Customer Reviews
Heartbreaking - By: Kirsty McMahon, 18 Dec 2005 
The author is writing his own experiencesin Omarska during the Bosnian conflict, but he writesin third person. He invents a character "Dejmo", but the experiences are his own. His tales of emotional & physical torture are so much more heartbreaking than the descriptions often written about by reporters who witnessed it. This man lived it, & he had the strength to write about it. This book is truely worth a read by anyone, no matter what your interests are. It is short but will leave a lasting impression.
A must-read for those of us concerned about humanity - By: Justin Summers, 09 Apr 2005 After reading this book, after wiping away the tears after each page is turned, you must question whether the human race has learnt anything since the holocaust of WW2. This book describes exactly what ordinary people, friends of your own, neighbours, your students can becomein the frenzy & hatred of ethnic war. I cannot comprehend how people can become these monsters so portrayedin this book, but time & again, history shows us that this happens again & again.
The writer depicts his survival of the Serb onslaught with all the emotions humans can feel, but hope stands out from all others. Even though he suffered unimaginable tortures, saw his friends mercilessly beaten to death, he always felt hope that he'd survive. Even when the UN deserted Yugoslavia to the ravenous wolves, he held his hope aloft.
This man is a hero to humanity, a hero to all that know human rights should be heldin the highest of esteems, a hero to those seemingly without hope. May his life be full of joy & may the perpetrators of these horrific crimes be eventually bought to justice.
Extract from �Books on Bosnia�, London 1999 - By: , 24 Feb 2000 
Heart-rending, unforgettable account of a survivor of the Serbian death camp at Omarska. The parallel extremes of sadism & degradation described by the author strikingly illustrate the dehumanizing purpose of that institution
