Remembering Srebrenica: 20 Years On
Remembering Srebrenica: 20 Years On is an outstanding documentary, which examines the horror and inhumanity of what happened at Srebrenica.
25/06/2015
Remembering Srebrenica: 20 Years On is an outstanding documentary, which examines the horror and inhumanity of what happened at Srebrenica.
‘Silent Emotions’ tells the stories of genocide survivor Nedžad Avdić and Srebrenica mother Hatidža Mehmedović.
‘Remembering Srebrenica: 20 Years On’ tells the stories of genocide survivor Nedžad Avdić and Srebrenica mother Hatidža Mehmedović.
Early in the spring 1992, our house was burnt and destroyed by Serb soldiers. My family, father, mother, three younger sisters and me escaped from being
It was late at night when I heard the men were planning to move. All day, the UN troops said help was coming, but by nightfall, nothing had happened. We were beginning to hear that UN soldiers were abandoning their positions, and retreating without resistance.
Indira was eight years old when the war in Bosnia–Herzegovina began. She does not remember much of her pre-war childhood but says that she vividly remembers the days that followed in the spring of 1992.
I was only 18 when the Serb military arrived in my village. I remember at that time MTV had just started broadcasting on our TVs, and like teenagers all over the world, I was obsessed with music! I had no idea that within a matter of months, my life would be turned upside down.
On 11th July 1995, my world changed forever. Five days earlier, I had buried my youngest son, Edin, who was killed by a Bosnian Serb grenade. I imagined things could not get any worse. But less than a week later, I lost the rest of my family.
Hasan Nuhanović was a UN Interpreter for the Dutchbat troops stationed in Srebrenica from 1992- 1995.
I was the youngest child in my family. I had an older brother who was around 16 when the war broke out. You could say we were more aware of the situation because my father was a politician. He was a principled man, who wanted to save his people. And for that reason, he insisted that we stay in Srebrenica when the war began.