the war in bosnia ended almost 24 years ago but for some the conflict lives on is a bitter part of everyday life. many of us that although we're not children of love were children of hate it took me a long time to accept that the war is the only reason i'm alive that these. children born of wartime rape a taboo topic in bosnia these children are now adults fighting against discrimination. it is important to keep the pressure on those in power so they finally change the laws over to amy says our county was full. but other similar to keep it there is good enough so what i was 15 and in high school when i found a box with all the notes from the psychologists and therapists my mother went to see that they documented every detail of the rape what happened to her injuries and i was alone at home and read it all of us and suddenly i didn't know who i was anymore my whole life just fell apart. messed up. when we meet i know usage she's 25 and studying psychology in sarajevo her mother never wanted her to know that she was conceived by rape. ever since her discovery i know has felt like a living leg

>> the fighting in bosnia was severe on a number of fronts today. the united nations and nato are watching for now. >> people here are beginning to wonder whether anybody out there really cares anymore. >> and early on we saw this incredible catastrophe taking place, but the united states was trying to figure out how they should define their role as the single super power. >> in the early days, the clinton administration, we were still in the process of what is the national strategy because we won the cold war but we lost our adversary and when we lost our adversary, we lost our strategy. and so we were rutterless, we had the forces but what were we supposed to do with those forces? >> am i supposed to get involved in every one of these flare-ups, a determination back in the early '90s is that's not our issue. >> the united states is not the world's policeman. we cannot enter poinner pose to every armed conflict in the world. >> the united states set back with a human tragedy but i have no threat that's facing me if i don't solve this problem. by 19

and to the victims in bosnia they're called the invisible children. for many the war is history but not for i know as a child of rape she's endured stigmatization and discrimination official bosnian documents require a father's name as files the field is empty. even now after more than 20 years whenever i go to the authorities i still have to tell some guy behind the counter that my mother was raped i don't know who my biological father is can i still apply for student aid got so. and you. i know has teamed up with others in the same situation their association forgotten children of war is fighting for an end to discrimination and for equal rights they also want the government to recognise bosnia's invisible children as war victims a status that grants certain types of assistance the demand has drawn abusive comments on their facebook page. closeness no shame i could be close to. one rehearsal rolled out on our mothers were prostitutes it wasn't our fault. but they'd sold their bodies for a little food. comments like that to be shocked me really. shou

in bosnia herzegovina today people like alan and i know are not considered war victims. i know is working to change that with the help of lawyer of go down and check mine it's a formality with wide reaching consequences the children of veterans and war invalids are entitled to housing benefits and educational grants. the children of rape victims get no such support. the nicholas new ball to when the children of rape victims by or inherit property for example they have to pay the full tax write that more victims on the other hand get a 50 percent tax rebate. but each. is trying to clarify whether bosnian law is in breach of international conventions and human rights. she's optimistic and explains why. as let's quit eating let me eat. i'm only see them have gone through the international conventions to see if bosnian law is in violation and then i came across this section that states there is an ombudsman for cases like ours so i looked it up in the ministry. but it turns out they don't have an ombudsman much they just never installed the position but i do know that. they'

bosnia has become a bottleneck for migrants trying to get into the eu.and then they are stuck, unable to cross then they are stuck, unable to cross the croatian border to four months ago, the government set up this unofficial camp on ground surrounded by land man's —— landmines. there is no sanitation electricity running water nor healthcare to diseases right. with coming, conditions are getting worse. you have enough to keep warm? not really. this man fled afghanistan keep warm? not really. this man fled afg ha nista n after keep warm? not really. this man fled afghanistan after the taliban and killed his family. i did not know what was going to happen in winter. iam what was going to happen in winter. i am worried. i said i wanted to deport . the risk is if we do not have these bad —— beds, people will go back because of the cold. we will have on a catastrophe, not in a few months but in a few weeks. bosnia has been given £10 million to set up new centres but the government is let yet to allocate new sites. seeing that it makes you realise the scale of

enough fights for bosnia has children of shame. next d.w. . complaints thing. how their dumps into the climate crisis. scientists are looking to the intelligence of plants to see what they can learn. and their amazing ability. to borrow today. 60 minutes on d w. the last census if they don't need to keep it there you go the ball rolls for all the rats and home the 4th time can do nothing for the most recent medical member of. the family that the last dragons this word has called the whole 3 years. to agree books on. the war in bosnia ended almost 24 years ago but for some the conflict lives on is a bitter part of everyday life. when these men just a little but we're not children of lard we're children of hate it took me a long time to accept that the war is the only reason i'm alive. children born of wartime rape a taboo topic in bosnia these children are now adults fighting against discrimination . because.

