Jan van Esch, a friend of my died last week, an aggressive form of pancreas cancer. He was one of the initiators of better relations with the Balkan countries, especially Croatia and Bosnia. He lead many projects to improve the situation there. Also he started a dialogue with the Srbrenica Dutch bat soldiers with the survivors of the massacre.
One of the projects was the help of a mental hospital in Trogir, where there was an urgent need for hospital beds. In 2013 we went Trogir, with a small truck and hospital beds.
I made this photo during the long trip from the Netherlands to the south of Croatia (close to Split)
Today was the funeral.
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