Chicago’s Bosnian Community: Healing, Reflection & Struggle
Next year will mark the thirtieth anniversary of the death of former Yugoslavian President Josip Broz Tito.
Tito’s death was a significant moment in Yugoslavian history that ushered in a new era of ethnic conflict, nationalism, and war. The war was especially brutal. Many Bosnian Muslims were murdered. Houses and apartments were burned. Men were shot in the street. Women and children were forced into detention centers where they were raped, beaten, and starved. Families were torn apart. Children lost parents. Most people saw loved ones and friends die.
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- Amy Mehta
- Amy Spicer
- Ana Turck
- Axel Fuentes
- Carlos Rich
- Charlotte Williams
- Chris Bober
- Cloee Cooper
- Eric Ward
- Garat Ibrahim
- George Garza
- Glenn Hutchinson
- Guest Blogger
- Imagine 2050 Editors
- James E. Johnson
- Jessica Acee
- Jill Garvey
- Joan Flanagan
- Katie Bezrouch
- Ken Brown
- MJ Olahafa
- Noah Chandler
- Rebecca Poswolsky
- Rev. David L. Ostendorf
- Sarah Viets
- Stephen Piggott
- Amy Mehta