The Bosnian Genocide

In 1995 8372 men and boys were murdered in Srebrenica simply because of their faith. As the United Nations watched a Bosnian Serb army unleashed a campaign of genocidal atrocities against Muslim civilians in Bosnia. Learn more about the genocide in Bosnia by looking at the PowerPoint and answering the questions in the knowledge check.

Where is Bosnia?

South East Europe

South America

South East Africa

South East Asia

What were the main groups of people who lived in Bosnia?

Serbs, Croats and Muslims

Welsh, Scots, English and Americans

Germans, Austrians and French

Croats, Slovaks and Czechs

Who was the Bosnian Serb leader who had a leading role in the genocide in Bosnia?

Radovan Milosevic

Radovan Karadžić

Ratko Mladic

Ratko Milosevic

What did leading Bosnian Serb politician Biljana Plavšić call Bosnian Muslims to dehumanise them?

Genetically deformed material

Our brothers and sisters

Rats and vermin

Cows and dogs

What did the Bosnian Serb ‘Six Strategic Objectives’ plan want to achieve?

A territory without any Muslims in it

A territory where different groups could live together

A territory with many Muslims living where they had lived for centuries

Peace

Omarska was something that the Bosnian Serbs set up. What was it?

A school

A concentration camp

A hospital

A sports complex

How many men and boys were murdered in Srebrenica in July 1995?

4372

9372

6372

8372

What did the Bosnian Serbs make non-Serbs in Prijidor put outside their houses to make them stand out?

Green trousers

Red t-shirts

Blue hats

White cloths or flags

What did the United Nations promise that Srebrenica would be?

Left unprotected

Abandoned

A safe haven

Given to the Bosnian Serbs

Amongst others who was convicted of genocide after the terrible events at Srebrenica?

Ratko Mladic

Radovan Milosevic

Slobodan Mladic

Ratko Milosevic

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