Sarajevo's Romeo and Juliet
CNN's Nic Robertson reports on a young couple killed by sniper fire trying to escape Sarajevo's ethnic warfare 20 years ago.
Sarajevo Romeo and Juliet
A 1994 PBS documentary about the deaths of Admira Ismić and Boško Brkić. The couple were natives of Bosnia and Herzegovina living in the city of Sarajevo. She was a Bosniak, and he a Bosnian Serb. They were killed on 19 May 1993 by a Serb sniper, while trying to cross the Vrbanja bridge into the Serb-occupied territory of Grbavica.
Sarajevski Romeo i Julija & Romeo and Juliet in SARAJEVO
Serb Bosko Brkic and Admira Bosniak Ismić, Sarajevo's Romeo and Juliet, were killed on this day, 18 May 1993, while trying to escape from war-torn Bosnia and Herzegovina. This couple, different nationalities, was killed in a sniper attack on Vrbanja bridge, and pictures of their dead bodies to lie cuddled toured the world.
Those who knew Bosko and Admira say that they lived together.
Admira decided to go with Bosko aside wartime enemies. Young and in love, a Serb and a Bosnian, Orthodox and Muslim, at a time when it was almost impossible, they prepared the wedding and escape from the unbearable reality.
When on 18 May 1993 reached the Vrbanja bridge on the way to the end of Sarajevo, which was then controlled by the Army of the Republic of Serbian, the first was killed Bosko. A few seconds later, was wounded Admira.
She crawled up to him and hugged him. So are the others
Seven days after being killed, the RS Army pulled their bodies from a bridge and buried them in Lukavica. After the war, in 1996, on the initiative and desire Admirinih parents, their remains were transferred to the cemetery in Sarajevo and buried together.
Srbin Boško Brkić i Bošnjakinja Admira Ismić, sarajevski Romeo i Julija, poginuli su na današnji dan, 18. maja 1993. godine, dok su pokušavali da pobegnu iz ratom zahvaćene Bosne I Hercegovine . Ovaj par, različite nacionalnosti, ubijen je snajperskim hicem na Vrbanja mostu, a slika njihovih mrtvih tela, kako zagrljeni leže obišla je svet.
Oni koji su poznavali Boška i Admiru kažu da su živeli jedno za drugo.
Admira je odlučila da krene s Boškom na stranu ratnog neprijatelja. Mladi i zaljubljeni, Srbin i Bosanka, pravoslavac i muslimanka, u vremenu kada je to bilo gotovo nemoguće, pripremali su venčanje i beg iz nepodnošljive stvarnosti.
Kada su 18. maja 1993. stigli do Vrbanja mosta na putu prema delu Sarajeva koji je tada kontrolisala Vojska Republike Srpske, prvo je ubijen Boško. Nekoliko sekundi kasnije, ranjena je Admira.
Ona je dopuzala do njega i zagrlila ga. Tako su ostali
Sedam dana nakon što su ubijeni, Vojska RS izvukla je njihova tela s mosta i sahranila ih u Lukavici. Po završetku rata, 1996, na inicijativu i želju Admirinih roditelja, njihovi posmrtni ostaci prebačeni su na groblje Lav u Sarajevu i zajedno sahranjeni.
Romeo and Juliet Bridge Sarajevo
Romeo and Juliet Bridge Sarajevo. Romeo and Juliet Bridge Story Sarajevo.
Bosnian Romeo and Juliet
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Bosnia - Lovers Buried Together
T/I: 10:49:02
The Romeo and Juliet of Sarajevo who were shot dead as they fled to safety during the siege of Sarajevo have been reburied in Sarajevo. Admira Ismic and Bosko Brkic, one a Serb, the other a Moslem, had
negotiated safe passage but were hit by sniper fire as they crossed a bridge into Serb territory in May 1993. Bosko died first, then Admira. The photograph of the couple lying dead on the bridge was flashed around the world and became a symbol of the tragic divisions within Bosnia. On Wednesday (10/4), they were buried side by side in Sarajevo's
Lion cemetery, surrounded by family.
