- The document is a diary from 1992-1995 of a 12-year old Bosnian girl named Nadja Halilbegovich during the Bosnian War. She describes being hit and hospitalized in October 1992 and the NATO ultimatum in February 1994. - It discusses a pen pal program started by a humanitarian organization during the war to connect children in Sarajevo with those outside in places like France and the U.S. Letters from this program are now housed in the War Childhood Museum. - The historic Mostar Bridge, built in 1566, was destroyed by bombings in November 1993 but later rebuilt in 2004. It had linked Bosnians, Croats and Serbs.

1. My Childhood
Under Fire
Written by
Nadja
Halilbegovich

2. Summary
- Diary of a 12-year old girl named Nadja Halilbegovich throughout 1992-
1995
- Bonsnian War
- April 6, 1992- December 14, 1995
- October 30, 1992, hit and had to go the hospital
- Palcici
- International children's choir.
- February 18, 1994
- NATO- Ultimatum
- Srebrenica massacre
- Humanitarian Organization in Croatia

3. During the war, a
Humanitarian Organization
called Flowers for Love
started penpals for children in
the Sarajevo to those outside
in France and U.S.
100 of those letters have
returned to Bosnia and were in
the War Childhood Museum.
Flowers of Love

4. In 1979
It was a huge cultural treasure
built all the way back in 1566 and
stood for 427 years. This bridge
was destroyed On November 9,
1993 due to bombings. Later on in
2004 they rebuilt it.
This bridge served as a link
between Bosnians and Croats and
Serbs.
Mostar Bridge

5. The Escape Tunnels
The only way out of Sarajevo was through
underground tunnels build in the 2nd
year of the war. These tunnels were
guarded by the government and civilians
required a permit to leave through them.
The tunnel was about 5 feet high and
couldn’t stop walking or you would get
trampled. It allowed resources such as
food, war supplies and medicine to come
in the city.

6. Relevant Text
Surviving the Bosnian Genocide: The Women of Srebrenica Speak
- In July 1995, 8,000 men and women were killed as the aggressor took over
Srebrenica
- The civilians there were supposedly under the watch of UN “protectors and it was
“reported [they] watched while the serbs separated the men from the women”
(13)
- Sabaheta Story
- Her child was stolen right in-front of her and the Dutch Soldiers as they did
nothing(30).
- The men were taken in for “questioning” but would never return.
- Before the war, Bosnian Serbs and Bosnian Muslim children attending school
together and flirted later on ending all friendships as they murdered each other.