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Hans Koschnick
Hans Koschnick

Himself

Hans Teuscher
Hans Teuscher

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    Summer 1994, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Two civil wars in only three years has torn the city apart and destroyed it. The town is split into a Croatian majority in the west and a Muslim majority locked in the east. An invisible wall divides the two areas. The EU appoints German social democrat Hans Koschnick as municipal administrator of the town in the hope of rekindling a sense of community there.

  • Release Date

    1997-02-16

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    Mostar 1994-96

  • Genres

    Documentary

  • Languages:

    Deutsch

  • Keywords

    bosnia and herzegovinabosnian war (1992-95)

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