Eurasiatique

Emergence from the Periphery – Vol. XIV

The City of the Dead Confronts the City of the Living: Mostar’s Partisan Memorial Cemetery as ‘lieu de mémoire’

Cover photo: Partisan Memorial Cemetery, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Photo: leiris202/Flickr. No changes made. View the license here. By Nikolai Ranko Duffield Introduction Located in a valley between the Hum and Velež mountains, a city of stone sits idly, intersected by the mighty blue Neretva, which flows quietly through the centre. Frequently listed as a…

April 4, 2022

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Bosnia & Herzegovina, Cemetery, Conflict, History, Lieux de Mémoire, Memory, Mostar, Nora, Partisan, Urbicide