Gorazde 1995 ((top)) -

Goražde, summer '95 – a masterclass in survival against all odds.

When the world finally sent planes (not troops, just planes), the Serb tanks pulled back. Goražde breathed. gorazde 1995

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. Goražde, summer '95 – a masterclass in survival

This was not bravado. With the sound of Srebrenica’s genocide still echoing in satellite phone calls, the people of Gorazde knew that surrender meant death. They dug trenches inside hospital wards. Children carried ammunition boxes. And crucially, they did something that the UN had forbidden: they kept a direct, hotline-style communication with NATO command in Italy. gorazde 1995