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LION CEMETERY, SARAJEVO, BOSNIA 10 APRIL 1996
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Man covering bodies in morgue
WS priest blesses coffin
CU grieving woman
MS dirt thrown on coffins
Father talking in SERBO-CROAT
CU grave markers
10/4
Grieving family
MS coffin interred
CU second coffin interred
CU gravel thrown in
CU crying woman
MS man marks graves
WS cemetery
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Zoom into dead bodies lying on bridge
Photographs of young couple
Parents of dead couple grieving
Crosses on bridge where couple were killed
First funeral given to couple
Grieving mother
Gun salute
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BOSNIA: SARAJEVO: SHELLING LATEST SITUATION
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Four people - including two children - were killed Tuesday in the worst shelling of Sarajevo in three weeks.
At least 23 people were injured, including six Egyptian UN peacekeepers who had come under attack from Serb mortar shells.
There had already been one shell this morning - many Sarajevans thought that would be it for the day.
But a larger missile and a tank shell struck these housing blocks shortly afterwards.
The damage was largely structural - flames leapt out from some apartments while smoke billowed out of others.
Firefighters were kept busy tackling the smouldering wreckage.
United Nations' inspectors were on hand to see the sites, but there was little they could do.
Rubble lay strewn across the street and only some dared to look onto the scene, rushing back into their homes when sniper shots rang out.
Earlier in the day, four people - including two children - were killed when Bosnian Serb gunners fired a shell into Sarajevo.
The shell landed close to a bridge on the Miljacka river that runs right through the centre of town.
Among Tuesday's casualties were six Egyptian peacekeepers.
A UN spokesman said Bosnian Serbs had shelled the soldiers' observation post (OP) but added no response was possible.
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Around 10 o'clock this morning, the Egyptian OP at (Emiravice?) was hit by 420mm mortar rounds. This resulted in the wounding of six Egyptian soldiers, two of whom were seriously hurt. We have been able to determine that the direction of fire came from the Bosnian Serb side, but we have not been able to ascertain the exact firing point on the ground and, therefore, unable to respond.
SUPER CAPTION: Lieutenant Colonel Chris Vernon, UN Spokesman
One woman had a lucky escape.
This maid was working in a building struck by shellfire and was trapped under rubble.
Once freed from the debris, she was taken to hospital where medics found she had escaped with only minor injuries.
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A Sarajevo Diary - From bad to worse
Between 1992 and 1993, Bill Tribe and a Channel 4 film crew travel to the besieged city of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War. This is the extended edition, featuring a follow-up of the situation later in 1993. More information can be found at
BOSNIA: SARAJEVO: VRBANJA BRIDGE: UPDATE
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The tense stand off at a bridge in Sarajevo between French UN peacekeepers and Bosnian Serbs appears to be over.
Two French soldiers and 4 Serbs were killed in a battle for the strategic crossing on Saturday.
A French soldier, who'd been held captive, has escaped and Serbs have returned to their own side of the bridge.
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The Vrbania Bridge - Sarajevo (Suada and Olga Bridge)
SARAJEVO
6 juin 1993
SARAJEVO : visite du ministre dela défense LEOTARD.
- GP du ministre regardant la radiographie d'un légionnaire blessé
- passe en revue les troupes,
- travel en ville dans R25 blindée
- aux côtés du Général MORILLON la raison de ma venue c'est de vérifier l'application des résolutions
- rencontre du président IZETBEGOVIC, les deux hommes sur canapé il faut arrêter le processus de dégradation
- Léotard en gilet pareballes et casque, puis montant en avion. Images d'archive INA
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Bosnia - French/Bosnian Stand-Off In Sarejevo
T/I: 10:47:38
French peacekeepers and Bosnian Serb troops confronted each other
in a tense stand-off in Sarajevo on Saturday (27/5) after
ferocious clashes that left two peacekeepers and one Serb dead.
