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 Africa

South East Asia

South America

South East Europe

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

Welsh, Scots, English and Americans

Serbs, Croats and Muslims

Germans, Austrians and French

Croats, Slovaks and Czechs

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

Ratko Milosevic

Radovan Karadžić

Ratko Mladic

Radovan Milosevic

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

Cows and dogs

Genetically deformed material

Rats and vermin

Our brothers and sisters

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

Peace

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

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?

4372

8372

6372

9372

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

Green trousers

Red t-shirts

White cloths or flags

Blue hats

What did the United Nations promise that Srebrenica would be?

A safe haven

Left unprotected

Given to the Bosnian Serbs

Abandoned

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

Ratko Milosevic

Ratko Mladic

Slobodan Mladic

Radovan Milosevic

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