The Bosnian capital marked the anniversary of the start of the 44-month siege of the city by Bosnian Serb forces that saw the deaths of 11,541 men, women, and children.
Sarajevo: Remembering The Siege
![A Bosnian Muslim woman walks near a banner with the number 11,541 -- the number of Sarajevans killed in the 44-month siege.](https://gdb.rferl.org/3badf51b-45c5-46d4-8798-83bd1f074a10_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Bosnian Muslim woman walks near a banner with the number 11,541 -- the number of Sarajevans killed in the 44-month siege.
!["Sarajevo Red Line" was a musical-theater performance that took place in front of 11,541 empty chairs -- one for each citizen killed during the siege.](https://gdb.rferl.org/5077d010-f532-431e-833e-c6cbfa718f70_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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"Sarajevo Red Line" was a musical-theater performance that took place in front of 11,541 empty chairs -- one for each citizen killed during the siege.
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![Many of the chairs were small to represent the hundreds of children killed.](https://gdb.rferl.org/d079b6a4-532f-4f79-8928-1a337cf3fbd9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Many of the chairs were small to represent the hundreds of children killed.
![A baby doll rests on a red chair that is one of 643 representing the children who died in the siege.](https://gdb.rferl.org/b1b9b909-3c42-4136-8b70-5d18859db181_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A baby doll rests on a red chair that is one of 643 representing the children who died in the siege.
![A man pays his respects at a memorial to the children who died.](https://gdb.rferl.org/a3b113c6-bd01-4614-b824-dac66c5a7aed_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man pays his respects at a memorial to the children who died.
![Sarajevans look at memorial scrolls bearing the names of some of the children killed.](https://gdb.rferl.org/8694416b-889f-4628-bf80-20a3ddb2572c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Sarajevans look at memorial scrolls bearing the names of some of the children killed.
![A delegation from the city of Sarajevo, citizens, and state officials, along with guests, laid flowers at the Memorial Eternal Flame.](https://gdb.rferl.org/b95f739a-e17e-4e9c-bc8f-8ce58beec710_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A delegation from the city of Sarajevo, citizens, and state officials, along with guests, laid flowers at the Memorial Eternal Flame.
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![A light rain fell as thousands of Sarajevans gathered on the city’s central Titova Street for the “Red Line Sarajevo” commemoration.](https://gdb.rferl.org/bd886489-f85a-47aa-9101-e3a2035b79a4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A light rain fell as thousands of Sarajevans gathered on the city’s central Titova Street for the “Red Line Sarajevo” commemoration.
![Sarajevans stop to look at pages from war-era newspapers posted in shop fronts along the city’s main Titova Street as part of the commemorations.](https://gdb.rferl.org/e1f872ac-7892-4a72-91a7-46aeead785b5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Sarajevans stop to look at pages from war-era newspapers posted in shop fronts along the city’s main Titova Street as part of the commemorations.