The Balkans in Flames

We begin with the search for traces in Yugoslavia’s prehistory. Under the influence of changing rulers and empires the country’s structure is formed over centuries as home to five nationalities with three languages and four different religions.

We are in the fateful year of Yugoslavia?s first free elections since World War II: 1990. It is the hour of the nationalists and the collapse of the multi-ethnic state is only a matter of time.

The Srebrenica massacre is a wake-up call for the international community which decides to intervene after four years of war. That same year the warring parties sign a peace treaty.