By mid-1995, Goražde was one of six UN "Safe Areas" established by the UNPROFOR mission. But unlike Srebrenica and Žepa, which fell to Bosnian Serb forces that July, Goražde held the line.

In the summer of 1995, while the world’s eyes were fixed on Srebrenica and Sarajevo, the small Drina River city of Goražde faced its own Armageddon.

Today, the Drina flows green again. But every bridge in town is a memorial.

We talk about the wars of the 1990s as a tragedy of inaction. Goražde is the exception that proves the rule: