The Last Refuge: A True Story of War, Survival and Life Under Siege in Srebrenica

Occasion for presenting this book:

The 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica took place in July 1995, during the Bosnian War. The massacre occurred between 11 and 22 July 1995, when more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys were systematically killed by Bosnian Serb forces under the command of General Ratko Mladić.

It is recognised as the worst atrocity in Europe since World War II, and in 2007, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) formally classified it as a genocide.

Book Bibliographic Details:

Author: Hasan Nuhanović

Translators: Alison Sluiter, Mirjana Evtov

Publisher: ‎ Peter Owen Publishers

Length: 303 pages

Language: English

ISBN: 9780720620412, 0720620414

Publication date: 2019

About the Author:

Hasan Nuhanovic is a high-profile writer and campaigner for the victims of the Srebrenica genocide in the Bosnian Wars of 1992-95. During the war he offered his services to UN troops as an interpreter. His employment with the Dutch Battalion meant he was saved from the massacre, while his family were taken away by Serbian soldiers and killed along with 8,000 other Bosniaks. A tireless campaigner for justice, in 2008 he brought a civil case against The Netherlands for its role in the massacre. In 2013 the Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled in favor of Nuhanovic, setting a precedent in international law.

About the Book:

In 1992, amid growing violence in eastern Bosnia, Hasan Nuhanovi and his family were forced to flee their home for the safety of Bosnia s mountainous countryside. High up in the woods along the Drina River, Hasan and thousands of Bosniak refugees faced freezing nights, deprivation and death, while Serb soldiers covered their retreat with sniper fire and artillery shelling. After many months on the move the Bosniaks battled their way to the town of Srebrenica, their last refuge, under the protection of a small UN force.

When the Bosnian-Serb army laid siege to the town, Hasan s life once more became a daily struggle for survival. The Last Refuge is a powerful first-hand account of the barbarism of those years leading up to the massacre in Srebrenica; it is also a compelling, action-packed and pertinent story of the life of a refugee and survival and heroism on the frontlines of a bitter conflict.

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