Our secret tunnel that saved the city
Edis Kolar guarded a lifesaving tunnel built in the basement of his family home during the siege of Sarajevo. He turned his house into a museum to honour the 鈥楾unnel of Hope鈥�.
Edis Kolar guarded a lifesaving tunnel built in the basement of his family home during the siege of Sarajevo. The secret passage provided a safe way to move people and supplies in and out of the surrounded Bosnian city. Edis tells Outlook's Mariana Des Forges how he lived in the tunnel house for the whole war, alongside other soldiers and his grandmother who refused to leave, helping the thousands who crossed through the passage every day. When the war ended Edis turned his home into a museum to honour the 鈥楾unnel of Hope鈥� that saved the city.
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Picture: Edis Kolar at the 'Tunnel of Hope'
Credit: 91热爆 / Mariana Des Forges
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