Srebrenica Genocide Memorial Srebrenica–Potočari Memorial and Cemetery to Genocide Victims | |
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Memorijalni centar Srebrenica–Potočari | |
Details | |
Established | 20 September 2003 |
Location | |
Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Coordinates | 44°9′29″N 19°18′6″E / 44.15806°N 19.30167°E |
Type | public, memorial |
Size | central area and graves: ~ 5 hectares (12 acres); total: > 10 ha (25 acres) |
No. of graves | 6,504[1][2] (of 8,372 carved names)[2] |
Website | https://srebrenicamemorial.org |
Founded after Srebrenica massacre |
The Srebrenica Genocide Memorial, officially known as the Srebrenica–Potočari Memorial and Cemetery for the Victims of the 1995 Genocide,[3] is the memorial-cemetery complex in Srebrenica set up to honour the victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. The victims—at least 8,372 of them—were mainly male, mostly Muslim Bosniaks and some Catholic Croats.
As of May 2017[update], 6,938 genocide victims had been identified through DNA analysis (conducted by the International Commission on Missing Persons) of human remains recovered from mass graves[1] as of July 2021[update], 6,671 Bosnian Muslim victims had been buried at the memorial cemetery, while another 236 had been buried elsewhere.[4][1][2][5]