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Quiz about Srebrenica Gendercide in ModernDay Europe

Srebrenica - Gendercide in Modern-Day Europe Quiz

Srebrenica, a small Bosniak enclave on the border of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia Montenegro, was the scene for some of the worst gendercide and genocide in modern Europe. How much do you know about this town and the atrocities that occurred there?

A multiple-choice quiz by Flynn_17. Estimated time: 6 mins.

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Flynn_17

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6 mins

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212,443

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Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. The enclave of Srebrenica is a "Bosniak" area. What exactly does "Bosniak" mean, and what word has it replaces pertaining to the lifestyles of the people of Srebrenica? Hint

Bosniaks are Serbs who live within the borders of Bosnia- Herzegovina, but still have Serbian citizenship

Croats who settled in Bosnia are known as the Bosniak - they speak their own version of Serbo-Croat, however, and "Bosniak" is the term they use to describe themselves

The Bosniak are a completely different people from the Bosnians. The word has therefore not replaced anything

A Bosniak is a Bosnian Muslim - the word has replaced 'Muslim' as the official term for their ethnic group

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Question 2 of 10

2. Shortly before Serb forces moved towards Srebrenica, they stopped in a small town near Srebrenica, named Bratunac, to carry out some quick genocide. While in Bratunac, the troops killed almost 350 Muslim men, but what did they use as their impromptu killing hall? Hint

A cafeteria in the town centre, where the men were lined up and shot

The river banks. When the men were killed, they were thrown into the river

Auditoriums and arenas, which held bodies once they had had their throats cut

A gymnasium, where the men were tortured and killed.

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Question 3 of 10

3. The Serb forces chose to attack Bratunac because they couldn't actually get into Srebrenica to carry out their desired activities. What was stopping the Serbs taking Srebrenica as easily as they had taken the smaller towns before them? Hint

The silver mines which line the borders of the town

Naser Oric and his band of Tobari

Paramilitaries and the special police

U.N. peacekeepers form the Netherlands

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Question 4 of 10

4. Because of the atrocities that the U.N. knew would happen in Srebrenica if the Serbs invaded, the town was declared as one of the 'safe areas' in Bosnia, along with Zepa, Gorazde, Tuzla, Sarajevo, and Bihac. The term 'safe area' turned out to be bitterly ironic when, two years later, Serb forces took hold of the town and set about killing the men-folk.

The women, children, and infirm were taken away from the killing fields of Srebrenica, but where were they held while the Serbs carried out their 'ethnic cleansing'? Hint

Sarajevo - one of the other 'safe areas', which was just as dangerous

Potocari - a U.N. administered area

Over the borders into Kosovo, where ethnic cleansing took place four years later

To the Croatian island of Split

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Question 5 of 10

5. While the women, children, and few infirm men were being held (so they were theoretically safe from harm), one of the most appalling acts of violence by the Serb troops took place. While the supposedly safe refugees were being held by Dutch troops, the Dutch let the Serbian troops wander in and out of the camps. But what happened next? Hint

Women with known connections to Bosniak "holy men" were taken away and disposed of

The men were taken to the hills of Tuzla to be shot, while the women were bussed there later and made to live among their dead

1,458 of the 1,700 infirm men were forcibly taken away and killed. The 242 men that remained were handed over to the Serb troops the day after

Nothing

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who exactly was ultimately responsible for the Srebrenica massacre? The Serb troops? The Dutch soldiers who were to look after the asylum seekers? It was decided that there were two people who were ultimately responsible for this atrocity - General Ratko Mladic, and Radovan Karadzic. While Mladic was the man who passed the orders on to the Serbian troops and supervised the killings, how was Karadzic involved? Hint

He was the foreign secretary for Bosnia, and was based in Beograd (Belgrade)

He was (and still is) the leader of the Dutch brigade who allowed the Serbs to kill the supposedly 'safe' Bosniak men

He was the right-hand man of Slobodan Milosevic

He was the leader of Republika Srpska, the name given to the Serbian areas of Bosnia

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Question 7 of 10

7. So far, the troops who carried out the atrocities in Srebrenica and the surrounding Bosniak towns have simply been referred to as Serb troops, but there is a more correct term for them. What was the name given to these Serbian troops? Hint

Cetniks

Hrvatski

Ek Peress

Bihac

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Question 8 of 10

8. Of course, the people and governments were highly critical of the U.N. for allowing such events to occur at all. The U.N. did eventually do something to relieve the tensions between the organisation and the Bosniak population of the afflicted areas, but what was it? Hint

They did nothing

They released a self-deprecating report in 1999, which claimed they had an 'inability to recognize the scope of evil confronting (the U.N.)'

A formal apology was issued to the people who lost their loved ones in the Srebrenica gendercide

Compensation was given out by the acting members of the U.N., and so the people of the Bosniak town could move back to their old homes if they so desired

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Question 9 of 10

9. It was years after the massacre before any of the bodies were identified. The first 600 male corpses were recently identified, but when were the bodies finally buried?

