In war, children are the archetypal innocent victims, and their testimonies to conflict are shocking because, ripping aside the curtain adults draw between their own realities and those of children, ...

When war came to Sarajevo, 11-year-old Zlata Filipovic's life of piano lessons and tennis matches vanished. She began keeping a diary that chronicled her harrowing experiences. Over much of the next ...

Zlata Filipovic at RFE/RL's Washington studios (RFE/RL) WASHINGTON, January 26, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Until 1992, Zlata Filipovic lived a carefree life in her native Sarajevo. She attended school, enjoyed ...

2007-02-10T20:01:57-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/5ed/196476-m.jpgZlata Filipovic and Melanie Challenger talked about the book they edited, Stolen Voices ...

Children and war. In a perfect world, those words would never appear in close company. But of course that is the real horror of war: too many of the victims are innocent — non-combatants and ...

What would it be like if a war were going on in your neighborhood? Zlata Filipovic knows exactly what it's like. She's the 13-year-old girl from Sarajevo whose now-famous diary tells the story of ...

As a resident of Zagreb, the capital of war-ravaged Croatia, Zarko Korac quickly learned the importance of air raid drills that constantly obstructed daily life in his city. Whenever the sirens ...