Apr. 6th, 2012

11,541

Apr. 6th, 2012 06:01 pm
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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.

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By valiha at 2012-04-06

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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.
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