My father, Bojan Bujić, who has died aged 86, was a musicologist and academic whose life was shaped by the conflicts of 20th-century Europe.
Born in Sarajevo (then in Yugoslavia) in 1937, he was the only child of Zorislava (nee Kovačević) and Branko, an economist and journalist. Bojan’s earliest memories were of life under German occupation after the invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941, and most notably of his father’s arrest at the family home. As a former member of the Communist party, Branko’s name appeared on lists of prominent anti-fascists, and he was deported to one of the region’s concentration camps, where he was executed.
