Destruction of the Bosniaks “Although many different ethnic and religious groups had resided together for 40 years under Yugoslavia’s repressive communist government, this changed when the country began to collapse during the fall of communism in the early 1990s” (Holocaust Museum Houston). This quote is a very truthful one. Many people in this world probably have never even heard of the Bosnian Genocide. It was a very tragic time in history that could have been prevented if people didn’t have so
Have you ever felt like you are unwanted or not accepted by an individual? For many people, the feeling of not being accepted, is a very hard thing to swallow. Now imagine if it was not one person who did not want you or accept you but instead, millions. This is what American Muslims are faced with here in the United States. Islamophobia is becoming a big social problem here in the United States. Islamophobia in its simplest definition according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary is “prejudice against
A girl from Sarajevo Bosnia settled in Florida along with her family after escaping Bosnia as war refugees. Since her aunt lived in Florida, she helped facilitate the proper paper work for acceptance into America. In the interview we discussed, gender roles, spiritual beliefs, food, in addition to the benefits and disadvantages of being part of this cultural group. It was a fascinating experience to learn about her family, history and culture. Family and Culture The male in Bosnian culture is considered
more people in worse positions about to face death. These people were filled with fear and traumatized because of the intolerance of Germans and Hitler. The Nazis were intolerant towards the Jews, just like the Serbians were intolerant towards the Bosniaks. In both of these cases, many people were killed and hurt because of their religion and what they believe in. Adolf Hitler and Ratko Mladic, the men most responsible for the Bosnian and Jewish Genocide, carried out these killings based on religion
and in Bosniak towns across eastern Bosnia, such as Prijedor, Zvornik, Foca, and Visegrad, a procedure for ethnic cleansing of Bosniaks was utilized by the Serbs. (“Bosnian Genocide”). This protocol was a textbook example of the systemization of destroying an entire race. Many aspects of the genocide were similar to the well-oiled machine of the Final Solution in Nazi Germany. The system became known as ethnic cleansing- the end goal was ostensibly not the complete extermination of Bosniaks, the Serbs
disintegration of Yugoslavia. Three groups fought for control of the region, the Bosnians, the Croats, and the Serbs There has been much discussion over whether the war was a civil war or a war of aggression, the Serbs view it as a civil war while the Bosniaks viewed it as a war of aggression caused by the Serbs and Croats.
concentration camps, and killings. Much like Hitler’s plan to remove the Jews, during the war many of the Serbian soldiers goal was to eliminate and Bosniaks and Croatians from Serbian territory. The war in Bosnia claimed the lives of an estimated 100,000 people and displaced more than two million. In the largest massacre since the Holocaust in Europe, nearly 8,000 Bosniaks were killed in July of 1995 (“Bosnian
the war, are an unfortunate but large part of Bosnian culture as a whole. The three main ethnic groups of Bosnia are Bosniaks, Serbs, and Croats, with 48.4%, 32.7%, and 14.6% populations respectively (CIA World Factbook). Their intense nationalistic attitudes and vastly different religious heritages cause animosities between the groups that go back beyond the times of nations. Bosniaks are generally Muslim while Croats are Roman Catholic and Serbs are Christian
about as a result of the breakup of Yugoslavia. Following the Slovenian and Croatian secessions from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1991, the multi-ethnic Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was inhabited by Muslim Bosniaks, Orthodox Serbs and Catholic Croats, passed a referendum for independence on 29 February 1992. This was rejected by the political representatives of the Bosnian Serbs, who had boycotted the referendum and established their own republic. Following
Brenda Katten who is the chairman of the Zionist Federation said that, “As Jews, we are quite horrified at what is going on: we lost a lot of our people in the 1930s because the gates were closed on us- What is sad, is that we don’t learn from our history.” (3) This seems to be the recurring theme about genocides: They happen and are an immense tragedy but yet they continue to happen throughout time and all over the world. In the Bosnian genocide in 1992-1998, another group was was exterminate by
