A warm winter walk along the shore of Sava river.

The banks of the Danube are a wonderful place to go for a walk.

The beautiful building of the Museum of Contemporary Art (built from 1960-1965) is one of the most important achievements of post-war Yugoslav architecture and an important example of museum buildings in the former Yugoslavia. After renovation it was re-opened in 2017. The architects were Ivan Antić (1923-2006) and Ivanka Raspopović (1930-2015).

Verdi's Aida was performed at the Belgrade Opera House - a wonderful evening with friends!

"The culture of remembrance and its significance in Serbian society." 

Panellists:
Manuel Sarrazin, Special Representative of the Federal Government for the Western Balkans
Nataša Kandić, Founder of the Centre for Humanitarian Law, Belgrade
Olga Manojlović Pintar, historian, Institute for Modern History of Serbia and member of the political council of Ne davimo Beograd

Moderation: 
Marijana Stojčić, researcher and programme coordinator at the Centre for Public History, Belgrade

Book presentation at Konrad Adeenauer Foundation. The author of the book is Jelena Jorgacevic Kisić, a journalist from the Belgrade weekly Vreme. Jelena is a doctoral student at the University of Regensburg. She has won several national journalism awards for her articles. She is the president of the non-governmental organization Forum for Religion, Media and Culture of Remembrance.

Welcome of the pastors by Dean Prof. Dr. Zoran Ranković in the hall of the serbian-orthodox faculty of Belgrade.  

Arrival in Priština - view from the hotel.

Visit to Skopje: German embassy and discovery of the church “St. John the Baptist” you see on the picture.

Very informative encounter with the Muslimic military chaplain of the Kosovo security forces. 

In Prizren I met a serbian orthodox priest who showed me many interesting places and informed me about his experiences.

Here, I met a roman catholic priest.

Baptism of two children in this church in Prizren.

I learnt a lot about the history of more than just this region from the hospitable Abbot Andrej. The abbot has his family roots in Zemun!

In the Slovakian Lutheran church the synod of the church took place. On the picture you see my colleague Anna.

On the way home to Furtwangen, Germany, I took a route through Bosnia and Hercegovina. I stayed over night in Sarajevo and learned much about life and tradition in this vibrant city. Very important were talks with various NGOs, but also with an Old Testament scholar who told me that in Foca there will be an interreligious study programme soon. Muslim, serbian-orthodox and roman-catholic theologians are developping a curriculum.  

I spent the night in Bosansko Grahovo at the invitation of a theologian friend. There, on this historic day (28 June), he showed me the house where the assassin of Sarajevo, Gavrilo Princip, was born. A whole new perspective on history!

In Vienna, I visited a member of the board of the "Evangelical Church of Bulkes" support organisation. I also met a Russian student for a coffee whom I came to know in Belgrade. I stayed overnight with relatives who live in the 13th district.