Answer: (A Year (four numbers))

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Question 10 of 10

10. The Srebrenica massacre is one of the worst cases of gendercide in the past 100 years, but it wasn't the only one. Which of the following countries has NOT experienced gendercide in a war in the past century? Hint

Colombia

Rwanda

East Timor (Timor-Leste)

Honduras

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The enclave of Srebrenica is a "Bosniak" area. What exactly does "Bosniak" mean, and what word has it replaces pertaining to the lifestyles of the people of Srebrenica?

Answer: A Bosniak is a Bosnian Muslim - the word has replaced 'Muslim' as the official term for their ethnic group

Srebrenica is actually a town, and not a political enclave at all. It can, however, be referred to as a Bosniak enclave, as the majority of the people living in the small towns surrounding Srebrenica were not Bosniaks - they were Christian Bosnians.

Answer: A gymnasium, where the men were tortured and killed.

This served as a killing ground when the second wave of gendercide hit the area. Not only were the men of Bratunac killed here, but the infirm and old men who had previously been held in relative safety at Potonac. A football ground in Nova Kasaba was also used as a place for killing Bosniak men when they were retrieved by the Serb troops from Potonac.

Answer: Naser Oric and his band of Tobari

Srebrenica is a silver mining town, but it wasn't these that stopped the invasion. Naser, who was describes as a 'Rambo-like' figure, and the Tobari (or 'bag people') held the Serbian troops off at the borders of the town, though the men of Srebrenica were soon separated from their wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters.

While the women and young children were taken away from Srebrenica in coaches and cars, the men and teenage boys were led away to be shot. Those who escaped were chased through the forests and killed horribly when they were caught.

4. Because of the atrocities that the U.N. knew would happen in Srebrenica if the Serbs invaded, the town was declared as one of the 'safe areas' in Bosnia, along with Zepa, Gorazde, Tuzla, Sarajevo, and Bihac. The term 'safe area' turned out to be bitterly ironic when, two years later, Serb forces took hold of the town and set about killing the men-folk. The women, children, and infirm were taken away from the killing fields of Srebrenica, but where were they held while the Serbs carried out their 'ethnic cleansing'?

Answer: Potocari - a U.N. administered area

It was not only women and children that were held at Potocari - around 1,700 infirm men who were seen as not being a potential threat to the Serbian forces. Possibly the worst part of the gendercide in Bosnia happened here ...

Answer: 1,458 of the 1,700 infirm men were forcibly taken away and killed. The 242 men that remained were handed over to the Serb troops the day after

Old and disabled men effectively culled as Dutch troops decided to turn a blind eye. The women and children were taken to Tuzla to be held in safety, and many men tries to follow them, but were killed on the hills of the area.

Answer: He was the leader of Republika Srpska, the name given to the Serbian areas of Bosnia

At the same time as Miladic and Karadzic were indicted, another man was also accused and convicted of war crimes in the Bosniak regions of Bosnia. Radislav Krstic, another general in the Serbian army, did not have as much to do with the planning and carrying out of the massacre, but played an important role in helping Mladic keep his position in the army, and so he was found to be guilty.

Answer: Cetniks

Bihac was one of the towns that was overrun by the Cetnik forces during the attacks on Muslim areas of Bosnia-Herzegovina during the three year period of the war (1992-1995). 'Hrvatski' refers to the people of Croatia, who had nothing to do with the atrocities at all.

Answer: They released a self-deprecating report in 1999, which claimed they had an 'inability to recognize the scope of evil confronting (the U.N.)'

'The Women of Srebrenica', a group of the womenfolk who survived the atrocities, were not impressed by the report. To get recognition for their plight, they have also produced a website, and in 1996, the stormed the Red Cross offices in Tuzsla to protest the investigations into the fates of their missing men.

9. It was years after the massacre before any of the bodies were identified. The first 600 male corpses were recently identified, but when were the bodies finally buried?

Answer: 2003

The first bodies were not actually identified until March 2003, and those 600 who were identified were finally buried on March 31. As of July 2005, the final death toll is not known, and not all of those who died have been put to rest.

Answer: Honduras

In Colombia, one of the most violent and war-stricken countries in the world today, it has been primarily men who have been killed because of the fighting. Guerrillas refused to kill women and children, and the only situation under which women were killed by guerrillas was if they were known to have ties to enemies of the regime.

The gendercides in East Timor were not always of men, like in Bosnia and Colombia. Indonesian troops would frequently invade the island to take men to the end of the pier in Dili and shoot them, but on one occasion, they turned their attention to the women of the area. 20 young females were then taken and shot as the men had been earlier.

Rwanda's gendercide has not been fully investigated, as most historians have chosen to focus on the genocide aspect of the war. However, it was primarily Tutsi men who were hacked to death by the Hantus, and women were usually shot or left alone.

Source: Author Flynn_17

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