Srebrenica massacre

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/srebrenica-massacre

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How heavy is Srebrenica massacre?July 1995
2. How big is Srebrenica massacre?Declared a UN 'safe area' prior to the massacre
3. What is the event type?Genocide and mass killing
4. What is the location?Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
5. What happened in Srebrenica in July 1995?In July 1995, many Bosniak men and boys were killed, and many women, children, and elderly were forced to leave their homes.
6. Why was Srebrenica called a "safe area"?The United Nations declared it a safe area and sent Dutch peacekeepers to protect it, but the peacekeepers were not strong enough to stop the attack.

Genocide: The deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group.
Bosnian War: An armed conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 to 1995, following the breakup of Yugoslavia.
United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR): The first UN peacekeeping force in Croatia and later Bosnia and Herzegovina, tasked with protecting civilians and ensuring safe areas.
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY): An international court established by the UN Security Council to prosecute individuals for grave breaches of international humanitarian law committed in the former Yugoslavia.