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Now it's 20 years since the worst post-war mass killing on European soil took place. 8,000 Muslim men and boys were massacred by Serb forces outside the town of Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia in July, 1995. This year, the anniversary was marked by a march of 10,000 people, retracing the steps of the Muslims as they fled over the hills, trying to escape their fate. The March of Peace takes three days to move 120 kilometres from Nezuk in northern Bosnia to Srebrenica. Our reporter Joan P. joined the marchers.
We're walking across a stunning landscape, green hills covered with ferns and fruit trees, thick forest, fields of corn. But on either side of the path, there are mine fields, and many of the houses are derelict, burnt out or scarred by shelling.
I'm Armon, originally from Srebrenica, born here, raised in Vienna. We fled in 92.
And what does it mean to you to come back here?
Might sound plain but it means everything to me, even though it's not comparable to what it was before the war. You know the trees didn't change, the skies didn't either, so it's still my place, and it still can be what it has been. Thank God they didn't kill all of the generations. There're still people left who were from this place and who are willing to return in case there's opportunity. |
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发表于 2016-8-19 22:49:19