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i want to go to the safe place in bosnia. gradually get kind of pulled so long again by the community of people who know more than you do and what they're doing but also they have less severe. so it's not the healthiest and love to be part of necessarily but your little bit boiling frog dimension to the physical fear part of it. actually left in the end in part because i felt like alice my fear altogether. i felt a certain fatalism pretend and my younger brother actually it was four into the me, is the teenager at the time we need called to talk to my mother, an amazing woman who brought me to american my stepfather and with her from ireland, he sighed, since what he doing. what you doing over there. >> unrighteously writing about the plate to seize people i don't know what i said back but he was like you are so selfish. everything about mom. what she's going through. so is another one of those moments that my empathy can only go so far. not even think about my mother not that i'm a mother myself i can only imagine what i was

and this week's bure video takes us to bosnia and herzegovina. i want to start by getting a proper overview. treetop walkabouts the clue visitor center is the ideal place to get an idea of fully of the land it meanders through the forest for over a kilometer culminating at a height of 42 meters on the observation platform what a view. this horseshoe bend in the river is known as the zaz life and it's by far the most popular attraction in software. from up here you can see it pretty well the silence is green about one 3rd of the area is covered with forest and then there are the river valleys of sawmills hill and. sustainable travel is no problem at all due to many hiking and cycling trails well some recommendations for you. many of interesting sites found out in nature. will not typing trails show the way. there are rugged and colorful sandstone rocks. traces of celtic settlements. and any number of consul ruins. descendant touring guides hike you safely through the vast forests at the labeling gemini any it still provides our intake anyone can u

in bosnia herzegovina today people like arlen and i know are not considered war victims. know is working to change that with the help of lawyer bill donovan checked mine it's a formality with wide reaching consequences the children of veterans and war invalids are entitled to housing benefits and educational grants. the children of rape victims get no such support. the mathematical new ball to live in the children of rape victims by or inherit property for example they have to pay the full tax write that more victims on the other hand get a 50 percent tax rebate. at each. dollar is trying to clarify whether bosnian law is in breach of international conventions and human rights. she's optimistic and explains why. as a squeaking movie. i'm only said i may have gone through the international conventions to see if bosnian law isn't by aleisha and i know that i came across this section that states there is an ombudsman for cases like ours so i looked it up in the ministry. but it turns out they don't have an ombudsman much they just never installed the position that idea of th

bosnia's children of shame. 60 minutes. welcome to the but is he here or do. you think about it. that's no. more. today's journey takes me to one of the warmest and lovely is regions in germany the german wine route. 85 kilometers long and winds through the latin it's been. the sign bearing a bunch of graves shows me the way. the . wind is very important around these parts the polack in it is germany 2nd biggest wine growing area there are over 23000 hectares of vineyards here. good wine good food combined with this incredible landscape the perfect set up for a little autumn get away i'm excited to find out what i'm going to sing and savor and the poll latin it and here is a little taste of what's the cup. trip to hum. castle the birthplace of german democracy. a hike along the. hiking trail. and one of our viewers shows us around his hometown in columbia got back into. the wind gauge inch in the question but this is where the german wind route starts it's one of germany's oldest tourist routes. yet some people prefer not to talk about who invented it. if you look closely you'll

got giddy that dean dean though didn't watch bosnia. so doggone monologue. got get the ending though didn't watch bosnia. did most of me that i'd. just. so the proles a lot more. time living. all right. calmer . so they were turning after all. those. life which can be strangely merciful. had taken pity on me on my desk. the dream she had clung to so desperately. had unfolded. i can't form of a scene i'm too happy. with it would you mind if i say ok right thank you so much a thing is evolved out of to just if i was it is just human of me. to come eyes dish out a. deposit fellow man. fighting with a few meals to fuel me you'll just feel me there sammy of lead you come at us yes give full night of you know all just love me school. deliberately. talking on. and local. another day another explosion. from one of the thousands of i.e.d. strewn through the landscape of this lawless tribal region in pakistan with only the most basic equipment of phillis bomb disposal unit are determined to counter the horror of the relentless taliban onslaught. armed with faith a wit

