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Protecting Sarajevo’s Literary Legacy

History

Duration:6min

In 1992, war broke out in Bosnia, and the city of Sarajevo was besieged nearly four years. The Serbian Army targeted not only people, but also culture – including the city's top three historic libraries. At the Gazi Husrev-beg Library, founded in 1537, director Mustafa Janić made a plan to preserve the most valuable of its collections.

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Video by Boryana Katsarova

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