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“War for memory” in Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Example of the City of Goražde

Magdalena Rekść
Faculty of International and Political Studies, University of Łódź, Łodź, Poland

god. 1, br. 1 (2026), str. 97-112
https://doi.org/10.29362/savremena.2026.1.rek.97-112

 

APSTRAKT/REZIME:
The paper examines the “war for memory” in Goražde, the easternmost town of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is surrounded by the Republic of Srpska. In May 1992, Muslim-dominated Goražde was encircled by Serb forces, who began a siege of the city that lasted 1,336 days. Serbs, however, emphasize that before the siege began, they felt stigmatized by their Muslim neighbors, who often forced them to leave their homes. Since the end of the war, both Bosnians and Serbs have sought to wage their own wars for memory by erecting increasing numbers of memorial sites.

 

KLJUČNE REČI:
Goražde, Bosnia and Herzegovina, site of memory, collective memory

 

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