In July 1995, just months before the Dayton Agreement ended the
Bosnian War, the safe haven enclave of Srebrenica fell to Ratko
Mladic and his forces. In the ensuing terror and confusion,
between 12,000 and 13,000 men and boys tried to escape over
mountainous terrain to free territory near Tuzla. Those unable
to walk the 120km to safety followed their families to the
battery factory at Potocari, seeking refuge at the garrison
headquarters of the Dutch Battalion assigned by the UN to
protect the enclave. As Srebrenica fell, Muslim men and boys as
young as 12 were rounded up and held at various locations before
being executed. The women and younger children were deported by
bus to the UN Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) campsites at
Tuzla Airport. Over a period of a few days, around 8,000 Muslim
males (and some women) were slaughtered in the largest genocide
since WWII and Srebrenica lost its biggest ethnic group of
inhabitants. Rebuilding after the war is a slow process. Some
Muslim families have returned, m