A combination of wifi issues and travelling has delayed our posts.
Our day trip to Srebrenica was another sobering reminder of tragic conflict. We caught a coach to Potocari, the position of the UN ‘Dutchbat’ base. This is where civilians fled to and were promised safety. Men and boys were separated around this area with most being executed over the next few days. Others attempted to flee overland to Free Territory with many being captured and killed.
The museum is housed inside the base and provided a chilling scene.
Over the road is the cemetery containing 8,273 bodies of those discovered so far. Due to the removal and reburial of mass grave sites in an effort to conceal them, bodies have been dispersed over a wide area and are still being discovered. Every year on the anniversary remains are interred. There were 33 fresh grave sites from the anniversary two days prior. We gathered to say a prayer for the victims of Srebrenica.
2019 Baradene History Tour 