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A second broad category of interlocutors comprises intellectuals whose specialized
knowledge and positions—whether as journalists, academics, leaders of civil society organizations,
or otherwise—enable them to observe broad trends in their country and whose insights,
collectively, were particularly helpful in synthesizing information from other sources. While
interviewees included Bosniaks, Croats, and Serbs, this report generally does not identify their
ethnicity, as many emphasized their discomfort with the extreme ethnicization of politics and
identity in Bosnia.
Finally, interviews were conducted with victims of wartime atrocities in several locations,
including Prijedor, Potočari, Tuzla, Banja Luka, Lašva Valley and Sarajevo. These interviewees
came from all three of Bosnia’s major ethnic groups, but—reflecting that Bosniaks
constituted the vast majority of civilian victims—Bosniak survivors loomed especially large in
the research. Interviews were conducted with both leaders of victims’ associations and people
who are widely described in Bosnia as “ordinary victims.” Their stories, resilience, and courage
are, however, anything but ordinary.
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