The UN Security Council is considering a resolution that condemns denial of the genocide at Srebrenica, describing it as “hampering efforts at reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.” And indeed, victim groups cannot imagine reconciling with the Bosnian Serbs as long as they are trying to rewrite history.
CHICAGO – Driving into Srebrenica, where a brutal genocide was carried out 20 years ago, remains a surreal experience. It lies deep within the time-warped landscape of Republika Srpska, the economically depressed Serb sector of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Streets evoke a ghost town. The central square is barren, with none of the typical outdoor cafes teeming with locals and tourists common in other cities and towns in the more prosperous Federation, or non-Serb, region of the country.
CHICAGO – Driving into Srebrenica, where a brutal genocide was carried out 20 years ago, remains a surreal experience. It lies deep within the time-warped landscape of Republika Srpska, the economically depressed Serb sector of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Streets evoke a ghost town. The central square is barren, with none of the typical outdoor cafes teeming with locals and tourists common in other cities and towns in the more prosperous Federation, or non-Serb, region of the country.