The main clashes took place on the Vrbanja bridge, just a few hundred mtres from the city centre. By mid-afternoon each side held a checkpoint and were facing each other off. French bases throughout Sarajevo were on red alert and UN tanks patrolled the city. French
army spokesman Guy Vinet said their main preoccupation now is with
the security of French soldiers held hostage by the Serbs.
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SARAJEVO, BOSNIA. 27/5
road block
gate opened and un armoured vehicle enters
long view of empty street
un blueberet looks through peep hole in sandbagged observation
post
cu machinegun in observation post
ws sarajevo city
ls un vehicles on bridge
sandbagged position on bridge
ls bridge with un vehicles
un tank with long gun barrel
vs un tanks
cu tank barrel with street in rear
tank moves through shot
barrel of gun moving into position
un apc takes bend on street
un major guy vinet sot (english): our problem is our security. we
have some fellows retained by serbs, and it's very difficult for
us to support that
un tank beside building
another on a roadside
cu tank as gun trained out towards city, appartment block in
distance
cu gun barrel turning
tank on road
wide view of city
apc rolling across grass
vs tanks parked in field
un soldier in cockpit
tank in field
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Bosnia war criminal Serbians
Hop, Skip, and Jump (Bosnian Movie)
A Bosnian short movie filmed in 2000 about a couple paired during the Olympic games in Sarajevo. Nine years later, they find themselves on opposing sides during the war.
HOP, SKIP & JUMP (TROSKOK) Film by Srđan Vuletić.
Sarajevo Bosnia. As We Travel Europe Train Challenge
- Sarajevo Bosnia. As We Travel Europe Train Challenge
We’ve arrived in Sarajevo in Bosnia. We took an overnight train from Zagreb in Croatia last night. They had no beds on the train, so we had to sleep in the seats. Didn’t really sleep at all, so I’m pretty tired. But it’s a great day here. We’re going to go check into the hostel and then explore the city after that. Welcome to Sarajevo, Bosnia. It’s a great day here. Yeah. We’re sitting by the Sebiljc Fountain. It’s a meeting point for the locals in Sarajevo, and it’s a drinking fountain. There used to be hundreds of them all over the city, but today there are only a few left. A cool thing about this fountain here is when they first built it, there was no sort of fountain coming out. They had a guy down there sitting there handing out glasses of water as people walked past. I think it’s pretty cool. Now we’re going ot go explore the Turkish Quarter which is a market area just next to the square here and maybe try some Turkish coffee.
We’re by the entrance of the Turkish Quarter and they have these teas and coffee sets everywhere all along the street. Looks really nice. This one is probably the biggest one I’ve seen. Check out the details in these pots. It’s just incredible. In the background you can here some tapping going on as well, I’m sure. And these guys are actually making them right now engraving these details. It’s incredible. We’ve walked through the Turkish Quarter. We’ve seen these really cool designed tea pots and tea sets. I think it’s really awesome. They have everything here. The Turkish culture has had a really big influence on the Bosnian way of life. So we’ve ordered some Turkish coffee, it’s smells really strong. It looks really interesting. We’ve got a bit of sugar in there, Turkish delight and some water. So I’m pretty sure you pour this coffee into here. It’s like a little shot of coffee. Like that. Smell it, very strong. And I think you have to mix the sugar. Me and Sofia don’t drink coffee that often, so we’re going to be buzzing for the rest of the day I think. Yeah. It’s kind of crunchy. Taste that?
One of the most moving stories from the war for me is the one about the Romeo and Juliet Bridge. It’s about a couple where one was Serbia and one was Bosnian, and they were trying to escape Sarajevo and start a new life together. So they were going to cross this bridge, but then he was shot and killed on the bridge and she was wounded, so she crawled over to his side, put her arms around him and they died there together. I think it’s a really moving story which tells a lot about the war and about the people. Because there’s so many people here, so many families where one was Bosnian and one was Serbian and they were no longer allowed to love each other to be there with each other. I think it’s really sad. And that’s why that bridge has been named the Romeo and Juliet Bridge. We were walking through the streets here in Sarajevo all morning. And it really is such a cute, quaint little city, but as you’re walking down the roads you can’t help but to notice things like this, these massive bullet holes everywhere, on the ground, and the buildings just falling down. All this is evidence from the war that was here in the early 90s. People here really are trying to move on, but you can’t help to notice things like this are dotted all over the city. We’ve walked up to this hill overlooking Sarajevo. It gives you a great view of the city. It’s really nice up here.
