Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Pictures

A map of former Yugoslavia from 1991 and the ethnicities within it prior to the conflicts. Note the especially mixed population in Bosnia.

A building in Sarajevo lies in rubble after being attacked by Serb forces.


Refugees from Kosovo flee the borders, in search of a safer place to lay their heads.

Serbian tank fire blows up a parliament building in Bosnia.


A sign in Sarajevo during the Yugoslavian civil war, warning citizens of Serbian snipers hiding nearby.

A grave site in Sarajevo in 1997, once a field where children played, is now a cemetery to hundreds of fallen victims of the Serbian attacks against the Bosnian capital.

1 comment:

mGill said...

wow, these pictures illustrate what happened in yugoslavia well. the picture of the burning building is pretty sad, luckily their ethnic cleansing is over. that was a very tragic event and hopefully it won't happen ever again.

~Bianca LaRocco