The siege of Sarajevo lasted for 1425 days. During this period 13.952 persons were killed. And as horrible as these numbers are, perhaps even incomprehensible today, they cannot convey the whole extent of the siege. The reading in your hands doesn't intend to be an in-depth study about one of the biggest tragedies in the modern history of Europe. It merely provides simple answers to the most common questions of Sarajevo's visitors about the siege.