Oriental Institute in Sarajevo

It was founded in 1950 by the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is part of the University of Sarajevo.Its premises, research library and complete manuscript collection (more than 2,000 codices and 15,000 other archival material) were deliberately destroyed in shelling on May 18, 1992 by Army of Republika Srpska forces around the besieged city of Sarajevo.According to interviews with eyewitnesses, the building had been hit with a barrage of incendiary munitions, fired from positions on the hills overlooking the town center.The Institute, which occupied the top floors of a large, four-storey office block on the corner of Veljka Cubrilovica Street and Marshal Tito Boulevard (Sarajevo Centar municipality), was completely burned out, its collections destroyed.These manuscripts over centuries were written in the wide areas of the East to serve worldwide as life manuals for the people.
BosnianUniversity of SarajevoSarajevoBosnia and HerzegovinaSocialist Republic of Bosnia and HerzegovinaSiege of SarajevoArmy of Republika Srpskabesieged city of SarajevoSarajevo CentararebicaDestruction of librariesBook burningVijećnicaAndrás RiedlmayerFaculty of Electrical EngineeringFaculty of Economics and BusinessFaculty of Political Science in SarajevoFaculty of HumanitiesFaculty of LawAcademy of Fine ArtsAcademy of Performing ArtsMusic AcademyInstitute for Genetic Engineering and BiotechnologyScience to Youth Movement