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July 1995. The hills around Goražde were on fire.

Goražde 1995: The Safe Area That Survived

While Srebrenica fell, Goražde fought. Surrounded, shelled, and starved—this Drina River city survived the worst of the Bosnian War. gorazde 1995

🕊️ Remembering the defenders and civilians who endured 1,370 days of siege. 🇧🇦

By July '95, Bosnian Serb forces wanted to "cleanse" it. But NATO bombs finally fell. The siege broke. July 1995

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We talk about the wars of the 1990s as a tragedy of inaction. Goražde is the exception that proves the rule: But NATO bombs finally fell

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.

In the summer of 1995, while the world’s eyes were fixed on Srebrenica and Sarajevo, the small Drina River city of Goražde faced its own Armageddon.

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.

Today, Goražde is a quiet, rebuilt city. But the bullet holes on its riverfront buildings still whisper the story of the summer of '95—when a small town refused to become a footnote in genocide.