Review of The Past Can’t Heal Us (2020) by Lea David
Dealing with the past
I’ve come to save you, he said.
It is very unusual to find yourself “on the other side” of “glorious” Croatian (and not just Croatian) military victories, among those against whom the victories are being celebrated. It is clear who was defeated, but there is always the question of whether anyone actually won?
Marked Sites of Suffering in Bileća and Nevesinje: Remembrance of All Victims
Activists from Bosnia and Herzegovina marked sites of suffering in the area of Bileća and Nevesinje. A total of eight locations related to the suffering of the non-Serb population during the 1992-1995 war were marked
Down the River Bosna vol.2
This time we continued our marking activities in Doboj and in the Posavina Canton, in Orašje and Odžak
If we are prepared to forgive, we have a future
Impressions from the commemoration of the fallen veterans of the 108th Brigade of the Croatian Defense Council in the village of Boderište near Brčko
War Veterans from the Region Attend the Commemoration in Boderište near Brčko: We’ve come to pay our respects to all victims
We attended together with war veterans of different armies the commemoration for Croat defenders of the 108th HVO brigade in the village of Boderište near Brčko.
Marked sites of Suffering in Doboj, Odžak and Orašje: “Solidarity with the victims and their families”
Five sites were marked as part of the fifteenth action to mark unmarked sites of suffering, carried out from 1 to 3 March 2021 in the area of Doboj, Odžak and Orašje.
Fourteenth action: Down the River Bosna
This action brings us to 106 sites we’ve marked that are still without a dignified memorial commemorating what happened there.
Response to “The Past Can’t Heal Us”
I was excited at reading the title of Lea David’s book—The Past Can’t Heal Us. I thought we would finally have some useful research that would free us of the ballast of having to sift through the past and would reveal a new way forward, so I waited for the book with anticipation. It turned out my expectations were completely wrong. To put it mildly, I was shocked.