 tombstones, one for each Muslim boy and man killed during a few days in July 2015. Srebrenica, this small Bosnian town, has since then become a synonym for genocide, for the single largest massacre to take place on the European continent since World War II. The same day brought incredible kindness from locals and a humorous run-in with an Austrian countryman.

Srebrenica – cemetery in Potocari for the victims of the genocide in 1995

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