Srebrenica Genocide Tour
Description
Visit to Srebrenica town is a unique tour itself. A story about small industrial town, known for highly developed industry employing more that 12000 people before the war 1992-1995 and specially, among others, mining of silver (in Bosnian silver means srebro, after which the town was named) changed to a story about a town that has gone trough suffer and betrail, and genocide that marked it in modern history. Today, Srebrenica is a place of drastically lower population of brave returnees, stuck in time, and a place of grief for the past times. Remembering Srebrenica and honoring the victims is crucial to nowadays population, gives them strenght to live back in their homes, together with Serbs. You wil get to see authentic war pictures, personal things of murdered found in mass graves, to walk in scary rooms of torturing of the former accumulator factory and to meet survivors and hear their heart-stopping narratives. The tour is also moslty often lead by young war survivors.
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This quiet small town in east Bosnia called Srebrenica, together with villages nearby such as Potočari, is unfortunately known to the world for the massacre that happened back in 1995. Men were separated from their wifes and children, and were asked to give away their weapons since they were promised to be evacuated to closest safe zone. Instead, more than 8000 of them they were cruelly murdered in just couple of days. This was the biggest genocide after WWII, and lots of the victims are still not burried. 20 years later, mass graves with new victims are still being discovered. This memorial cemetery is a place of grief and giving the honor to the inocent victims. Srebrenica tour is an interesting historical,religious and political overview of the war and nowadays life. The tour includes a visit to Genocide Memorial, accumulator factory as the place of excruciation of Muslim population and gallery, town of Srebrenica, and gives You the opportunity to meet and hear the stories of survivors.
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Pickup Locations & Times
Meeting point can be our office Ferhadija 19, passage next to Cathedral of Jesus's sacred heart or we can offer a FREE HOTEL PICK UP.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(2)
The museum contains images that depict violence and negative elements. I recommend not having young children with you when visiting places that tell stories of events that can be heartbreaking even for an adult. The Srebrenica Genocide Memorial Center and Museum, located in Potočari, Bosnia and Herzegovina, commemorates the victims of the 1995 massacre. The former battery factory, a witness to the massacre, has been transformed into a museum with the support of TİKA (Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency) and opened to visitors; entry is free. There is free parking outside the Martyrs' Memorial. First, you can visit the area where the tombs are located, and then go to the museum across the street, which has free entry.
First of all, before entering the museum, I recommend that you consider the age group of those accompanying you, keeping in mind that the images contain violence and negative elements. The Srebrenica Genocide Memorial Center and Museum, located in Potočari, Bosnia and Herzegovina, commemorates the victims of the 1995 massacre. The former battery factory, a witness to the massacre, has been transformed into a museum and opened to visitors with the support of TİKA (Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency).
