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  • Historical Maps

    Historical Maps

    A collection of historical maps covering the Bosnian (and Herzegovinian) history from its beginning to our days. The following is a list of maps published in various historical atlases.
  • Serb held concentration camps

    Serb held concentration camps

    Multimedia map covering locations of the Serb held concentration camps in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia.
  • Croat held concentration camps

    Croat held concentration camps

    Multimedia map covering locations of the Croat held concentration camps in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Srebrenica

Facts about Srebrenica


In June 2005, during cross-examination of a witness in the case against Slobodan Milošević[1] at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the court viewed video footage showing a Serbian

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Srebrenica school playground shelling (12. April 1993)


On 12 April 1993 a Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) artillery attack of two short bombardments on Srebrenica left 56 dead, including children, and 73 seriously wounded. Shells dropped on the densely packed streets

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Srebrenica - A Cry from the Grave


Srebrenica, Bosnia, the world's first United Nations Safe Area, was the site of the worst case of genocide in Europe since World War II. In July 1995, the Bosnian Serb army staged a brutal takeover of the

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Early History

Stećci - Bosnian monumental medieval tombstones


Stećci are monumental medieval tombstones that lie scattered across the landscape of Bosnia and Herzegovina. They are the country's most legendary symbol. These are the tombstones of those who lived between the

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Austro-Hungarian Rule


Russia and the Habsburg monarchy had vied for political and economic influence in Southeastern Europe since the eighteenth century. Ottoman weakness, growing Russian influence in the area, and the realization that

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Ottoman Rule 1463-1606


The Kingdom of Bosnia was conquered with great speed by the Turkish army in the early summer of 1463. From then on the heart lands of the old Banate of Bosnia, together with the foothold which the Turks had already

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Modern History

List of Croatian war criminals


Following is a comprehensive list of convicted war criminals (Croats) as according to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), The Department I (Special Department for War

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Zenica massacre


The ICTY accepted that the market place in Zenica was shelled by HVO on April 19 1993 from the village of Puticevo, 15 kilometres from Zenica, killing 15 people and injuring another 50. The shells landed in three

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War in Herzegovina


The Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia took control of many municipal governments and services in Herzegovina as well, removing or marginalising local Bosniak leaders. Herzeg-Bosnia took control of

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Current Affairs

Serbian Army decorates war criminal convicted of Srebrenica genocide


The Chief of the Serbian Armed Forces General Staff, General Milan Mojsilović, received a delegation of the Club of Generals and Admirals of Serbia, led by the President of the Club, retired General Milomir Miladinović.

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Diana Johnstone: “Denying” the Srebrenica Genocide Because It’s Not True


Well, I am very much a genocide denier, and I’m proud of it and I can say why. Yes, because what happened was not a genocide. Note that denying “genocide” means denying an interpretation, not the facts, whatever they are.

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AJC Urges Bosnia-Herzegovina to Maintain Legal Ban on Holocaust, Genocide Denial


American Jewish Committee (AJC) today expressed deep concern about the efforts of some political factions in Bosnia-Herzegovina to remove the country’s legal ban on denial of the Holocaust and other genocides.

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