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Football, Balkan, Politics, Culture. Researcher, author, journalist. Doktorand @uniLeipzig
Jul 11, 2020 14 tweets 10 min read
#srebrenica25 in the stadium. A long Thread. Today marks 25 years since the start of the Srebrenica massacre. Others talk about what happened. In German I recommend @ballaballablkn in English @SrebrenicaUK I will focus the role of #srebrenica in football (1) The stadiums in former Yugoslavia are full of national symbols. National narratives range from constructed myths, heroic epics to the reception of tragedies and attacks on the nation. The Srebrenica genocide is one of them and deeply rooted in Bosnian identity. (2)