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Remembering Srebrenica are looking for volunteers to represent us at 5kms, 10kms, Half or Full Marathons anywhere in the UK. Taking part in an organised
Nedžad Avdić, Srebrenica survivor
Remembering Srebrenica is committed to educating young people about the Srebrenica genocide and the valuable lessons that we must learn for our own communities.
We have developed a range of free resources which are available for free download, explore the links below to find the resources that would best suit your needs.
Our ‘Lessons from Srebrenica’ visits programme aims to teach UK citizens about the importance of standing up to hatred and intolerance and using the lessons of Srebrenica to bring together their local community. Participants of the programme leave the UK as delegates and come back as community champions, inspired to make a difference to society here in the UK.
Commemorate the 26th Anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica by delivering this assembly on July 11th. The assembly tells the story of Viktor, a young boy forced to leave his home during the Bosnian War. Based on the book ‘Gleam and Glow’ by Eve Bunting, this assembly focuses on the ‘differences’ and concludes that our differences should be cherished as they make our communities stronger.
This pack contains age-appropriate workshops for KS1, Lower KS2, and upper KS2. These workshops focus on the lessons that can be learned from Srebrenica – the importance and value of diversity within our community.
With students, create a Srebrenica Flower as shown in the pictures. Ask students to draw around their hand and write messages of peace and hope for the future. Encourage students to think about their own communities and their knowledge of the wider world to write their messages. Once completed, bring the hands together around a green circle to create the Srebrenica flower.
Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary, NEU
After the war and genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina, survivors were faced with the hardship of continuing their lives after genocide. This year’s theme is ‘Rebuilding Lives’ and we encourage schools to engage with not only exploring what happened in Bosnia, but the long-lasting impact of genocide on those who survived, on refugees from the region, and the relevant links with the modern day international issues.
Supplementary video resources referred to in the new PSHE Pack can be viewed or downloaded below:
Our new 2020 PSHE pack contains a 6 lesson plan resource on understanding genocide, identity, justice, cohesive communities and becoming critical consumers of information. The 10 stages of genocide workshop provides an introduction to the Srebrenica genocide whilst challenging students to examine the behaviours in a society that precede a genocide. The pack is now fully resourced including videos of survivor testimonies from 2019, presentations and example worksheets to support students’ learning about this very important topic.
Scheme of Work:
Session 1: What is genocide?
Session 2: What is identity?
Session 3: What is prejudice and discrimination?
Session 4: What is justice?
Session 5: How do you confront hatred safely?
Session 6: How can you build a cohesive community?
This lesson pack contains a series of short activities to explore the 6 UN Safe Areas that were set up in Bosnia-Herzegovina, including the town of Srebrenica. The resources look at the conditions within each of the cities, and challenges the notion that the situation was the same across Bosnia-Herzegovina throughout the war and ethnic cleansing. The lesson focuses on the Srebrenica genocide in the second half, using survivor testimony to answer the question ‘Were the UN Safe Areas really safe’?
Lesson plan and slides for 1 hour 10 Stages of Genocide workshop, discussing the behaviours that occur in a society before a genocide is carried out. In order to understand what happened at Srebrenica in July 1995, it is important to look back and understand the process by which the genocide occurred. This workshop introduces the Srebrenica genocide and the 10 Stages of Genocide.
11th July 2020 marked the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. We focused our commemorations on our theme ‘Every Action Matters’ – looking at the actions that were taken, both big and small, by those who survived the Srebrenica genocide. The theme shone a light on the stories of people in Bosnia and the UK who took action in the face of intolerance and hatred and refused to be bystanders.
Our Assembly PowerPoint and slides can be used this year for whole-school, year group of class assemblies to mark the anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide.
The form time resource pack contains a series of short discussions which can be taught in form periods/tutor time or uploaded onto remote learning platforms. These workshops investigate the Srebrenica genocide, ethnic cleansing and the Bosnian War to give students the chance to engage with a range of topics and increase their understanding across the board. Each discussion contains a short piece of survivor testimony to read.
This lesson pack focuses on the testimonies of children and young people. The resources look at the experiences of children in Sarajevo, Trnopolje Concentration Camp and in Srebrenica during the genocide. This resource is fantastic when used alongside resources from the War Childhood Museum Sarajevo.
We also recommend this short film that shows life in Sarajevo during the siege.
These resources contain a series of poems by survivors and those who have written poems for the Srebrenica genocide. The main lesson pack contains the poetry of Mirsad Solakovic from his poetry book, The Boy Who Said Nothing, and explore themes of genocide, becoming a refugee and rebuilding society after war. Further poems have also been linked below if teachers wish to select a different poem for their lessons.
We invite schools and groups to take part in the ‘We Are One’ Srebrenica Memorial Tournament, playing a match in memory of the over 8000 victims of the Srebrenica genocide. Simply read the provided speech and hold a minute of silence before kick off. We hope your school will join this powerful opportunity for young people to come together through sport to consider the possible outcomes of racism, intolerance and division.
Our ‘Lessons From Srebrenica’ educational visits programme seeks to inspire people to take action in their UK communities that will help to create a better, safer and stronger society.
We aim to motivate people of all ages to strengthen their communities by challenging hatred and intolerance. We do this by remembering the worst crime in Europe since the Second World War. More than 8,000 mainly Bosnian Muslim men and boys were systematically murdered, just for who they were.
Remembering Srebrenica has created over 1450 community champions through our delegations who have pledged to stand up to hatred and intolerance and spread the Lessons from Srebrenica to their communities to encourage cohesion.
Remembering Srebrenica has partnered with De Montfort University to deliver a 6-week online course to allow people to learn the lessons from Srebrenica, to hear the testimony of survivors, and to be trained in how to develop their skills in community activism. We will be announcing further details in 2022.
Remembering Srebrenica are looking for volunteers to represent us at 5kms, 10kms, Half or Full Marathons anywhere in the UK. Taking part in an organised
On Monday 27th August, the Minister for Faith, Lord Bourne, made a poignant visit to Sarajevo and Srebrenica– the site of the worst atrocity on
The UK Government’s Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues visited Srebrenica and heard first hand from the victims of the genocide. Here he shares his thoughts.
Lilian Black gives her personal reflections on her ‘Lessons from Srebrenica’ visit and draws parallels between events in Bosnia and her family’s experience of The Holocaust.
Andrew Johnston, PhD is a genocide expert who travelled on our Lessons from Srebrenica programme in 2016 and shares his thoughts on its relevance in today’s world.
Participants on the ‘Lessons from Srebrenica’ programme from the South West region of England share their experiences of being in Bosnia and what they’ve learnt to take back to the UK.
Participants on this pioneering delegation speak about what they learnt in Bosnia and what they will do with that knowledge when they return to Manchester.
Ron Turnbull, Head of the Evidence Unit, Office of the Prosecutor, UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia [ICTY], The Hague, Netherlands, 2002 – 2007 [Retired], recounts what it was like working in Bosnia as part of the forensics team collecting evidence of the genocide.
The name Srebrenica has become synonymous with those dark days in July 1995 when, in the first ever United Nations declared safe area, thousands of men and boys were systematically murdered and buried in mass graves.