The eleventh of July 1995, the saddest day in the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The first and only genocide in Europe after World War II. The place of events is the UN protected zone of Srebrenica, a small town in the east of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 8372. people were killed in a few days without mercy, without dignity, without a single shred of humanity. Boys torn from their mothers’ arms were led to their deaths. Mothers, left to live and thus punished even more – with life.
25 years later, Coventry, Great Britain. Students of the Bosnian Supplementary School, parents, teachers and the entire Bosnian-Herzegovinian community, through the faces of some, revive the memory of all the victims of the genocide in Srebrenica and throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina. Prijedor, Sarajevo, Zvornik, Mostar, Višegrad are just the names of some of the cities in which genocide also occurred or was attempted.
We, the first, second and third generations of Bosnians and Herzegovinians, testify today that the evil of Srebrenica has not, will not and must not be forgotten. We are telling the world today that the tears of the mothers of Srebrenica hurt us equally through all three generations and we swear that it will be so in the coming centuries.
Our dear ones, may the land of Bosnia be easy for you, wherever your bones are scattered – Amen.
