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Metadata
Object Name |
Interview |
Source |
Grout Museum District |
Iowa History Era Tag |
Iowa in a Global World (1991 - present) |
Chronological Tag |
Contemporary United States (1968-present) |
Catalog Number |
2018.038.021 |
Credit line |
Grout Museum District - Waterloo, Iowa |
Description |
The subject of this interview is Zulfeta Rizvic, a Bosnian native who discusses the transition from Bosnia to the United States with her family. In December 1996 Zulfeta Rizvic, her husband and daughter, moved from Chicago to Waterloo. She was an elementary school teacher in Bosnia. She worked at IBP for a short time before getting involved with the Waterloo Community Schools as an English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher. With the encouragement of the Bosnian community, she began the KUD Kolo dance group to help younger refugees stay connected to their heritage. Content can be used with the following standards: 3rd grade SS 3.27 Immigration and Migration and SS-WH 9-12.26 Iowans Influence World History in a lesson on immigrants who sought refuge in Iowa during/following the Bosnian War. For any use other than instructional resources, please check with the organization that owns this item regarding copyright restrictions. |
Additional Research & Sources |
Following the death of the Yugoslav leader, Josip Broz Tito in 1980, the united Balkan states of Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia and Macedonia (known together as the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia) began to break apart. A new Serbian leader, Slobadan Milosevic, began to create disruption between the Serbs and Bosnian-Muslims and Croations, claiming that Serbs were dominant over the other nationalities. When Bosnia declared independence in 1992, the Serbs sought to ethnically cleanse the area of all Bosnian-Muslims in order to create a Serbian-dominant state known as "Greater Serbia". In May 1992, the Serbs launched their first attack in Bosnia's capital, Sarajevo. By the end of 1993, Serbs had taken control of nearly 3/4 of the country. Aside from providing humanitarian aid, the United Nations did not intervene. On July 11, 1995, Serbs forces attacked the town of Srebrencia in Bosnia, where they killed 7,000-8,000 civilians over the course of four days. Later that year in August, NATO joined Bosnian and Crotian forces after the Serbs refused a U.N. ultimatum, and launched a three-week attack on Bosnian Serb postions. In November, 1995, in Dayton, Ohio, a peace-treaty talk was held wherein Milosevic agreed to the creation of federalized Bosnia divided between a Serb republic and a Croat-Bosniak federation. In May of 1993, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia was created by the U.N. Secuirty Council to prosecute war crimes of the Serbs. 161 individuals were indicted of war crimes. In 2002, Milosevic was to stand trial against genocide crimes, but after the trial was delayed due to his health, Milosevic eventually passed away in his jail cell. |
Primary/Secondary Source |
Significant - State/National |
County Tag |
Black Hawk |
People |
Rizvic, Zulfeta |
Relation |
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Search Terms |
War & Conflict People Immigrants Disaster and Crisis Bosnia Education |
Legal Status |
Ownership of this resource is held by the Grout Museum District and has been provided here for educational purposes only, specifically for use in the Iowa Museum Association's "Teaching Iowa History" project. It may not be downloaded, reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission from the Rights Holder. For information on U.S. and International copyright laws, consult an attorney. |
