Der Balkan. Eine Region mitten in Europa und gleichzeitig an seinem Rand. Diese Seite versucht die Geschichten von Menschen aus dieser Region zu erzählen. Mit Reportagen, Interviews, Erzählungen und Kommentaren. Von mir und von Freundinnen und Freunden, die in aus Zagreb, Sarajevo, Belgrad und anderen Städten sind. Die meisten Texte hier werden auf Deutsch erscheinen, manche auf Englisch, manche auch in der Sprache, die früher Serbokroatisch hieß und für die ich hier den Namen verwenden werde, der sich am Balkan vielfach eingebürgert hat und der sowohl ein Verbundenheitsgefühl zeigt als auch die politischen Implikationen vermeidet, die die Kriege in den 90-ern brachten: Naški. Unsere Sprache. Ich spreche sie nur teilweise, will aber Menschen die Gelegenheit geben, ihre Gedanken in ihrer Muttersprache zu formulieren.
The Balkans. A Region not far from the center of Europe and at its very fringes. This site will attempt to tell the stories of some of the people that are from that region. You will find reports here, interviews, commentaries. And sometimes just ordinary stories being told. By me and friends that either live in Zagreb, Sarajevo and Belgrade or are from there. Most texts here will be in German, as this is my mother tongue, some in English and some in the language that used to be called Serbo-Croatian for which I will use the name many people on the Balkans have given it and that shows both a sense of a common heritage and avoids the political implications the wars in the 90’s brought along: Naški. Our language. Though I only speak it a little I want to give people the opportunity to tell their ideas in their mother tongue.
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26. Januar 2019 at 18:24
Danke für diese großartigen Artikel
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6. Mai 2019 at 14:41
You are very biased when you write, please try to be honest, and please don’t include your personal sidings so obviously. When you wriote about Serbian people being transported on Djurdjevdan in the 2 nd World War, you wrote X number “or so” what do you mean by slang like “or so” you are not weighing up your next meal on a set of scales, Serbian people are the bravest people, and deserve not to be biased against as sometimes happens. Be respectful when you write about life and death and suffering.
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6. Mai 2019 at 15:00
This is a common English figure of speech saying that the number is an estimate and that most likely the actual number differs. It is neither slang nor does it indicate any lack of respect as you suggest. And certainly it is not biased against Serbs. This claim is just ridiculous.
As a matter of fact I was repeatedly attacked by Croat nationalists for being „pro Serb“. Serb nationalists occiasionally call me „anti Serb“ or „pro Bosnian“. I take both as a clear indication that my work isn’t generally biased.
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6. Mai 2019 at 15:03
P.S.: Incidentally it is my regular mentioning of the Croat genocide against Serbs in WW II that gets me a lot of negative comments from Croat nationalists. So I do find it a bit, well, bold to accuse me of anti Serb bias just because you are obviously not familiar with a common figure of speech in English.
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