she began her career as a journalist reporting from places such as bosnia, east timor, kosovo, rwanda, sudan and zimbabwe, and she was the founding executive director of the carr center for human rights policy at the kennedy school. her book, "a problem from hell" won the pulitzer prize in 2003. she is -- yeah. [laughter] a big one a while ago. [laughter] she is also the author of "the new york times" bestseller "chasing the game." her -- chasing the flame. her most recent book, "the education of an eyedist," was published in september, and i've just learned it is short listed for the irish book prize. of conch congratulations. >> thank you. [applause] >> and one more time, let's do it one more time, please join me in welcoming samantha power to austin. ms. -- [applause] if. >> there's a reason this is my third trip to austin in, like, three weeks. just for the record, y'all are incredibly warm, and i'm very grate. thank you. [applause] >> okay. so we're going to start off this session with a brief reading. >> yes. so i want to just set the stage for our conversation, and i thought th

a humanitarian organization says a migrant camp in bosnia is on the brink of catastrophe hundreds of margarets have been left without running water at the camp near the border with a huge member. those are the headlines the news continues here on our 0 after woman by. when you talk about sex and sexual and reproductive you know it's a grueling and very sensitive they react to what we try to do is add some comedy because the subtlety of the society and people respond to the. truth. i know let me show you something this is a $1.25 where i live it will buy you a very small cup of coffee millions of people around the world exist on less than this amount a day of the numbers have gone down but there's still a lot of work to be done at a time when the world is looking at how to reduce extreme poverty the spotlight has been towed on women wherever they have the opportunity to be actively involved in the local communities and economies the huge benefits to the people around them to . know that investing in winning. it's not just the right thing to do it's smart economics because there's a ri

and a town in bosnia takes drastic steps to try to stem the flow of asylum seekers. hello there more severe storms across southern sections of the united states than in the last 24 hours a few more warnings in place as we go through tuesday into wednesday clear skies now in doubt as the course is not the case on sunday night in really the late hours into monday and this is what the residents of dallas are facing certainly on monday in the daylight hours a lot of damage has been done and they sent out the rescue teams because of course of all that debris and downed trees not sure if any people were actually underneath all this but the good news is there really have been no reports of even any injuries now as we go through wednesday it will warm up again across much of the south in the wake of that so rain and that so cool ad 900 celsius so wednesday into atlanta warming up in new york at 17 and very warm out across the southwest 32 celsius in los angeles by thursday it stays about the same but we'll see then as a system working its way fairly rapidly south was pushing

travels home to his birthplace on the banks of the tree no river in bosnia he visits his grandmother and records her memories the book looks back at tito's yugoslavia and its collapse in the 1990 s. nationalism and war forced the family to flee from it because. i don't was wanted to look at my own biography and of my family and the final stories that way where the present always dips into the past if we took the same route today my mother and i would have ended up standing in front of a barbed wire fence somewhere in hungary that's hard it's hard. chance to came to heidelberg the epitome of german romanticism. a gas station turns out to be the place where origin loses its weight. often we could be anything there we could be anything and everything in the stories we told there and there were hardly any conflicts it was like an unwritten rule not here maybe someplace else but not here in this stony shit place with a chance and lets his readers join in decision making in the end the book becomes an adventure novel turning like a relate wheel between fact and fiction. and congratulations

following days of unrest and struggling to deal with refugee numbers the water supply to camp and bosnia is caught to pressure the government into helping. the a. hello there it is going to be about the heat across the south on the east of australia in the coming days not last few hours not a great deal of cloud and as we know not really had any rainfall coast over the last few days and really none in the forecast in this coming week either as a couple enjoying the warm sunshine in sydney it's very nice but it's actually going to get very warm and of course we do desperate need the rain so what's going to happen to go through this week of these temperatures actually rise even further they're coming down from the north the winds they can be brisk as well as the fight is also on the increase those who are in adelaide on wednesday 24 across empath and then thursday one of the warmest days look at this 36 celsius in adelaide that's actually 14 degrees above the average for this time of the year meanwhile $33.00 in adelaide again a good $12.00 to $13.00 degrees above the average and eventuall

