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 Asia

South East Europe

South East Africa

South America

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

Germans, Austrians and French

Croats, Slovaks and Czechs

Welsh, Scots, English and Americans

Serbs, Croats and Muslims

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

Radovan Karadžić

Radovan Milosevic

Ratko Milosevic

Ratko Mladic

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

Rats and vermin

Cows and dogs

Genetically deformed material

Our brothers and sisters

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

A territory where different groups could live together

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

A territory without any Muslims in it

Peace

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

A sports complex

A hospital

A concentration camp

A school

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

9372

4372

8372

6372

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

White cloths or flags

Blue hats

Red t-shirts

Green trousers

What did the United Nations promise that Srebrenica would be?

Given to the Bosnian Serbs

Abandoned

Left unprotected

A safe haven

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

Ratko Milosevic

Slobodan Mladic

Ratko Mladic

Radovan Milosevic

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