Monument:
"Memorial Centre Srebrenica - Potočari", Memorial and cemetery for victims of the 1995 genocide

Mjesto/lokacija: Potočari, Srebrenica

Entitet: Republika Srpska

Godina izgradnje: 2003

Tekst na spomeniku:

Srebrenica
July 1995

In the name of God, Most Gracious,
Most Merciful,

We pray to almighty
God,
May grievance become
hope
May revenge become
justice
May mother's tears
Become prayers:
That Srebrenica never happens again
To no one and nowhere.

Reisu-l-ulema
Srebrenica Prayer
Potočari
11 July 2001

(*translated into English and Arabic)

Number of
genocide victims
by municipality
The number is not final

Bratunac
Bijeljina
Foča
Han Pijesak
Rogatica
Sarajevo
Sokolac
Srebrenica
Srebrenik
Ugljevik
Višegrad
Vlasenica
Zvornik

8372...
The total number of victims
is not final

And do not say about
those who are killed in the way of
Allah,
"They are dead." Rather,
they are alive,
but you
perceive it not
(*inscribed on each headstone)

(names of those killed - last name, father's name, first name, year of birth)

U sjećanje na:

Victims of genocide in Srebrenica, civilians and soldiers

Etnička grupa: Predominantly Bosniaks

Žrtve su sa područja:

Srebrenica Municipality and partly from neighbouring municipalities, those that found themselves in Srebrenica in July 1995.

O izboru lokacije:

By a Decision of the High Representative Wolfgang Petrisch from 25 October 2000, the site in Potočari, Srebrenica Municipality, was predetermined for the cemetery and memorial to those killed in July 1995. The Decree passed by High Representative Paddy Ashdown on 25 March 2003 determined that the location of the pre-war "Battery Factory" whose building was used as the headquarters of the Dutch Battalion (“DUTCHBAT”) in the period from 1994 to 1995, known as base "Charlie", should come under the "Memorial Centre Srebrenica - Potočari”.

Dimenzije spomenika: The Memorial Centre covers an area of about 15 hectares.

Spomenik podigli:

In October 2000, the High Representative in BiH, Wolfgang Petritsch, passed an arbitration decision on the construction of the Memorial Complex and Cemetery in Potočari.
The “Srebrenica-Potočari” Foundation for the Memorial and Cemetery was founded on 10 May 2001 by a Decision of the High Representative, as a non-profit organisation for the construction and maintenance of the Memorial Centre complex.
On 25 June 2007, High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling passed a Decision enacting the Law on the Memorial Centre Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial and Cemetery for Victims of the 1995 Genocide, establishing the Memorial Centre as the legal successor of the previously established Foundation.

Poznate komemoracije:

The commemoration on 11 July marks the day of the killing. Organised or individual visits to the Memorial Centre, with guides and translators. Programme offered to organised groups includes visit to the cemetery, history lesson on the events of July 1995, visit to the Memorial Room and screening of documentary.

Izvor podataka: Official website of the Memorial Centre Srebrenica-Potočari www.potocarimc.org , Fieldwork

Fotografisano: 16-17 November 2012

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