Broadcasting Scotland Interview with Dr Sinan Sinanović
Broadcasting Scotland interview with Dr Sinan Sinanović of Glasgow Caledonian University on life in Sarajevo during the War, the Srebrenica genocide and the hopes for Bosnia in the future.
Robert McNeils Latest Painting
‘Blinded by the Light.’ On this day 24years ago thousands of Muslim men and boys from Srebrenica ran into the forrest to escape certain death by Bosnian Serb soldiers. As they made their way to Tuzla, 40 miles away through mine fields and shelling, they were confronted by soldiers wearing Dutch UN uniforms shouting to…
Henry Hepburn: Where on earth to start when teaching about genocide? (TESS)
How on earth do you introduce a subject like genocide in school? This is a question I’ve returned to time and again over the last few weeks. It’s something that presents a unique challenge for teachers: to show pupils that people are capable of almost unimaginable cruelty. In May, I travelled to Bosnia with the…
Ricky Ross: Remembering Srebrenica (The Spectator)
It’s almost 25 years since the atrocity at Srebrenica, the last massacre on European soil. It’s not the kind of event that anyone will be too keen to remember: we quite rightly salute D-Day veterans, a reminder of those whose sacrifice led to the freedom we have today. But it’s worth remembering Srebrenica too –…
Message from our Chair
One of the greatest gifts that human beings have is the ability to recall events and places. Memory allows us to turn back the clock. At times of bereavement it can be comforting to hear again a loved one’s voice, laugh again at a joke that was enjoyed or take comfort from a word of…
Church of Scotland publishes Prayer for Srebrenica
Rt Rev Colin Sinclair, Moderator of the General Assembly, said he hoped that reflecting on the Srebrenica massacre will help improve understanding of what can happen when intolerance and prejudice takes hold. Srebrenica–Potočari Memorial and Cemetery. He has written a special prayer to remember the atrocity in Bosnia which he hopes will be read out…
2019 Memorial Day
The 11th July 2019 marks the 24th anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide. Only 50 years after the holocaust and the world’ s determination of “never again”, 8372 Bosnian men and boys were systematically executed in a preplanned operation to ethnically cleanse the eastern Bosnian enclave of Srebrenica. Remembering Srebrenica Scotland is an Scottish educational Charity…