The formation of the United Nations in 1945 marked a monumental success in the international political realm. It was founded to foster relations with its member and non-member states, encourage the respect of human rights, and fight to solve social, economic, and humanitarian issues. However, of all of these motives, its foundation was based primarily on creating peace and preventing conflict between members. The idea of collective security in the UN has become the heart of peace keeping within the
The Unsuccessful Peacekeeping Operations Worldwide The United Nations is a worldwide organization founded in 1945 to ensure safety, international peace and security. This organization promotes international peace and security when armed conflicts arise. Their sole mission is to establish safe grounds in building stable environment for those in need. Their duties are to promote social progress, better living standards and human rights. However, most of the UN’s operations were not as successful as
Genocide: The deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular group or nationality. When people think of this forbidding word, their mind immediately flashes to images of concentration camps and Adolf Hitler’s army raising their arms, saluting to swastikas used during the Holocaust in WWII. But what people don’t realize is that genocide is not such a rarity. Thousands, even millions of civilians die each time genocide strikes. Genocides have been committed since
followers believed that their culture and people were superior to that of the neighbouring ethnic groups - the Bosniaks and the Croatians - and thought that they needed to be eliminated because of the potential threat they posed to the establishment of an autonomous Serbian Republic, or “Greater Serbia”. In the course of the war, and the ethnic cleansing that followed, more than 100,000 Bosniaks and Croatians were to be killed in a mass act of genocide. This appalling and gruesome figure shows the extent
While Bosnia and Herzegovina has always been multicultural (dating back to the former Ottoman Empire) following the Slovenian and Croatian secession from Yugoslavia, Bosnia’s cultural diversity included several different cultures including Muslim Bosniaks, Catholic Creationists, and Orthodox Serbians. The Bosnian war with Serbia was due in part to the breakup of Yugoslavia, but mainly to the differences between Serbian and Bosnian perspectives. One critical political difference was Serbia wanted to
others based on their religious background and theology. Some born into a certain religion inherently oppose those who disagree with them. Additionally, according to crimemuseum.org, “they attacked Bosniak-dominated towns in eastern Bosnia, including Zvornik, Foca, and Visegrad, forcibly expelling Bosniak civilians from the region in a brutal process that later was identified as ethnic cleansing.” The Bosnian Serb forces, alongside Yugoslav armies, launched a full scale attack on Muslim towns to “cleanse”
Communists and persuaded Hindenburg to suspend civil liberties, such as free speech. Things worsened when Hindenburg died in August 1934 and Hitler was named Fuhrer, the supreme commander. The Nazis worked quickly to gain more support by raising German patriotism and feelings of nationalism among the German people. Nazi propaganda displayed Hitler as a figure of “true Germanic virtues,” a true German hero. The Nazis also began rebuilding the German army, with world conquest in mind. Defying the Treaty
Have you ever asked yourself, “what IS genocide?” genocide is when a specific group of people is being targeted because of their race, religion, or political party. You may have heard about World War II or the Holocaust, the holocaust is the best known genocide in the world. This involved the persecution of all, and in this particular genocide, Hitler, the Nazi leader, killed over 6 million Jews! Although you may think that the Holocaust and World War II are the only genocides that have happened
He was immediately met with the rejection of experts, from both archaeology and geology. However, despite his wild claims, the pyramids were adopted by the Bosniak community (Ibid p.184). According to Dzino (2012) this gave the community the chance to make financial gain, and also provided a ‘symbolic’ site to rally around after the destructive Bosnian War. However, no support came from the Serbs or the Croats
Introduction The Black Hawk Down movie is about in Somalia in the 1990s a civil war has broken out within the country. During the civil war over 300,000 civilian deaths and the peacekeepers had to withdraw from Somalia. In response to this the United States sent their army to help stop the civil war. Their goal was to capture Mohammed Farrah Didid, who was the self-proclaimed leader of the country. Another goal of the mission was to be able to capture Omar Elmi and Abdi Qeybdiid, which were two