Balkan Links
These links include information on some of the organizations portrayed in the documentary, as well as places to get further information on the history and current events from the places profiled. All sites are available (at least partially) in English unless indicated otherwise.
Crucible of War Productions does not necessarily support any of the views promoted on these sites or organizations listed here. Some of them present fairly one-sided views of events and people, so browse with awareness. The key to understanding the Balkans (or any other hotspot in the world) is to study as many points of view as possible and don't accept any one view as the truth, but rather one version of reality.
If you have information on a site not listed here, please e-mail us at crucibleofwar@hotmail.com
PEOPLE DOCUMENTED IN CRUCIBLE OF WAR
Fra. Ivo Markovic is a dynamic Franciscan priest from Bosnia.
Oci-u-Oci, is a non-profit organization in Sarajevo which promotes inter-religious dialogue through such projects as the Pontanima Choir.
OTHER PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES
Andrija Ilic is a Belgrade-based photographer who has an online gallery of photographs from Serbia and Kosovo. Several of his photographs appear in Crucible of War.
Cyber Yugoslavia is an online nation of people from the former Yugoslavia who will be accepted regardless of current nationality and citizenship.
Diaries from Belgrade: a site from B-92 which includes personal diaries from actors and directors in Serbia's capital during the 1999 bombings.
Global Action Project has sponsored an online documentary project created by refugee youth from many places, including Bosnia and Serbia.
Goran's Homepage is a tribute to Sarajevo from a former resident, now living in Australia.
A Journey to Bosnia and Croatia in 1999, an account from a Swiss tourist, Marcel Stoessel.
Marinko's Page is a personal website from a Bosnian schoolteacher/astronomer/poet living in exile in Austria. Available in English and German.
Melty.com includes a series of essays, pictures, and ramblings by an American of Croatian origin who has tried to make sense of Yugoslavia.
Pepsi is an American who served as a community police officer in Brcko, Bosnia after the war. The Crucible of War producers met him on our travels.
Voices From Sarajevo is a collection of comments from Sarajevans, provided by the Bosnia Action Coalition, a "group of academics, professionals, and others from the metropolitan Boston area united by concern for the Bosnian people and for the preservation of a democratic and multi-cultural Bosnia."
The War Diaries has video and text diaries written by an independent filmmaker in Belgrade during the 1999 bombings.
The Women of Srebrenica, stories as told to the American Refugee Committee.
OTHER DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS ON SIMILAR
THEMES
Aftermath: Bosnia's Long Road to Peace: a photographic essay on Bosnia after the war.
Back to Bosnia: A Bosnian family's journey back to Brcko to reclaim their apartment.
A Normal Life: The story of a group of young people from Kosovo who came of age during the war and are now dealing with adulthood on different paths.
Picture Me An Enemy: about two women from Bosnia and Croatia who each had their own experiences during the war and ultimately became friends when both ended up in Philadelphia.
A Story of People in War and Peace: about ordinary Armenians and Azeris and their experiences during and after the 1989-1994 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Videoletters: A video and web project to reconnect old friends broken apart by the Balkan wars and the resulting worldwide disapora.
HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND PERSONALITIES
The Balkans in the Age of Nationalism, a series of lectures written by Professor Steven W. Sowards at Swarthmore College in the United States.
Dayton Accords (1995 General Framework Agreement on Bosnia).
European History Resources, general links to sites on European history, news, and books. Includes a few Balkan sites.
Rambouillet Agreement (1999 Interim Agreement for Peace and Self-Government in Kosovo)
St. Sava, the first Archbishop of Serbia
Titoville: Tito's "homepage"
MAPS
Balkans Regional Atlas c/o the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
PLACES
BOSNIA
Berserkistan claims to be the first online news service to report directly from a war zone (1995-96 from Bosnia)
Bosnia for Beginners, a site maintained by an American student.
