The siege of Sarajevo started 30 years ago this week. It was the longest siege in modern history. Over a quarter of a million people lived under heavy bombardment and shelling for nearly four years.
(Photo by Kevin Weaver/Getty Images) When Russian bombs began to fall on Ukrainian cities and some, such as Kharkov and Mariupol, began to be subjected to siege, many Sarajevo residents revived a ...
During the latter war, Sarajevo gained the tragic title of the city under the longest siege in modern history - nearly four years, from 1992 to 1996. The city was also where the outbreak of World ...
Less than 40 years later, war would once again come to Sarajevo with the break-up of Yugoslavia. From 1992-1995 the city remained under constant siege by Bosnian Serb forces looking to break ...
Carter's memoir Fools Rush In, which captures the artistic defiance surrounding the 1990s siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War. The doc highlights the underground community that used music to ...