The secret tunnel that saved a besieged city
After the Yugoslavia break-up in the early 1990s, several ethnic wars and conflicts arose. One of the most violent was the Bosnian war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995). In 1992, Serbian forces surrounded Sarajevo, the capital, cutting its supply of food, water, and other much-needed materials. Volunteers from the city organised and dug up a 720 m long and about 1.50 m high tunnel using only hands, shovels, and hacks. The construction lasted four months. For more than three years, thousands of soldiers and civilians crossed the tunnel daily.
Video by Martina Žoldoš
Produced by Natalia Guerrero
