sarajevo (bosnia and hercegovina)

Bill Carter chronicles his efforts to rebuild his life after tragedy shatters his family and faith, recounting the experiences he had while helping citizens of war-torn Sarajevo and sharing how those citizens helped in Bill's own recovery.

A daily account of life in the city of Sarajevo since hostilities started in April of 1992.

Photographs chronicle the daily chaos and violence in Sarajevo during the early 1990s, depicting the city's residents as they search for water, organize their resistance, flee from sniper fire, and comfort each other in their struggle for survival.

Discusses how the assassination in Sarajevo of Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire's throne, led to the beginning of World War I.

Drawings, letters, and poems by children from schools and refugee camps in former Yugoslavia, expressing their hopes and fears in a shattered world.

An intimate cultural portrait of Sarajevo, describing a city and its people brutalized by the horrors of war.

Traces the daily life of a family in Sarajevo from the time the city came under siege in November 1992 until a peace agreement was enforced and elections held in 1996.

The real diary of Nadja Halilbegovich, a twelve-year-old in Sarajevo, written during the siege of her city from 1992 to 1995. Discusses the everyday struggle of her community as they tried to live normal lives while forced to scrounge for basic necessities and safety. The diary includes her childhood journal, her artwork, photographs from the war, as well as comments from the author looking back as a young woman.

The true story of twelve-year-old Nadja Halilbegovich as she relates how she and her family survived the constant bombings, attacks, and lack of basic supplies during the siege of Sarajevo in the late 1990s.