Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial and Cemetery to Genocide Victims

MEMORIALS

Type: Physical memorial
Location: Srebrenica
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Added: 8/14/2009
Updated: -

Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial and Cemetery to Genocide Victims

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Wall of names at the Potočari genocide memorial near Srebrenica.
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Gravestones at the Potočari genocide memorial near Srebrenica
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Central meeting point at the Srebrenica/Potočari memorial center
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The Srebrenica massacre was the July 1995 killing of a large number of Bosniak men and teenage boys in the region of Srebrenica by the Bosnian Serb army of general Ratko Mladiæ. One of the largest killings in Europe since World War II, it is estimated there were almost 8,000 victims in the massacre; the exact numbers of dead and the details and causes of their deaths are debated to this day due to the nature of the event. It is generally regarded to be one of the most horrific and controversial events in recent European history. Source: WikiPedia

About the Srebrenica massacre
Comprehensive link library about the massacre
About the memorial

The exhumed and identified bodies, as for 2004 around 1300, are buried at the Potocari Memorial Cemetary, where also commemoration ceremonies are held on July 11th every year. The Cemetary was opened in September 2003, and was attended by among others the former US president Bill Clinton. The following links contains documentation from the events held at the site.

users.skynet.be/orbus/srebrenica_potocari_2004.htm
www.bosnaprkosnaodsna.mine.nu/
www.islamonline.net/
BBC: Clinton Unveils Bosnia Memorial

POSTED BY JON BRUNBERG ON 8/14/2009