Recommended Reading

 

The suitcase: refugee voices from Bosnia and Croatia, edited by Julie Mertus with contributions from over seventy-five refugees and displaced people. This collection of memoirs provides a stirring and disturbing picture of what reality is all about for those people fleeing the disaster of Bosnia and Croatia. Available at Rochester Public Library.

 

The road to Kosovo: a Balkan diary, by Greg Campbell. This first-person account takes the reader through one of the most dangerous and hate-filled regions on earth -- the former republics of Yugoslavia -- and into a land still reeling from months of brutal combat. Told in a fast-paced, rollicking style that's funny, sad, thoughtful, and at times horrifying, The Road to Kosovo shows us war and the struggle for peace through the eyes of a young journalist. A vivid, uneasy picture emerges of a region resistant to lasting peace. Available at Rochester Public Library.

 

 

Links:

Bosnian

 

RISE: Rochester In Support of Everyone: A brief overview of Bosnians in Rochester.

 

World Factbook. Information and statistics on population, history, economy, ethnic groups, religions, government, military, communication, transportation, and more in Bosnia and Herzegovina.


History Place: Genocide in Bosnia

 

Comprehensive site on the war in Bosnia


Information about the US military in Bosnia and Kosovo

 

Bosnian War. A collection of links to various articles


Site on the Bosnian war developed by a Bosnian immigrant. Photos, firsthand stories, recommended books and movies, and more.


The Center for Balkan Development provides humanitarian aid and educates the American public about the wars, reconstruction, reconciliation, and peace in the Balkans.


The massacre in Srebrenica was one of the greatest tragedies of the war in Bosnia. Information and links.

 

Bosnian immigrants in Rochester, housing issues. MPR


Bosnian immigrants become citizens. Profile of IMAA’s Armin Budimlic. MPR.


Health issues among Bosnian refugees

 

 

 

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