July 1995. The hills around Goražde were on fire.
When the world finally sent planes (not troops, just planes), the Serb tanks pulled back. Goražde breathed.
What strikes me about Goražde '95 isn't just the horror. It's the defiance. Even as the noose tightened, they built a hospital underground. They printed their own currency. They refused to leave. gorazde 1995
Goražde 1995: The Safe Area That Survived
By mid-1995, Goražde was one of six UN "Safe Areas" established by the UNPROFOR mission. But unlike Srebrenica and Žepa, which fell to Bosnian Serb forces that July, Goražde held the line. July 1995
While Srebrenica fell, Goražde fought. Surrounded, shelled, and starved—this Drina River city survived the worst of the Bosnian War.
#Gorazde1995 #BosnianWar #Siege #NeverForget #History Goražde breathed
I’ve stared at the photos from that summer—men with rifles older than their fathers, women lining up for water under sniper fire. The UN called Goražde a "Safe Area." But there is no safety in a cauldron.