This day tour from Sarajevo to understand the genocide of Srebrenica on 11th July 1995, is a unique, factual, and storytelling experience. It has been created for anyone interested to learn more about these unfortunate events which took place in the region of Eastern Bosnia. Genocide in Srebrenica is not an event that just took place in one narrow region or one town it is an overall story of aggression on Bosnia and Herzegovina, meaning genocide events took place in a wider area of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and especially of the region of East Bosnia, famously called Podrinje.
After the morning pick-up around 8 am, you’ll spend two and a half hours on the road towards Srebrenica, where you’ll enjoy the beautiful scenery of Eastern Bosnian mountain regions, spiced up with detailed stories and important explanations behind the reasons the Yugoslavia war.
STOP 1: Memorial Centre Potocari (3 h)
As soon you arrive at Memorial Centre at Potocari, you will have a chance to participate in a locally guided tour and history class Memorial Centre with an official guide. The local guide in charge is a survivor of those events and a person whose experiences and stories are an extremely important part of the tour. Memorial cemetery where over 6500 people, in past years have been buried, before being exhumed and identified, while some over 1500 victims are still missing, will be the most striking and mind-blowing part of the visit. Other important elements of the visit will take place at the former Dutchbat UN base, where you’ll get a chance to see the amazing newly open (Feb 2017) Museum of “Srebrenica Genocide – failure of the international community”, understand the importance of Memorial Room, see several documentary movies, study chronological photo exhibitions, get stunned by graffiti remains, learn personal stories and stories of an in-base mass grave and other elements of importance related to the overall story of Srebrenica Genocide.
STOP 2: Srebrenica Town (2h 30 min)
After some three hours of visiting Potocari Memorial Centre, it’s time for a short, 6 km ride to Srebrenica town. Visiting this small, historically rich, ‘silver town’ (Bosnian for silver is ‘Srebro’) will give better insight into the meaning of the “Worlds largest concentration camp during the 90’s”.
Once in Srebrenica, it’ll be time to stop for lunch where you will receive further elaboration about present life, as well as have a chance to explore the place on your own too.
After you are done with lunch and city explorations, it is time to head back. Expect to be in Sarajevo around 6 or latest 7 pm.
