Jews arrived to Bosnia and Herzegovina around the middle of the 16th century.   The first monuments in Jewish cemeteries originate from 1551 in  Kovačići.  Within a short time Jews built homes, schools, and synagogues in towns around the region.


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Gazi-Husrev Beg's Mosque, Sarajevo
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Old Jewish Cemetary, Sarajevo
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Sarajevo Haggadah
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Sevdah music played at Hajji Šaban's Tavern, Benbaša, Sarajevo. Source: http://bit.ly/1XjSLkx
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The Hardaga Family, who saved Jewish friends and neighbors in Sarajevo during WWII
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La Benevolencija, a Jewish Sarajevo organization that distributed aid during The Bosnian War