for i know it was very painful to learn how she came to be but she's strong i know fights for bosnia has children of shame. and 30 minutes on d w. 1st girls took it over now live i'm sure that it was as they are also some of the most certainly the most insecure. what's a big what's it got. to be a book. on that small fierce in the night clubs. where i come from raj order means an important means soft transmitting to new lows and for mission and when i was young my country was crawling with the news conference the more people just people would cause them. to see. it was my job to go to in one of the not just spot to say it's sold out to everyone in the column for me some times i see. nothing cause intrinsic to my own copy out into a month or more design so i don't even it's up to us i was it's one of. my choices in the scottish because given their way toward transmittance the choice . of my name is in the question how much and i will. get up. this is news coming to you live from berlin the leader of islamic state is dead but his extreme ideology is not. died in a raid by u.s. special

for i know it was very painful to learn how she came to be but she's strong i know fights for bosnia as children of shame. 30 minutes monday w. . me take it personally i already with all the wonderful people in stories that make the game so special. for all true fans. because more than football online. did you know that one can serve the end tell you how it's done it with the help of drones we didn't know either but now we do and was show you how it is done welcome to another edition of equal africa i am stunned at you know they're coming to you from kampala here in uganda hello sandra and hello everybody thank you for joining us of a show i am now excited we have the force.

for i know it was very painful to love how she came to be but she's strong i know fights for bosnia aschildren of shame. 60 minutes on t w. welcome to the what is the game here for the. place to talk about a. country that's a whole. lot more. today's journey takes me to one of the warmest and lovely it's regions in germany the german.

bosnia is now a major entry point, major route into the eu, with around 45,000 refugees coming into bosnia is it for today's morning briefing. now for today's morning briefing. now for a full round—up of the sport, john watson is that the bbc sport centre. good morning. let's start this morning at the rugby world cup injapan, where the england head coach eddiejones has once again shuffled his pack for this weekend's semi—final. george ford comes back into the side at fly—half having missed the quarter final against australia. it means that captain 0wen farrell moves to centre with henry slade dropping to the bench for the game in yokohama. eddiejones giving eddie jones giving that eddiejones giving that press conference in tokyo at the moment. let's dip in and hear what he has got to say. we were speaking to steve about that, mate! 0bviously you work for talk sport. talk to your employees there. clearly a bit of discussion with a journalist. eddiejones of discussion with a journalist. eddie jones laughing at of discussion with a journalist. eddiejones laughing at suggestions. trying to sug

essentially avoid a runoff vote coming up next bone hondo with the story of the genocide survivor in bosnia they with us. more than 20 years after the bosnian war one man is 13 for the bones of his people the old you're below 30 the floor. crew. bones are all that families have to lay their loved ones to rest for you so it is your mutual decision to go through. even my for me to. go with them to of he's white. laura 30. 2 willfulness old loyalties can swap. every day since 2002 ram is new catch has been scouring the forest for the remains of victims of genocide although they themselves have disappeared their memory lives on and they haunt the minds of their friends and families. he roams these words with the sole purpose of finding human bones which can be identified and finally to rest. the breakup of yugoslavia began in 1991 when the republics of slovenia and croatia declared independence 6 bitter wars followed by the republic of bosnia-herzegovina paid the high price for independence now more at that time mr than magic there or that washington got bigger and i'm a free market out of more

when rama's finds a bone in the woods he contacts the missing persons institute of bosnia and herzegovina. picks the name of vets comes to help promise members of his family also perished in the genocide. what you would if you look closely if you can. but 1st go to those are those who put here because of all of will and more. so they want to move there no removing you from all you don't fulfill no girl who might not under. or it up with their work out to us yet feel good if the 3rd daughter would hold the. i don't need your mother though you know you mustn't. give us old us obligatory also to provide too large to do 'd it of us or do i sort of have to put the model set up publish it on the phone the thought it could go to work with midwest region or more i want to do i not really i think it would if it were to do what it is called evil day 32 would it ever be looked at before the sure. is truly to be used to do which is a mystery also bears sue the brush no less would be equally proud of it all as you couldn't see one quality from work i could see on. the east pete to open a t.v. put hear

has its own rules on the balkans where it is undermining security council resolutions on kosovo and bosnia. universal conventions together with resolutions are an integral part of international law. the west would like to substitute even these conventions with its rules as happened in the opcw, whose technical secretary was attributiveanted functions through unlawful manipulations and shameless pressure, in direct violation of the chemical weapons convention and exclusive prerogatives of the security council. we are seeing continued games played with conventions that upholdingntries linguistic and natural rights of national minorities. even here colleagues -- turn a blind eye because the open denial of national minorities rights. and the ignominious phenomenon of statelessness in europe. it' increasingly observed in thes persistent policy of rewriting the history of world neor ii and justifying - againstnd vandalism -- the money was of europe and the victims of the holocaust. the key principles of the u.n. charter are also being sorely tested. now, we are now seeing the attempts to ad vene

