| 1. | PROLOGUE |
| 2. | BACKGROUND |
| 3. | SURVIVAL MAP |
| 4. | MAPPED SITES |
| 4.1. | Airport |
| 4.2. | Brewery |
| 4.3. | Bridges |
| 4.4. | Cemeteries |
| 4.5. | City Bakery |
| 4.6. | City Hall (National Library) |
| 4.7. | Dangerous Zones |
| 4.8. | Elektroprivreda Building |
| 4.9. | Gardens |
| 4.10. | Holiday Inn Hotel |
| 4.11. | Hospitals |
| 4.12. | Markale Market |
| 4.13. | Markets |
| 4.14. | Maternity Hospital |
| 4.15. | National Museum |
| 4.16. | National Theater |
| 4.17. | Olympic Museum |
| 4.18. | Oslobođenje Building |
| 4.19. | Parks |
| 4.20. | Post Office |
| 4.21. | Presidency Building |
| 4.22. | Protection |
| 4.23. | Radio-Television Building |
| 4.24. | Railway Station |
| 4.25. | Snipers |
| 4.26. | Tobacco Factory |
| 4.27. | Transportation |
| 4.28. | Tunnel |
| 4.29. | UNPROFOR (the United Nations Protection Forces) |
| 4.30. | Zetra Olympic Hall |
| 5. | PERCEPTIONS |
| 6. | MACRO STORIES |
| 7. | REFERENCES |
| 1. | PROLOGUE |
| 2. | BACKGROUND |
| 3. | SURVIVAL MAP |
| 4. | MAPPED SITES |
| 4.1. | Airport |
| 4.2. | Brewery |
| 4.3. | Bridges |
| 4.4. | Cemeteries |
| 4.5. | City Bakery |
| 4.6. | City Hall (National Library) |
| 4.7. | Dangerous Zones |
| 4.8. | Elektroprivreda Building |
| 4.9. | Gardens |
| 4.10. | Holiday Inn Hotel |
| 4.11. | Hospitals |
| 4.12. | Markale Market |
| 4.13. | Markets |
| 4.14. | Maternity Hospital |
| 4.15. | National Museum |
| 4.16. | National Theater |
| 4.17. | Olympic Museum |
| 4.18. | Oslobođenje Building |
| 4.19. | Parks |
| 4.20. | Post Office |
| 4.21. | Presidency Building |
| 4.22. | Protection |
| 4.23. | Radio-Television Building |
| 4.24. | Railway Station |
| 4.25. | Snipers |
| 4.26. | Tobacco Factory |
| 4.27. | Transportation |
| 4.28. | Tunnel |
| 4.29. | UNPROFOR (the United Nations Protection Forces) |
| 4.30. | Zetra Olympic Hall |
| 5. | PERCEPTIONS |
| 6. | MACRO STORIES |
| 7. | REFERENCES |
4.12.
Markale Market
"I was so scared I don’t even know what happened and how I got home."
The covered market built in 1894/95 is often described as resembling a theatre rather than a place where meat and vegetables are sold. During the siege its sellers and customers were somewhat more protected than those in the open markets. The three most atrocious massacres of Sarajevo citizens happened either near it or in front of it. In the last one on August 28, 1995 a mortar shell killed 41 people and wounded another 85. This incident was the reason for NATO air strikes, the signing of the Dayton Agreement and the gradual lifting of the siege.
© FAMA Collection Visual Archives, Drago Resner
Sarajevo citizens: In their own words
“The crews went to do some work, and we waited for someone to bring a camera in working order. At that time, we heard that shells hit the Cathedral near the market…I saw those terrible things. And from that moment, I was not aware of what I was filming. I just wanted to film what was in front of me.”
- Hakija Topić, Cameraman at TV BiH
“And somewhere in the middle of the concert we heard sirens go off several times. It's an awful sound, but we were used to it and no one paid it any particular attention. However, the organizers were notified that there had been a terrible massacre. At the time the exact number of deaths was unknown. When we - when the concert was over, you see they didn't interrupt it, they continued with the program in order to show their defiance.”
- Mehmed Aličehajić, Professor of German
“When we saw how it all fell there, my husband was at the market; too, I was screaming and looking for him, asking where he was. I was so scared I don’t even know what happened and how I got home.”
- Vahida Tvico, Vendor
Video Oral History: The Siege of Sarajevo 1992-96 (© FAMA Collection, 1997-99.)