Srebrenica Genocide Memorial

Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Srebrenica Genocide Memorial was built to commemorate the Srebrenica massacre, committed in July 1995 by Serbs against Bosniak Muslims during the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The site today is basically a cemetery, where some 6000 victims of the atrocities are buried, and continue to be buried once identified which is an ongoing process. In addition there is a kind of museum in the nearby former car battery factory, where many of the victims had tried to seek refuge. Srebrenica stands for the worst genocidal atrocities committed in Europe since the Holocaust.

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Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Founded: 2003
Category: Cemeteries, mausoleums and burial places in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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4.7/5 (based on Google user reviews)

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User Reviews

Noha (2 years ago)
A really sad place. You experience a few minutes of what Bosnians experience in three years of war. 1992-1995 genocide of 8000 muslims in Srebrenica and about 130000 muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina

esma Sabic (3 years ago)
Its a wery educational experience. As i Love lerning abot history it was very interasting. There is a short movie (about 30 min long) that they show whith reall recordings from the war, including the murder of few people.

Sasa Vidovic (4 years ago)
Never Forget Srebrenica ???

That_bosnian _girl (4 years ago)
This is a tragic 26 years ago people have been killed so many moms tried to save their children from Serbia I’ve been their I saw a picture of some ones eyeball so much tragic all children who disrespect their parents watch this film called : Qua Vadis Aida its a film of what happened then you would wish you never saw that film

Elvir Mandzukic (4 years ago)
Heartbreaking ?

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