enough fights for bosnia's children of shame. and 30 minutes on d w. take it personally you read it with a little gander to. make the game show special. true for. more than a foot long line. welcome to global 3000. today we head to the peruvian andes to meet a few trailblazing women who are willing to bet a heavy burden to make gains in gender equality. in rwanda heavy rainfall can devastate entire villages and farmland farmers are taking measures to protect themselves from flooding. and we hear about thousands of people in japan.

when rama's finds a bone in the woods he contacts the missing persons institute of bosnia and herzegovina. dixon name of vets comes to help promise members of his family also perished in the genocide. what you would if you look look if you can. but 1st go to those are those who post here cause of lot of will and more. so they want to move but if there are no removing you from all you don't post and no girl will call my number. or it up but there were lots of us here at the overt if the knowledge of will to. i told your mother though you know you must. give us a lot of little dorrit also to provide to last to do 'd it was old all i thought of to put the model set up publish it on a 4th order got it got to work with midwest region or more and what are you doing out here where i need to do if they do or if it is clearly more a day 32 whatever you look for books that are sure. you stay ready to be used to do it as a mystery also be sue the brush no less would be equally proud of it all as you saw not one quality from work i would see on. the east be to open a t.v. put hired kiddo aqui nice wi

. >> it started out with what we used to know as yugoslavia and it broke up into croatia and bosnia,olks who were going after muslims and muslims going after christians and there was real genocide across populations in bosnia at the time. what happened was our british counterpart, tony blair got elected as prime minister and he decided and came to the united states and convinced clinton at the time, this is a huge problem. we can't have these folks committing acts of genocide, and you can't just let them go and we need to do something about it so because of all of that after the cease-fire they realized we will have to find these folks and bring them to justice for war crimes. what is great about this is you get the real story from general wesley clark who was there and the commanding officer there, and leon pennetta who was chief of staff to president clinton and went on to be defense secretary, and we have great voices telling the story including operators doing this work, and you can't see their face and their voices are d distorted, but it's absolutely fascinating. >> who was gen

and a town in bosnia takes drastic steps to try to stem the flow of asylum seekers. we have some rain showers in the forecast across sections of the middle east quite a bit of cloud again in the last year as on the huge amount of rain tied to this band of cloud but we have golson scottish maybe it's got a thunderstorm as well so as we go through wednesday we could see if you go through the east and over the mediterranean and also across most southern and eastern sections of turkey but dropping down into iraq and again fairly cloudy skies that you cross into northern sections of iran and by thursday that rain becoming a little bit more widespread through turkey and you can see him push into say into the eastern end of the mediterranean time which is not too bad in baghdad 33 celsius is a bit cooler in kabul with a high of 20 on the 10 which is. beginning to come down and stay down across much of the arabian peninsula 32 the high number to be on wednesday you go 35 celsius in doha the humidity levels have also come down as well we've actually got shot was really nowher

when rama's finds a bone in the woods he contacts the missing persons institute of bosnia and herzegovina. dix the name of x. comes to help promise members of his family also perished in the genocide. what you would if you look closely if you can. but 1st go to those are those who put you a hold of will and more. so they want a move for a fairly modern fellow who don't fulfill no girl who might not either. or it up but there were lots of us here at the overt if the knowledge of will to. i'm told your mother though you know you must on. it's also less obligatory also to provide too large to do 'd it for us or do i sort of have to put the model set up publish it on a 4th order cut it got to work with midwest region a more i want to do i not really i think it would if it were to do what it is called evil the day 32 would it ever be looked at before the sure. is truly to be used to do with as a mystery also best sue the brush no less would be equally proud of it all as you couldn't see luckily to you from the book i see on. the is paid to open a t.v. put heart aqui mice with all kind i don't

