Jadranka Cigelj and Nusreta Sivac, childhood friends and legal professionals, enjoyed living life as "ordinary modern women" in Bosnia-Herzegovia--that is, until they were put into a concentration camp, and were raped and tortured by their neighbors. This chronicle discusses the remarkable transformation of these women as their personal struggle for survival evolves into a larger fight for peace and justice. They formulate a mission--to put "rape" into the international lexicon of war crimes. Their success can be judged by the fact that their very torturers now stand indicted by the International War Crimes Tribunal.