11,541

[valiha]

is the number of people killed during the siege of Sarajevo - the longest siege in the modern history of warfare. It is a grim record to hold.

The Sarajevo Red Line - 11,541 empty chairs placed on the main street representing the blood of 11,541 victims of the siege.


By valiha at 2012-04-06


By valiha at 2012-04-06

Flowers for the adult family members.

By valiha at 2012-04-06

Small chairs for the murdered children.

By valiha at 2012-04-06

A note that reads, "For my twin brother who was killed on September 11, 1992, who we still haven't found so we can give him a proper burial. Your mother, twin sister and brother with their family."

By valiha at 2012-04-06


By valiha at 2012-04-06

You won't know the difference, but it's easy for us to see just looking at the names that victims were members of all nationalities - Bosniaks, Croats, Serbs. Entire families were wiped out.

My camera saves videos as .3gp files, so i don't know if you'll see this. It's under a minute long.

Daily mail online has an article on today's event.

Comments

[kayim]

I'm on my phone, so I can't watch the vid, but I'm thinking of you today, my love xx

[valiha]

Thank you. :hugs: I couldn't hold back the tears. It was devastating.

It seems the video didn't upload properly. I'll try to do it again later. It's a short recording of a plasma screen with the scrolling names of all the people killed during the 44 months of the siege.

[kayim]

Please do - I'd like to see it *hugs tight*

[valiha]

I'm uploading it to YouTube - might as well use that account for something.

[valiha]

The video is now up.