Genocide in Bosnia- Hersegovina BY EMIR MONONUTU AND JACOB GARCIA
What is Genocide? Genocide is when people are massacred in large groups. Usually an ethnic group is victim to this.
Where is Bosnia located? Southeast Europe Capital city – Sarajevo Neighbors: Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia
What happened in Bosnia? Between 1992 and 1995, an estimated 100,000 people were killed 80 percent were Bosnian Muslims. Caused by a group called the Bosnian Serb forces
Why did it happen? The Yugoslav republics nationalism was growing This made them want to split the union and massacre the Bosnians.
Slobodan Milošević Former president of Serbia Radovan Karadžić 1945-Present Supreme commander of the Bosnian Serb Army Ratko Mladic 1942-present Bosnian Serb Mlitary Leader People who were involved
Victims Deaths: over 100,000 (due to execution, torture, exhaustion) Targets: Bosnian Muslims Serbs: Orthodox Christians Croats- Catholics Bosnian (AKA Bosniaks): Muslims
The Genocide Started in July 11, 1995 In a span of one week, Serbs killed over 7,000 Bosniaks from Srebrenica
The Genocide The largest massacre in Europe since the Holocaust
Living conditions The people were loaded onto buses and sent to territories. The men were immediately killed if they were “battle age” Women, children, and the elderly were the ones who got onto the buses.
How did the genocide end? NATO initiated war strikes against the Bosnian Serbs to get them to stop. The U.S. made negotiations to end the conflict.
The Aftermath Over 200,000 deaths Over 20,000 missing 2,000,000 refugees Thousands of bodies buried underground
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