PHOTO: The Lion Cemetery was originally a cemetery for the partisans who, under Marshal Tito’s leadership, fought against the Nazi German occupation of Yugoslavia. The lion at the center of the cemetery is the symbol of courage and honors the courage of these partisans. Like many cemeteries in Sarajevo, the Lion Cemetery was expanded to include the graves of the thousands of individuals who were the victims of the siege of Sarajevo. Here, we see the graves of six members of the same family - the Tatarevic family – all of whom died in 1994. Asja Tatarevic, the youngest, was born in 1983 and died at the age of 11.

THE BETRAYAL OF SREBRENICA: A COMMEMORATION

Photograph copyright © 2005 Paula Allen