How long is the Tunnel of Hope?

800 metres long
The Tunnel of Hope connected the neighbourhoods of Dobrinja, located inside the Serb siege lines, and Butmir, on the outside. And all in a space only 800 metres long, yet for the more than 3,000 people who crossed it every day, it meant freedom and a new life.

What is the Tunnel of Hope?

The Sarajevo Tunnel (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: Sarajevski tunel / Сарајевски тунел), also known as Tunel spasa (Тунел спаса, English: Tunnel of rescue) and Tunnel of Hope, was a tunnel constructed between March and June 1993 during the Siege of Sarajevo in the midst of the Bosnian War.

Where is Sniper Alley in Sarajevo?

The “Sniper Alley” was the informal name for streets Zmaja od Bosne Street and Meša Selimović Boulevard, the main boulevard in Sarajevo which during the Bosnian War was lined with snipers’ posts, and became infamous as a dangerous place for civilians to traverse.

How long is the Sarajevo tunnel?

approximately 960 metres
The tunnel was 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) in height and about 1m in width, and ran for approximately 960 metres (3,150 ft) in length. During the time it was used, it is estimated that 20 million tons of food entered the city, and 1 million people passed in and out of it.

How many people died from snipers in Sarajevo?

According to data gathered in 1995, the snipers wounded 1,030 people and killed 225 – 60 of whom were children.

Why did Serb snipers shoot civilians?

The verdicts confirmed that Galic and Milosevic waged a campaign of sniping at and shelling Sarajevo, conducted with the primary purpose of spreading terror among the civilian population.

How much did Sarajevo destroyed?

By September 1993 it was estimated that virtually all the buildings in Sarajevo had suffered some degree of damage, and 35,000 were completely destroyed.

Who was the Sarajevo sniper?

The wartime commander of the Bosnian Serb Army’s Sarajevo-Romanija Corps, Stanislav Galic, was jailed for life by the Hague Tribunal for terrorising the population of Sarajevo during the siege of the city. His successor as commander of the Sarajevo-Romanija Corps, Dragomir Milosevic, was jailed for 29 years.

Why did the Bosnian Serbs besiege Sarajevo?

The attack is thought to have been in retaliation for the arrest of Izetbegović, who was detained at Sarajevo Airport by Yugoslav police the previous day. The Army of Republika Srpska was newly established, put under the command of General Ratko Mladić, in a new phase of the war.

How many died siege of Sarajevo?

The ARBiH suffered 6,137 fatalities, while Bosnian Serb military casualties numbered 2,241 soldiers killed. The 1991 census indicates that before the siege the city and its surrounding areas had a population of 525,980….

Siege of Sarajevo
6,137 soldiers killed	2,241 soldiers killed
5,434 civilians killed

Where was Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated?

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Archduke Franz Ferdinand/Place of assassination
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina At around 11 a.m. today, two shots rang out from a street corner in the center of this city, mortally wounding the archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Sophie the Duchess of Hohenberg, his wife.