Former Yugoslavian Genocide

Emiko Shirakawa, Elizabeth Wallace, William Tran, Brandon Pina

Causes of the Genocide

After the death of Joseph Broz Tito, long-standing leader, nationalism threatened to take over the country, as well as the surrounding areas. Slobodan Milosevic, the leader of Serbia, led the socialist party of Serbia and was one of the major causes of it being split up later

Civilian Casualties
The Serbian military killed nearly 100,000 people during the genocide. Most of these were from Bosnia, but members of other groups such as Serbians were killed as well. Over 1,500 of the people killed were children. Beyond who was killed, 56,000 people were seriously injured.

Serbian Government

The Serbian Governments goal was to cleanse the land of anyone of Bosnian or Croatian descent The tactics of the Serbian government were similar to Nazi Germanys tactics: Concentration: Bosniak and Croat civilians were forced to leave the city and move into a high-density prison camp Deccaptation: Bosniak and Croat leaders were publicly executed Separation: Women, children and men of fighting age were separated from each other Evacuation: Citizens were moved out of their homes and shipped to prison camps Liquidation: Men of the fighting age were executed to eliminate the threat of them fighting back

Before and After the Genocide

Before: Bosnia was a part of the Ottoman (Turkish) empire, until it was taken over by the AustroHungarian Empire in 1878. After the WWI, the Slav territories united and formed the Yugoslavia, which was ruled by Serbs in Belgrade. The population consisted of Bosnian Serbs, and Croats Bosniaks.

After:
Serbian Soldiers soon took over Bosnia and started to execute Bosnian officials in public and massacred innocent civilians including children and elderly people.Muslim villages were attacked with rockets and the Bosnian food supply was destroyed. Male Bosnians were shot and cremated while women were only cremated.

Attempts to make amends

A peace treaty was signed in 1995, dividing Yugoslavia into the Croat-Muslim Federation and Republika Srpska. In 1996, three representatives from each main bosnian ethnic group were elected as a three-man presidency. The NATO, the Stabilisation Force, was established to keep the peace between all ethnic groups and still stugle with conflicts

Map of Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia

Works Cited

Chelsea Maston. (2013, July 3) Bosnian Genocide. Retrieved from http://worldwithoutgenocide.org/genocides-and-conflicts/bosnian-genocide http://www.history.com/topics/bosnian-genocide Slobodan Milosevic. (2013). Slobodan Milosevic. Retrieved from http://www.biography.com/people/slobodan-milosevic-940928
http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_bosnia.htm