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The history of modern Sarajevo begins with the declaration of independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina from Yugoslavia. The city then became the capital of the new state, as the local division of the Yugoslav People's Army established itself on the surrounding mountains. That day, massive peace protests took place.
Gavrilo Princip was born on 25 July [O.S. 13 July] 1894, [1][2] in the remote hamlet of Obljaj, near Bosansko Grahovo, in western Bosnia. [3] At the time of his birth, Bosnia was administered by Austria-Hungary, while still formally a province of the Ottoman Empire. [4] He was the second of his parents' nine children, six of whom died in infancy.
The Sarajevo Haggadah is an illuminated manuscript that contains the illustrated traditional text of the Passover Haggadah which accompanies the Passover Seder.It belongs to a group of Spanish-Provençal Sephardic Haggadahs, originating "somewhere in northern Spain", [1] most likely the city of Barcelona, around 1350, and is one of the oldest of its kind in the world.
Between 60,000 [121] and 90,000 [122] Serbs left Sarajevo's suburbs. This was interpreted as a result of Dayton's division of Bosnia along ethnic lines. [122] The Bosnian Serbs' politicians pressured Serbs into leaving Sarajevo while the mixed statements of the Bosnian government caused a lack of confidence among Serb inhabitants. [122]
1943 - Oslobođenje newspaper begins publication. [9][10] 1945. April: German occupation ends. [8] State School of Painting, and Association of Artists of Bosnia and Herzegovina established. [4] 1949 - University of Sarajevo and Museum of Sarajevo [4] established. 1950 - Oriental Institute in Sarajevo established.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country in Southeast Europe on the Balkan Peninsula. It has had permanent settlement since the Neolithic Age. By the early historical period it was inhabited by Illyrians and Celts. Christianity arrived in the 1st century, and by the 4th century the area became part of the Western Roman Empire.
Bosnia and Herzegovina portal. v. t. e. After the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was invaded by the Axis powers during World War II, all of Bosnia was ceded to the newly created Independent State of Croatia. Axis rule in Bosnia led to widespread persecution and mass-killings of native undesirables and anti-fascists. Many Serbs themselves took up arms ...
At its peak, the Jewish community of Bosnia and Herzegovina numbered between 14,000 and 22,000 members in 1941. Of those, 12,000 to 14,000 lived in Sarajevo, comprising 20% of the city's population. [ 2 ] Today, there are 281 Jews living in Bosnia and Herzegovina, recognised as a national minority.