Author: Peter Maass

I was born and raised in Los Angeles. In 1983, after graduating from the University of California at Berkeley, I went to Brussels as a copy editor for The Wall Street Journal/Europe. I left the Journal in 1985 to write for The New York Times and The International Herald Tribune, covering NATO and the European Union. In 1987 I moved to Seoul, South Korea, where I wrote primarily for The Washington Post. After three years in Asia I moved to Budapest to cover Eastern Europe and the Balkans. I spent most of 1992 and 1993 covering the war in Bosnia for the Post.

Winter Begins Its Grisly Work in Sarajevo; 10 Residents of a Frigid Old-Age Home Have Died of Exposure in Past Three Days

The Washington Post
January 6, 1993

SARAJEVO – Just down the road from the United Nations headquarters here, 10 elderly Bosnians died from the cold in the past three days at a wretched nursing home that has almost no heating, few windows and more than 100 helpless oldsters ...  (Read more)

No Panic in Britain’s Thin Red Bosnian Line; U.N. Support Troops Dispute Their Vulnerability to Serb Attacks

The Washington Post
December 28, 1992

VITEZ, Bosnia – It was, as a British officer might say, a cracking good show.

During a recent patrol near the northeast Bosnian city of Tuzla, a convoy of British Warrior armored fighting vehicles was ambushed by Serb militia forces. ...  (Read more)

In Sarajevo, a Christmas Under Siege; Croat Family Celebrates Despite Shortages and Fear

The Washington Post
December 26, 1992

SARAJEVO, December 25 – Karlo and Janja Pelzl went to Christmas Mass this morning, but they went to separate churches. It had nothing to do with religious differences or a marital spat.

The Pelzls were afraid that if they went to ...  (Read more)