One of the most brutal periods of the 1990s was the breakup of Yugoslavia through a series of wars that initially gave rise to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. The resulting human cost was catastrophic and the economic damage to the region was massive. Some people stayed to rebuild their communities, but many fled during the war as refugees.

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