We’re sitting by one of the biggest cemeteries from the war in the early 90s. It’s a nice place just to come and relax and contemplate. It’s peaceful up here. We’re going to try a traditional Bosnian dessert. What’s is called? It’s called baklava. I’m not exactly sure what it is, but it looks really interesting. It’s sticky and gooey and messy. MMM. It tastes really good though. I think it’s some sort of raising with walnut and pastry. Very sweet.
The Defense Of Bosnia (War Documentary)
A documentary on how the Bosnian people defending themselves from aggresors on all sides, during the 1992-1995 war. Despite being ill-equiped because of the U.N, normal Bosnians came together to fight together and help each other. 3 years later, they won, and the soverign nation of Bosnia-Herzegovina exists in the heart of Europe.
THE SARAJEVO BRIDGE TRAILER 2015
For 90 minutes, images that for the most part have never been seen,The Sarajevo Siege tell of Moreno Locatelli's story during the longest siege in contemporary history, intertwined with others, till now unknown
Les ponts de Sarajevo (2014) Trailer
The omnibus produced on the occasion of World War I centenary includes 13 short films directed by: Aida Begić, Leonardo Di Costanza, Jean-Luc Godard, Kamen Kalev, Isild Le Besco, Sergei Loznitsa, Vincenzo Marra, Ursula Meier, Vladimir Perišić, Cristi Puiu, Marc Recha, Angela Schanelec and Teresa Villaverde.
In the film, authors deal with different moments in Sarajevo's present and past, including in the 1914-1918 and 1992 - 1995 periods. It is a mosaic of critical, artistic perceptions of different universal issues symbolized by a historic place such as Sarajevo.
Each and every one story is different, and in its own way, unique. Initially there was only one guideline: not to unify, not to homogenize. These filmmakers, loved and recognized for their existing work, as original and engaging with the world as different from one another, now turned their lens towards Sarajevo, artistic director Jean-Michel Frodon said.
Producers of BRIDGES OF SARAJEVO are Mirsad Purivatra, Jovan Marjanović, Fabienne Servan Schreiber and Laurence Miller. Film was realized in coproduction with partners from Switzerland (BANDE A PART FILMS), Italy (MIR CINEMATOGRAFICA), Portugal (UKBAR FILMES) and Germany (UNAFILM).
This project was a step forward taken by the Sarajevo Film Festival and its Sarajevo City of Film Fund which will focus solely on production of long feature films in the future.
Selection of BRIDGES OF SARAJEVO in the official programme of the Cannes Film Festival is an indicator of success of our Fund's vision and development strategy. The fact that the film will have its world premiere at the Cannes Festival gives us satisfaction, but it is also a great challenge for us in terms of our future projects, producer Mirsad Purivatra said.
It is great that our long term main partner Atlantic Grupa have pledged their support as the Sarajevo City of Film Fund takes the next step. Also, it was great to involve Sarajevo City of Film partner Digital Cube from Bucharest, who co-produced the segment directed by Cristi Puiu with us, producer Jovan Marjanović said.
Since its founding in 2007, the Sarajevo City of Film Fund has been supporting the work of young filmmakers from South-East Europe. By 2013, the Fund has brought 25 short films involving over 300 film directors, scriptwriters, producers, actors and actresses, cinematographers, film editors and music composers from twelve different countries of the region. Many of those films have marked the beginning of promising careers of their authors.
