ONE DAY IN SARAJEVO
Portrait
28 June 1914 in Sarajevo: the murders of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne and his wife mark the outbreak of the First World War, yet the historical role of the assassin is disputed. Was he a resistance fighter or a terrorist? 100 years later, the city becomes an absurd backdrop for the questionable live historiography of the story of Europe, in which various political camps attempt to top one another with their official memorial celebrations and dubious depictions of historical events. Žbanić deftly bundles the perspectives of those who live and work in this city still shaken by the siege years of the 1990s into a thorough report on its current state.
28 June 1914 in Sarajevo: the murders of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne and his wife mark the outbreak of the First World War, yet the historical role of the assassin is disputed. Was he a resistance fighter or a terrorist? 100 years later, the city becomes an absurd backdrop for the questionable live historiography of the story of Europe, in which various political camps attempt to top one another with their official memorial celebrations and dubious depictions of historical events. Žbanić deftly bundles the perspectives of those who live and work in this city still shaken by the siege years of the 1990s into a thorough report on its current state.
