Jasmina Hostert lost her hand in the besieged Sarajevo. She came to Germany as a severely wounded girl. Today, she is an SPD politician who advocates social justice, refugees, single mothers, as well as BiH, as reported by Deutsche Welle.
“I was born in Sarajevo where I grew up with my family. Then, in 1992, came that unfortunate war. A grenade fell in October 1992, and I lost my arm. I was operated in Sarajevo, but the wound got infected and I urgently needed to go abroad,” started her story 34 years old Jasmina Hoster. She is one of 4,828 candidates and candidates for the German Bundestag Parliament in the parliamentary elections that will be held on September 24.
“Politics has always followed my life. While other children were thinking about going out and socializing, I was dealing with extending my visa and staying in Germany. Later, I wished to get politically engaged as well,” said Jasmina, who studied political science and art history in Bonn.
Jasmina is a candidate for the Social Democratic Party (SPD), which she liked the most by its program: “I am very grateful to Germany. I am happy to live peacefully in a democratic society and I advocate for these values.”
Despite losing her hand as a little girl in the war and being a single mother of a five-year-old girl, Jasmina is dedicated to helping others, especially refugees.
“I want to stand up for the refugees because the Germans stood up for me. I also want to fight against the racism that was created in Germany during the so-called “refugee crisis”. I know from my personal experience how difficult it is to come to Germany and to be a refugee. Unfortunately, there are those who think that refugees are only coming to get social assistance and use the German system. That is not true. Most refugees are engaged and want to make their contribution to this society.”
As she says, she will not forget BiH. “I am fighting primarily for the process of approaching BiH to the EU. This is a real perspective for BiH. I also advocate for the law on easier employment of citizens of BiH in Germany as well as against nationalism in BiH.”
“I think that those who want to come should be given a chance, but it is also important that people get engaged in their own country. That is how Germans did after the World War II. They did some things for free as well. We have to start from ourselves. Everyone must be ready to invest in their future and better tomorrow in their country,” said the candidate of SPD for Bundestag, Jasmina Hostert.
(Source: fokus.ba)
