The commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide has begun at the European Union headquarters in Brussels, through a partnership between the European External Action Service, the Srebrenica Memorial Center, and the Post-Conflict Research Center.
In the Kemal Monteno park in Sarajevo's Centar municipality, there are busts of officials, statesmen and diplomats from five different countries: Great Britain, Austria, Poland, Malaysia, and the United States of America.
To understand mass atrocities in a global historical context, it is essential to draw connections between them. This encourages critical thinking, generates constructive knowledge, and furthers our general understanding of these events and what can be learned from them. Tali Nates, the founder and director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Center in South Africa, advocates this approach.
This July, as part of the program marking the 29th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, in cooperation with the Srebrenica Memorial Center, the Post-Conflict Research Center (PCRC) is organizing the fifth edition of the Srebrenica Youth School in Srebrenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina), from July 7 - 12.
Tihoslava, Borislava, and Miroslava Ditrih, three young sisters who were brutally murdered during the Second World War, are symbols of peace and resistance in Zenica. There is limited information about their activities due to the lack of archival material and the clandestine nature of their work. However, the great importance attributed to their story is reflected by the central street in Zenica named in their honor.