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Towards the end of war
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Recordist's notes
Tonci Krasovac(73)leading us towards the top of the city bell tower and showing damages made by frequent shelling; by family tradition responsible for bells and the town clock, both wound up manually, he did it every day during the siege notwhistanding danger,his angina pectoris, one lost kidney and destroyed home. His bells and the local radio were the only sounds to be heard in the town without electricity -besides the sounds of bombardment. Kept spirits high.
About the place
Dubrovnik is a town of about 26,922 people in Dubrovnik-Neretva, Croatia. OttoAnna lists 12 field recordings from here.
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Sources & credits
- “Dubrovnik, July 1992, climbing up the city bell tower - towards the end of war” by ranka mesaric – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0