Memorial to the Murdered Children of Besieged Sarajevo, Sarajevo

The Memorial to the Murdered Children of Besieged Sarajevo is a monument that honors the memory of the children killed during the Siege of Sarajevo. The siege took place from 1992 through 1995. During that period, 1,621 children were killed.

The Memorial is located in Veliki Park (Great Park), one of the central places of Sarajevo. It was erected in 2009, on the initiative of the “Association of the Parents of the Murdered Children in the Besieged Sarajevo 1992–1995.” The monument consists of a glass sculpture placed on a bronze ring. The ring is made from shell casings and ammunition fired in Sarajevo. The glass sculpture features two cylindrical forms leaning toward each other. These represent a mother protecting her child.

The monument includes seven pedestals behind the plateau. They are engraved with the first and last names of each child, the names of their fathers, their birth years, and the year the child was killed. Currently, there are only 521 names etched into the pedestals.

The memorial was designed by Bosnian sculptor Mensud Kecho.