Overview

Almost thirty years after the end of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, photographer FabriceDekoninck has explored the most intimate aspects of the memory of those who survived the siege of Sarajevo, the ethnic cleansing of the Prijedor region, and the genocide in Srebrenica. Like a memory anthropologist, he documented the 'living' memory of the war on the very sites where the events unfolded, in close contact with surviving witnesses. This long-term work paints a portrait of a Bosnian society traumatised by the legacy of the war, which, in the absence ofhistorical truth, takes the risk of seeing it resurface. In the light of the return of war in Europeand the resurgence of nationalism worldwide, this book provides crucial insights into the risks posed to peace by instrumentalisation of war memories.

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""Fabrice Dekoninck's work pays tribute to all war reporters whose work is essential for citizens as well as historians. By showing the human reality of war, he reveals its inhumanity. Many of the photographs in this volume could have been taken just a few weeks or months ago in Ukraine."" -- Bruno Tertrais ""This book stands against ""historical revisionism,"" to borrow a phrase of Jene-René Ruez, who led the investigation into suspected crimes against humanity at Srebrenica and who is interviewed for this book. It also announces its significance beyond the Balkans. This is a text to teach us about wider acts of conflict and atrocity, as the concluding essays move to the present moment, asking us to consider the currently ongoing situation in Ukraine."" ""This haunting book will leave its reader uncomfortable--in a productive way. It demands that we confront the legacy of war and injustice."" Review by Lauren Walsh -- Zeke magazine (Extracts)

""Fabrice Dekoninck's work pays tribute to all war reporters whose work is essential for citizens as well as historians. By showing the human reality of war, he reveals its inhumanity. Many of the photographs in this volume could have been taken just a few weeks or months ago in Ukraine."" -- Bruno Tertrais

Author Information

Fabrice Dekoninck is a freelance documentary photographer working on the subject of the memory of contemporary conflicts. He is involved in long-term projects, which allows him to create relationships of trust with the witnesses whose lives he documents. Bruno Tertrais is a political scientist, specialised in international security issues. He is the Deputy Director of the Foundation for Strategic Research and a geopolitical advisor at the Montaigne Institute. During the war in Bosnia, he worked at the French Ministry of Defence.

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