ABSTRACT
On 6 April 2012, the city of Sarajevo and its citizens prepared for a day of remembrance to commemorate the start of the siege of the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) 2 twenty years earlier. 11,541 plastic empty red chairs were lined up in the city’s main street as a reminder of those who were killed during the war between 1992 and 1995 in BiH. A special area was reserved for smaller chairs honoring the children who were killed during the siege. Thousands of Sarajevans walked along the ‘Sarajevo red line’ of almost a kilometer, placing flowers on the chairs. They remembered the war collectively and shared their grief and sorrow in public during this powerful and emotional gathering.
