Along the Miljacka River shores, Una played as a child before the start of Siege of Sarajevo.

When the siege of Sarajevo, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, started, Renata was 12 years old. In order to go to school she was forced to cross every day the public park on the central Marshal Tito Avenue. Some of her classmates were killed by Chetniks snipers who were shooting at civilians from the hills and the outskirts of the town houses. Renata today is 42. She lives in Sarajevo where she works as a psychologist.

Monument for the dead children during the Sarajevo siege in the public park on the central Marshal Tito Avenue.

When the siege of Sarajevo, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, begun Nadja lived in an apartment with her parents. But their apartment was on the 20 floor and it was extremely dangerous to continue to stay there. So in few days she and her family moved to family house. They lived in area Hrasno, and the line between serbian and bosnian army was few meters. So they gone to sleep, but they don’t know will they wake up alive. At her house was fired 9 shells, and she still doesn’t know how she survived, but she did. Nadja today is 40 years old, lives in Sarajevo and is an engineer and professor of biology. She is also a dancer and dance instructor.

Merkale market. Here during the siege a grenade killed 64 Bosnian civilians were out buying food. The responsibility for this event are still unclear.

When the siege of Sarajevo, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has begun, Samra was 4 years old. She and her family used to live in a house on the hills surrounding the city but had to leave because it was too close to the lines of the besiegers. The building of her school, near the center of Sarajevo, was constantly targeted by Chetniks snipers. Samra today is 34 years old, lives in Sarajevo and is the owner of a travel agency that organizes tours in the Balkans, in addition to working as a graphic and web designer.

Samra’s school, near the center of Sarajevo. During the Sarajevo Siege it has been attacked many times by the Cetnic militias.

When the siege of Sarajevo, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has begun, Erol was 8 years old. His house, on the hills surrounding the city, has been repeatedly hit by Serbian Chetnik snipers. After two years the siege started, he succeeded with his mother and his brother Mirza to leave the city. Abandoned by their guide who was to accompany them behind enemy lines, they arrived late to the appointment with the coach that due to take them out of Bosnia. That bus was attacked by the Chetniks, who killed all the travelers on board. Eldar today is 38 years old. After a long period spent with his family in Germany, now he lives in Sarajevo, where he works as a night custodian.

Erol’s home, on the hills surrounding Sarajevo. The house was dangerous close to the war line between the Cetnik miltias and the town’s defenders.

When the siege of Sarajevo, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, begun, Eldar was 10 years old. He was living with his mother and grandmother in the Center of the city. He had some ‘safe places’ for play and meeting with friends that are his age. Those were the yards where they were hidden from the eyes of the aggressor. He is 40 years old, now lives in Sarajevo and works as a mountain tour guide and is an active volunteer at the Mountain Rescue Service.

A Sarajevo’s main street, near the riverside of Miljacka River. In this district Eldar lived when he was a child, during the siege of Sarajevo.

Edina, Samra’s sister, was conceived and born during the years of the siege. Her mother, in an advanced state of pregnancy, has crossed several times the secret tunnel, 800 meters long, that linked the Sarajevo airport with non-controlled areas by the Serbian Chetnik militia besieging the city, to look for the necessary food for herself and her family. Edina, now 30 years old, lives in Sarajevo. While studying she works in the organization of the Sarajevo Film Festival.

Tunnel of Hope linked the city of Sarajevo with Bosnian-held territory. By the tunnel entered the city humanitarian aid, food and wapons.