Showing posts with label memorials. Show all posts
Showing posts with label memorials. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Srebrenica victims buried

Or actually "reburied" is the more correct term, because the victims were already buried in primary and secondary graves on the behalf of the VRS to hide the evidence of their murders.

Articles
I thought this excerpt was interesting:
For the first time since the 1995 atrocity, when Bosnian Serb forces
slaughtered 8,000 Muslims, the ceremony takes place in an atmosphere of raised
hopes that justice will be done and those responsible for the killings will
finally be prosecuted.

One can only hope.

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Omarska: Fifteen Years Later

Fifteen years after the creation and discovery of arguably the best known nationalist Serb run concentration camp in Bosnia; the site of the former Omarska concentration camp has become symbolic of another fight over memory, preservation, and the creation of a memorial to those who died at Omarska.

Article: Omarska Fifteen Years Later

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Background information on ethnic cleansing & cultural destruction in the Prijedor region.

"Atrocity, Memory and Photography: The Case of ITN v. Living Marxism" Extensive essay on Omarska, the Bosnian Serb concentration camp system, and the "Living Marxism" court case.

Omarska Memorial Project

Domovina.net page on Mittal Steel Corp; which now owns the land where the Omarska camp once stood.

Friday, February 09, 2007

A sad anniversary

Probably every day is the anniversary of someone's death in the wars in the former Yugoslavia; today is the anniversary of the 1994 market place bombing in Sarajevo by VRS forces; which killed 67 and wounded 142.

Children laying flowers.

A prayer.