An edited version of Kidlink IRC (June 1995) with Zlata Filipovic, age 15, author of "Zlata's Diary"...

Belaire: What was the worst experience you had to cope with while still in Sarajevo?

Zlata: I don't know because for me the war was like one day where each second was terrible. Maybe when my mother went out and she didn't come back home or when my friend was killed...

Katie: Zlata do you ever wish there was never any war?

Zlata: Of course. It's the most stupid and the worst thing that exists on this world.

Maxine: Do you think your life will be back to normal someday, Zlata?

Zlata: I hope. I wish it with all my heart :) It depends on some people. We'll see.

Amanda: What were your deepest fears in Sarajevo?

Zlata: Hum. I don't know. I wasn't afraid of death. I was more afraid to stay without legs or arms. Because when you die it's over and when you're wounded you suffer all your life.

Brittan: what was it like in saraevo when the war was going on?

Zlata: It's too hard to say with words. If I say horrible, it's not the right word it's more than horrible.

Edan: How do you live there during the war?

Zlata: I spent most of my time in the house but mostly in the basement. Because it was supposed to be the safest place in the house.

Kim: All of us here in the US watched with horror the bombing in Oklahoma City. Can you compare that to what it was like in Sarajevo every day?

Zlata: You were afraid and we were afraid each day. Imagine how it looks when you're affraid constantly for three years

Ronnie: I'm going to ask my question again:: You are often called the Anne Frank of the 90's, how do you feel about this?

Zlata: I don't like it because I think that everyone is a person for himself and I don't think that I be called like that. Because everything is different between me and Ann Frank. The only thing that is the same is that we are the girls in war who wrote diaries.

Complete unedited logfile of Zlata's IRC chat.

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