BERNARD WIEMAN: BOSANSKI DNEVNIK JEDNOG NJEMAČKOG PUTOPISCA

Abstract

Bernard Wieman, a German writer and lawyer who visited Bosnia   and Herzegovina at the beginning of the 20th century, impressed by what he   experienced has written down his literary impressions in the work Bosnisches   Tagebuch (Bosnian travelogue). In the excerpt, translated and edited by Zijad   Šehić, the author introduces us to the contrasting beauties of Sarajevo, which   resembles a fairy-tale dream. He was particularly impressed by the kindness   and broad-mindedness of the people and feeling happy that in Sarajevo he   could learn about life even from shoe shiners. His unprejudiced, graphic and   impressive record was published in Munich in 1908.