BosNet, "the first Bosnian group on the Internet," is a good resource for news and links to other resources, particularly relating to war crimes
Brcko: Stories of the Three Mayors (first appeared on BosNet in November 1997)
Brcko.Org (available in local language only)
Mostar Pages, by a Canadian emigree from former Yugsolavia, with historical information, his own perspectives on history, and lots of pictures
This Week in Bosnia-Herzegovina is a weekly English-language news summary provided by the Bosnia Action Coalition, a "group of academics, professionals, and others from the metropolitan Boston area united by concern for the Bosnian people and for the preservation of a democratic and multi-cultural Bosnia."
The Survival Map, a project of FAMA, includes a map and descriptions of Sarajevo during the 1992-96 siege
SarayNet has Sarajevo tourist information.
CROATIA
Croatian History (1918-1941; 1945-90)
Vukovar: the Brave Croatian City on the Danube
The War in Croatia (1991-95): from a pro-Croatian perspective
KOSOV@
MACEDONIA
Virtual Macedonia is a one-man show on the history and culture of Macedonia.
MONTENEGRO
Montenet is a site that encompasses subjects related to Montenegro.
SERBIA
"The Balkan Geopolitical Knot and the Serbian Question," an excerpt from a 1995 book by Dr. Jovan Ilic, University of Belgrade.
FreeSerbia: Other Voices from Serbia has news and polls. Not in English.
SLOVENIA
GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
The British Ministry of Defence
The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
United Nations Mission in Bosnia
United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
United States Department of State News Information Site.
NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations )
GENERAL
Hope on the Balkans is a Dutch site which has numerous links to non-profit organizations working in the Balkans and with refugees originally from Balkan countries.
CHILDREN
Mala Sirena is a Dutch group providing aid to children in psychological distress as a result of war violence in former Yugoslavia.
The War in Bosnia Through the Eyes of Its Children is a website which recounts the experiences of the war using the photos, artwork, and stories gathered by Dr. Stephen Kaplan and Dr. Garth Katner of St. Norbert College in Wisconsin during their visit to Tuzla the summer of 1996.
KidCast for Peace, a children's organization on the island of Korcula in Croatia.
War Child
is an international organization devoted to bringing aid and physical and psychological
rehabilitation programs to children in wartorn countries, including the former Yugoslavia.
REFUGEES
Job22 offers free legal advice to Bosnian refugees.
People-Finder helps locate displaced persons from the former Yugoslavia.
ROMA
The Patrin Web Journal is a comprehensive site dedicated to Romani history, culture, and contemporary social issues.
WOMEN
Women for Women is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization whose sponsors support the educational and economic advancement of women worldwide who are survivors of war and genocide. It currently has programs in Bosnia, Kosovo, and Rwanda.
ENVIRONMENT
Links to Ecological Changes as a Result of NATO Bombings in Yugoslavia
MEDIA
Balkan Media & Policy Monitor was an English-language site from the Netherlands maintained from 1995-1998.
The Balkan News Page is maintained by the Eurasia Research Center and provides links for the whole Balkan region,
Ecola is a link to all the English-Language media on the Web. It is a good starting point for comparing media coverage of the Balkans.
Ex-YU Press has excellent links to all of the independent and official media sources in the former and current Yugoslavia.
The Freedom Forum maintains a good list of various media sites for anyone who wants to see how different countries covered the war over Kosovo differently.
Hina is a Croatian news service.
Institute for War and Peace Reporting is a British organization providing sources from the independent media in the Balkans, the Caucasus and Central Asia
Kosova.com provides news from the Albanian perspective in Kosovo.
Medienhilfe is a Swiss organization which supports independent media in all parts of former Yugoslavia.
Peacenet includes links to the big western news organizations’ coverage of the Balkans.
Radio B-92 is the Serbian independent radio station which the Yugoslav government closed down during the 1999 war over Kosovo.
Radio 21 is an Albanian news service from Kosovo.
SarayNet is a resource page for news and other information from Bosnia (news available in native language only)