Bos-ni-a-your mom notes

First off- Simon Scott, the author, is a NPR reporter who was in Sarajevo at the time of the killings.
He is on Saturday mornings from 7-9

Sarajevo has a plaque where Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated. This assassination began the First World War. (June 28th)

14th century- defeat of Serbia by Turkish Empire. Muslims begin oppression of Serbians.
This caused ethnic hatred between Christian Orthodox Serbs and Muslims. (esp. Kosovar Albanian Muslims)

WW1- 1 million Yugoslavians were killed mostly (mostly) by other Yugoslavs.
-Croatian fascists became notorious for killing Serbs, Jews, gypsies, etc.

Serbs were rural, where Muslims were urban.
Serbs considered inferior.

End of WW11- formation of Yugoslavia (where all of this is taking place) under peace agreement (formed by US, Britain, and Russia) Led by a man named Tito, who was considered a pro-Serbia.
Tito died in May 1980.

Milosevic comes to power in 1980s. He changes Serbia’s constitutions, and voided the autonomy of Kosovo. He begins oppression of Albanian Kosovars.

1999-7,000 Muslims massacred by Serbs at Srebrenica.
600 Muslim bodies discovered in Kosovo. All of this was televised.

Milosevic is dead. He played the Serbs against the Muslims. (That’s what he did)
These conflicts arose because, like Africa, we grouped countries together with no regard to culture and language.

In Sarajevo, the river divided the city into a Muslim and Serbian side.

This is all I have. Hope it clears some confusion.