Stages of Genocide(1)
To prep for genocidal acts, the Serbs set up death/detention camps.
7. Preparation
People were identified and targeted based off of ethnicity and religion, with the people being Bosniak Muslims.
1. Classification
(random question): This NBA player is from Bosnia and is very outspoken for the cause and recovery of it. He also played for the Portland Trailblazers and is now plays for the suns
Jusuf Nurkic
Yugoslavia
During what time period did the Bosnian genocide occur
1990s
Often downplaying and avoiding the genocide, even when put on Trial for their war crimes
10. Denial
Bosniak Muslims had their villages ransacked, and were often forced to flee. There were reports of mass killings, rape, and torture. This treatment also applied to other non-Serb groups.
3. Discrimination
The UN established this to prosecute the people responsible for war crimes during the Bosnian Genocide.
International Crime Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia
What was the international response like in the beginning?
There was barely any response
What is the name of the massacre that happened in 1995?
Srebrenica Massacre
In events like the Srebrenica Massacre and the Massacre at Prijedor, Bosniak Serbs were wiped out en Masse.
9. Extermination
The Serbs wanted to make clear the separation between them and the Bosnian Muslims, so they tried to make a homogenous group of their own, while kicking everybody else out into segregated communities.
5. Organization
Who was the general of the Bosnian Serb army and responsible for many atrocities that happened during the time?
Ratko Mladic
Resources became thin when a large amount of this type of people came in and increased tensions.
Refugees
This event happened over four years and was a siege of the Bosnian capital city.
The siege of Sarajevo
In events like the Siege of Sarajevo the Bosniak Muslims were oppressed with horrible crimes like sexual abuse, murder, and having to live in a war-torn area. (hint: starts with P)
8. Persecution
Bosniak Muslims often wore Fez hats and different clothing to the Serbs.
2. Symbolization
What is the name of the leaders of one of the Bosnian Serb forces responsible for the genocide?
Radovan Karadzic
Political leaders used these kind of ideologies to radicalize and support the hatred that happened during the conflict
Nationalist
What was one of the main detention camps?
Omarska, Keraterm and Trnopolje (can be any one of them)
through propoganda and hate speech, these groups were demonized (hint: starts with P)
6. Polarization
Through propaganda, destruction of Mosques, and destruction of their homes, the Bosniak Muslims were led to feel like they were less than human.
4. Dehumanization
Who was the president of Serbia at the time?
Slobodan Milosevic
Name the three ethnic/religious groups involved
Bosniaks, Croats, and Serbs
This event happened in May 1992, where Bosnian Serb forces assaulted the Bosniaks and Croats living in Prijedor. Thousands died or were brought to detention camps.
The Massacre at Prijedor