What do you want to know?

Although the situation remains very tense, it is very calm in Tilburg. Of course, everyone is still concerned and many people are still very angry. The war and unrest have nonetheless not affected the citizens’ mutual relationships. Earlier attacks, military intervention and the presence of UN peace soldiers are much more the cause of tensions. The only thing residents and foreign soldiers seem to have in common is that they do not want to be there.

"Listen, what do you wanna know? What do you wanna do?" An UN soldier asked me. "I mean .. I stay at a base not far from here. It may finally be calm and stable, but there is a constant threat. You can get a bullet in your head any time and it looks like from every window. We have our own patrol zone in the city. We do that patrol every day .. Fighting is almost made impossible by the mandate. So what am I doing here .. What are we doing here? I wouldn’t know. "


"You get these bizarre situations. Guerrilla sucks! Anyone can suddenly become an aggressor. You want to help the people here, but half of them want you out of here .. The Militairy want us to go away, because we stand in their way .. I mean .. You can see that right? "

You can see pictures of Tilburg. Destroyed buildings and neighborhoods and fragments of culture that express the thoughts and feelings of the people. The people who live or have lived here, and died by cause of war. They have seen what is and what has taken place.

These photographs embody the written word. There's no need for explanation. The pictures show what happens when interest and fanaticism can lead to crime.