“War for memory” in Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Example of the City of Goražde
Abstract
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.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Balkans: History
Politics
Society
Memory
Trauma
and Commemoration
violence
and history
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Savremena istorija
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 1 (2026)
- Pages
- 97–97
- Publication date
- 1 March 2026
- Language
- EN