Family and life stories bring together personal testimonies about people, families, and eras that should never be forgotten. Here you will find photographs, preserved documents, and true accounts of important human experiences and remarkable lives.
I sold Bitcoin for $30 because I thought I had caught the top. When I started Bitcoin mining in 2013, the price was around $15, so a doubling looked like an excellent reason to sell. When I later saw how much further it went, I was, to put it politely, pissed off. Around the start
Some family stories remain unfinished. The story of Budimir Bosiljčić is one of them. His name, photographs and several documents have survived, but the most important question remains unanswered: what ultimately happened to him? Budimir Bosiljčić was my great-grandfather, a military technical official and fighter pilot. Our family has never reliably established his fate after
My grandmother Slobodanka was a child of war and a pilot’s daughter. In the story that follows, my mother Slavica tells us about her life. This article was written at the request of my mother, Slavica. She wanted to preserve the story of her mother, Slobodanka Tasić, née Bosiljčić—my grandmother—a woman who endured a difficult
Life before mobile phones and the internet comes back to me most clearly through one ordinary scene: my mother picking up the landline in the evening to call a wake-up service. “For 3324334, at four thirty, thank you,” she would say. She gave the telephone number, requested a time and ended the call. The next
A Day of Childhood in Yugoslavia 1990s Life in Yugoslavia 1990s meant something truly special to me. I remember that morning as if it were yesterday. Sunlight was slowly breaking through the curtains, while the kitchen filled with the smell of freshly brewed coffee and sliced bread. Instead of noise and notifications, there was only
