Describing events of the Sarajevo War

1. Sarajevo - Bosnian war
By Lora and Karen

2. Start of the war
● The war started on March 1st 1992.
● To start off the war, a serb wedding in
downtown Sarajevo was struck first.
Only 1 person was killed.
● The next day, snipers were keeping
Sarajevo citizens scared to go out on
the streets

3. The siege of Sarajevo was the
longest siege of a capital city in the
history of modern warfare.
A total of 13,952 people were killed.

4. July 4th 1992 - A shell hit and seven
innocent children were killed when
they were out to get cherries.
October 30th 1992 - A little girl in
Sarajevo named Nadja had shrapnel
stuck in her leg because of a shell.
November 1st 1992 - The whole zoo
of Sarajevo is gone. The last bear
died of hunger.
Sad Dates 1992 - start of 1993
November 9th 1992 - A little boy was
walking home and a shell exploded
next to him, his mother and people
The mother was in critical condition,
and the son didn’t die.
January 15th 1993 - At 2:20pm a
deadly missile exploded in front of
the Sarajevo Brewary, where
citizens were collecting water.
8 killed, 15 wounded.

5. Sad dates 1993 - 1994
May 30th 1993 - The aggressors in
the surrounding mountains were
shelling the city and 20 citizens
were killed, and 170 wounded.
December 27th 1993 - In the last
five days, over twenty thousand
shells have landed on the suburb of
Zuc Hill.
February 5th 1994 - A shell exploded
at the marketplace, 68 were killed
and over 100 wounded.
March 30th 1994 - The bombings
have stopped but the snipers are
still at work.
April 5th 1994 - The city of Gorazde
has suffered heavy bombing.

6. Sad Dates 1995
March 12 1995 - There was heavy
bombing downtown. A doctor was
killed and another person was
wounded.
May 26th 1995 - There was a
massacre in the city of Tuzla. 63
people dead and hundreds wounded.
May 27th 1995 - Three bombs
exploded near Nadjas apartment.

8. The Unis towers 15 years ago and now

9. The Holiday Inn 15 years ago and now

10. The “Loris” residential building 15 years ago and now

11. Emerika Bluma street, formerly known as Beogradska street

12. National and University Library before and after

13. A view of Grbavica before and after

14. Bosnia and Herzegovina parliament before and after

15. Nadjas escape
In mid August 1995, Nadja was chosen to be one of the twenty young
Bosnians to go to America. She had to catch her flight in 5 days, so she had to
get a tunnel permit to be able to go to through the tunnel. They finally got it
and they started their journey through the tunnel. Whenever they would hear a
sniper shooting, the boy would grab her hand and say, “It’ll be okay, just keep
walking.”
When they got out of the tunnel, they hopped onto the truck and had to drive at
night with their lights off, and the snipers would still shoot and they would have to
duck. They arrived at Mount Igman. The next day, Nadja and her mom hitchhiked
to Croatia. Nadja flew out to the United States but her mom went back to
Sarajevo.

16. Afterword
Both of Nadjas parents still live in Sarajevo,
and she has a husband named Chris
Morrison. Her brother Sanel, moved to the
United States also.
The war ended in December 1995, an
estimate of 250,000 people have been
killled
Nadja revisited the
tunnel in 2004

17. Bibliography
Before and afters:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/9270205/Pictu
res-of-Sarajevo-15-years-ago-and-today-show-how-the-city-has-
changed.html?frame=2221182
Other sources from book,
“My Childhood Under Fire.”

18. The
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