Surviving the Bosnian genocide : the women of Srebrenica speak / Selma Leydesdorff ; translated by Kay Richardson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leydesdorff, Selma.

Standardized Title:

Leegte achter ons laten. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995--Atrocities--Bosnia and Hercegovina--Srebrenica--Personal narratives.

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995.

War widows--Bosnia and Hercegovina--Srebrenica.

War widows.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In July 1995, the Army of the Serbian Republic killed some 8,000 Bosnian men and boys in and around the town of Srebrenica -- the largest mass murder in Europe since World War II. Surviving the Bosnian Genocide is based on the testimonies of 60 female survivors of the massacre who were interviewed by Dutch historian Selma Leydesdorff. The women, many of whom still live in refugee camps, talk about their lives before the Bosnian war, the events of the massacre, and the ways they have tried to cope with

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Translator's Note; Preface: What Happened Before; Acknowledgments; On the Publication of the English Edition; Abbreviations; Sabaheta's Story; ONE Farewell: The Desolation, the Women; TWO An Orphaned World: Life before the War; THREE War Is Coming; FOUR Living on the Run, Living in Danger; FIVE A Human Shooting Gallery: Srebrenica 1992-1995; SIX Violence; SEVEN Departure without Arrival; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780253018045

0253018048

9780253005298

0253005299

OCLC:

756501578