Between Two Fires: Smajo Bešo on ...

Between Two Fires: Smajo Bešo on the Bosniak Experience in Herzegovina

Balkanomnicon by Jasmin Mujanović

Episode notes

Jasmin speaks to Smajo Bešo OBE, a Newcastle-based genocide educator and researcher, whose own family were expelled from Stolac, and then survived the Siege of Mostar before eventually re-settling in the UK. Jasmin and Smajo discuss the particular experience of Bosniaks in Herzegovina, targeted for extermination by both Serb and Croat nationalist forces, the difficult legacy of the war on contemporary Stolac and western Herzegovina, and the prospects for renewed memorialization efforts in the area.

Balkanomnicon is an international affairs podcast with a Balkan accent. Hosted by Jasmin Mujanović, and published by Odgovor.ba, Balkanomnicon features critical one-on-one conversations with political decision-makers, thought-leaders, entrepreneurs ... 

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Keywords
BalkansEuropePoliticsBosniagenocidewar crimes