and bosnia. if you want to sincerely massacre. look at. all the turkish of operation if you want to look at if you want to see civilian casualties . look at in your string look at the streets of palestine that muslims are killed on the streets. if you want to see civilian massacres look at the. terror organization who killed our women our elderly our children they were killed by them in the last 40 years and also if you want to see civilian massacres we look in the mirror and look at the history and look at all the blood of the innocent in your own hand and turkey can never be. turkey is not a country that can be about this is. the the one. i can use turkey of civilian massacres are blind they have a stern in their heart they have a star and as a heart they have no conscience. there is no any other country who had such a large operation against terrorism and had such a clean job in syria. the ones who are accusing us of posing the villain casualties they have to remember the afghanistan operation i'd like to warn them almost every day as i

before i know it was very painful to love how she came to be but she strong i know fights for bosnia as children of shame. 30 minutes on d. w. . welcome to the what is the game here for days. to talk about. that's a. luxury behind the mirror humans are exploited and animals cruelly slaughtered. big brands have committed to fair working conditions and sustainable production. but who is monitoring the some contractors. and investigative documentary goes to italy and china and looks behind the glamorous facade of fashion houses. luxury her starts november 5th column t w. this is it every news line from berlin the far right are alternatives for germany storms into 2nd place in the state election in the. exit polls show the left wing less party are the strongest force but they'll have a hard time forming a new government will have team coverage of the election's outcome and what it means for the country also coming up.

well a town in bosnia has cut off water to an overcrowded refugee camp it's an attempt to pressure thegovernment into relocating thousands of people there for him. it's the 2nd day without clean water for around 2000 migrants and refugees living in camp near the northwest city of b. hunch local authorities cut the supply on monday they want to the central government to relocate these people but some local residents are taking matters into their own hands trying to help the migrants how can you not provide the water to these people and you have to get huling that the voter has been cut off from the can and no one is sending it from behind they come looking for a voter so i have to give it to them the 1st water tank arrived at noon some rushed to quench their thirst and others to bathe but poor hygiene in the campus posing a risk to many getting infectious diseases. through a month ago we had medical assistants here at the camp every day except on weekends a doctor would come every day but now no one comes here these wounds on my legs after i return from the croatian border and other peo

republics of slovenia and kuwait declared independence 6 bitter wars followed by the republic of bosnia-herzegovina paid the high price for independence them or their families or the magic there or the washington government backed out i'm a free market out of more of the mess but i'm not a member of the front of the without. the bosnian war started in the spring of 1992 and lasted for 3 and a half months. in the summer of 19951 of the worst atrocities in europe since the 2nd world war was committed here. bosnian serb forces under the command of general rights common law ditch occupied sort of beneath on the 11th of july 1995 in the following days 25000 women and children were forcibly removed from the town. and 8000 men and boys were systematically killed. thank you thank you thank. you journalist me murchadh to church pointed from 70 on the 10th of july 995 the next day was the last that his mother hieron saw him alive. don is the route to the couch or mine aren't fully thought fire goes wrong on a. bottle or on just as windows too much because for many years incidents of caution in most polls. th

for i know it was very painful to love how she came to be but she's strong i know fights for bosnia's children of shame. 60 minutes on t w. unskilled that of a war that's hard and in the end it's a me you're not allowed to stay here anymore we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers what alliances. what's your story ready. i mean when i was a women especially in victims of violence. take part and send us your story we are trying always to understand this new culture. another visitor not a guest you want to become a citizen. in for migrants your platform for reliable information. luxury behind the mirror humans are exploited and animals cruelly slaughtered big brands have committed to fair working conditions and sustainable production but who is monitoring the some contractors and investigative documentary goes to italy and china and looks behind the glamorous facades of fashion as a luxury behind the murray starts nov 5th on d w. this is due to be news lives. from berlin germany's foreign minister calls for a lasting cease fire in northern syria masses in an

travels home to his birthplace on the banks of the trina river in bosnia and he visits his grandmother and records her memories the book looks back at tito's yugoslavia and its collapse in the 1990 s. nationalism and war forced the family to flee from it because. i don't we wanted to look at my own biography and of my family and the final stories that way where the present always dips into the past if we took the same route today my mother and i would have ended up standing in front of a barbed wire fence somewhere in hungary that's hard it's hard. chance to came to heidelberg the epitome of german romanticism. a gas station turns out to be the place where origin loses its weight. because we could be anything there we could be anything and everything in the stories we told there and there were hardly any conflicts it was like an unwritten rule not here maybe someplace else but not here in the. stanley ships plays with chance and lets his readers join in decision making in the end the book becomes an adventure novel turning like a relate wheel between fact and fiction. sasha's sanish it