Šta da rade Srbi? Zajednička kuća
What should the Serbs Do? A Common Home

Summary/Abstract: Bosnian Serbs at the beginning of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina were left almost completely without spiritual and secular leadership. Those that did remain, in small numbers, were not able to make positive moves on the political scene of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As an example of such association the author emphasizes the Serb consultation council, which did not ally it self with either political party. Analyzing the state of the Serb Orthodox Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina it can be seen that in the hard times the spiritual leaders, as far as Sarajevo is concerned, ignored the Serbs who lived there. The cultural work of the Serbs was carried out by the cultural and educational society “Prosvjeta”, which started the publishing of a periodical for science, culture and society affairs named the “Bosanska vila”. European sciences showed that Serbs are state building people, and that they could remain in this position, but only in cooperation with other South-Slavic peoples in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In order for Bosnia and Herzegovina not to become an antechamber of history, it should thoroughly change its mentality transforming it from a tribal to a European-American state of mind. This country can be a common home which connects its people, not a battlefield over which they clash and claim primacy. The tearing up of Bosnia would represent a betrayal of history.

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