Following the world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, BRIDGES OF SARAJEVO will be presented to the Sarajevo audiences on June 27th as part of ceremonies to commemorate the centenary of the First World War. The film will also be included in the program of the 20th Sarajevo Film Festival prior to its distribution in cinemas throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Uncounted and forgotten: the Serb victims of Sarajevo
The parents of 28-year-old ethnic Serb Predrag who was killed in 1993 during the Siege of Sarajevo are still trying to understand how their son was one of dozens of men killed by a group of rogue soldiers headed up by Musan Caco Topalovic, who commanded an esentially Muslim brigade and is still widely revered for his role in defending the city.
TÜNEL SARAJEVO
TÜNEL SARAJEVO Eski Yugoslavya'dan bağımsızlığını ilan eden Slovenya, Hırvatistan ve ardından Bosna-Hersek'e savaş ilan eden dönemin Sırbistan Devlet Başkanı Slobodan Miloşeviç ile işbirliği kuran Bosnalı Sırplar, Boşnak nüfusunun yoğun yaşadığı kentlere silahlı saldırılar başlattı.
Ülkeyi adeta ''cehenneme'' çeviren bu saldırılardan en fazla etkilenen kentlerden biri, bir zamanların ''barış ve huzur kenti'' Saraybosna oldu.
Tam üç yıl boyunca kuşatma altında kalan Saraybosna'ya, kentin çevresindeki dağlarda konuşlanan Sırp birlikleri günde ortalama iki bin bomba yağdırdı.
Kentte, ele geçirdikleri bölgelerin yüksek binalarında konuşlanan keskin nişancılar, ''insan avcıları'' oldu.
Gıda ve ilaç sıkıntısının had safhaya ulaştığı kentin bu kaderini değiştirmek için Bosna-Hersek'in merhum Devlet Başkanı Aliya İzzetbegoviç ve arkadaşlarınca çözümler aranmaya başlandı.
Hayat Tüneli şehrin makus talihini değiştirdi
Savaş sırasında Boşnaklara gönderilen yardımların havaalanından kente ulaştırılamaması nedeniyle, İzzetbegoviç başkanlığındaki bir heyet, bir tünel kazılması yönünde karar aldı.
Saraybosna Havaalanı ile Butmir bölgesi arasında kalan 800 metrelik alana tünel kazma çalışması başlatıldı. Gizlice 1993 yılının Temmuz ayında başlatılan çalışma 4 ay, 4 gün sürdü. Askerler ve halkın işbirliğiyle kazılan bu tünel, bir metre genişliğinde, 1,6 metre yüksekliğinde ve 800 metre uzunluğundaydı. Tünele havaalanından gelen yardım malzemesinin nakli için raylar ve vagonlar da yerleştirildi.
Tünelin hayata geçirilmesiyle birlikte savaşın ve Saraybosna'nın kaderi artık değişmeye başladı. Silah, gıda, ilaç ve gereken her türlü sevkiyat bu tünelden yapılıyordu.
Tünelin açıldığı ev şimdi Savaş Müzesi
Saraybosna Uluslararası Havaalanı'na 800 metre uzaklıktaki tünelin kazılmaya başlandığı Dobrinya Mahallesi'ndeki iki katlı ev, savaş müzesine dönüştürüldü.
Halen müze olan evin dış cephesinde mermi izleri, iç duvarlarında ise savaşa ait unutulmaz resimler, asker giysileri ve ekipmanı teşhir ediliyor. Her gün yüzlerce turist tarafından ziyaret edilen müzede, ziyaretçilere, müzenin kazılması sırasında ve savaş sırasında çekilen görüntüler izletiliyor.
Evin sahibi Kahraman Nine
Tünelin kazılmaya başlandığı evini Bosna ordusuna tahsis eden ve o sırada çalışanlara yemek hazırlayan Şehide (SİDA NİNE) Kolar, şimdi ilerleyen yaşına rağmen müzeyi görmek için gelenleri evinde ağırlıyor.
Kolar, yaralı Boşnak askerlerinin, farları yakılmayan ve motor seslerinin duyulmaması için yavaşça seyreden kamyonlarla tünele getirildiğini, bu işlemin gece ve çok gizli bir şekilde yapıldığını ifade etti.