The Sebrenica Genocide

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Srebrenica Genocide Have you ever witnessed thousands of your own people being killed? The people of Bosnia watched over 8,000 of their men and boys be slaughtered due to a racial cleansing. The Srebrenica genocide was a horrible massacre in Bosnia, this is a significant event in Europe because it has been the second largest massacre next to the Holocaust. What led up to the massacre, what would make someone want to kill many of the innocent Europeans men and boys? The purpose of the genocide was supposed to be a racial cleansing, a man by the name of general Miadic told his soldiers, “Our plans cannot be realized without committing genocide.” Before the genocide happened On January 7th Bosnian Muslim forces attacked a Serb-controlled village and killed people from the village. During the month of April the Naser Oric was withdrawn from the enclave by the Muslim leaders, leaving the Muslims demoralized and unequipped. Then in May 350 Dutch Peacekeepers were held hostage by the Serbs, in the capital city of Sarajevo, in response to the NATO air strikes, which stunned the UN. Finally General Janvier, who was the United Nations Commander in Bosnia, confronted the New York United Nations headquarters, urging the Security Council to protect the Safe Area by giving them a massive troop increase, or take the peacekeepers away, so they are able to conduct air strikes, Janvier was told to carry on. These events led up to what has been the second largest massacre in European history. On July 11th at 11:00 am more than 20,000 refugees’- women, children, elderly and the sick flee to the Dutch Base 3 miles away. Later that afternoon 2 Dutch F-16 planes drop 2 bombs on Serb positions, the Serbs then threaten to kill the Dutch hostages and ... ... middle of paper ... ...slav Krstic, who played a major role in the genocide was convicted of genocide and sentenced to 46 years in prison. Mladic was arrested in 2011. So far, 38 officers and generals have been convicted of participating in this terrible crime. A memorial for all of the victims of the genocide has been made. It consists of rows and rows of both unidentified and identified bodies. Many people will never have the answer to who killed there sons, daughters, and loved ones, but they know that they can come to honor the victims lives. The Srebrenica genocide was a horrible massacre in Bosnia, this is a significant event in Europe because it has been the second largest massacre next to the Holocaust. What would you do if you and to witnessed a crime like this would you stand up and speak out or keep quiet and hide in the shadows, like many of Bosnias neighboring countries did.

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