The family living in this apartment consisted of the parents and two children, ages 9 and 4. They were refugees from Vogosca. The dad was in the army and spent his time at home looking for food and firewood. There was neither gas nor electricity in the building so the wood stove was critical. It gets cold in Sarajevo in the winter, well below freezing. Cigarettes were a huge problem as well. People under stress really crave tobacco....a carton of Marlboros was going for about 200 German Marks during the seige. To go outside meant exposure to sniper or mortar fire, so the family stayed in doors. Serbian gunners would shoot at the exposed side of the building with anti-aircraft guns. The bedrooms on the "Serb side" were empty. This family had torn up the parquet floor for firewood, but the room was still useful for hanging wet laundry. I once saw the nine-year-old dash into the exposed room to get a blouse off the line. She grabbed it and darted back, laughing, just as the triple-A fired up. The violence of the bullets hitting the wall made her laugh even more. For her, this was normal. Two of her friends are visiting in this photo. One of the little girls lived 50 mtrs. from the front line, which was not far away. She stopped showing up so some soldiers were sent down to check on her and her mother. They had both been murdered, their throats cut. This is for real folks, I'm not making it up.