Article: BEHIND THE HEADLINES: FATE OF PEOPLE OF SARAJEVO: PRISONERS OR

Gil Sedan
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
02-25-1994
BEHIND THE HEADLINES: FATE OF PEOPLE OF SARAJEVO: PRISONERS OR POTENTIAL. REFUGEES

The Jews remaining in Sarajevo spend endless days in the Jewish community center, waiting for something to change.

The community center, adjacent to the old Ashkenazi synagogue of Sarajevo, has served as a home and shelter for Jews and non-Jews alike.

They receive warm meals there, the result of donations from the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and the Jewish La Benevolencija organization.

Despite the 20-month-long siege of Sarajevo, the 500 Jews who still live there suffer no hunger. They live on donated food.

The United Nations High Commissioner for ...

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