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By: Alyssa KimballBy: Alyssa KimballKelly dejoodeKelly dejoode

Sierra GoodsonSierra GoodsonJordan AndersonJordan AndersonCameron woodsCameron woods

PPerpetrators/erpetrators/HHow ow TThey hey GGained ained PPowerower

Slobodan Milosevic- He gained his power Slobodan Milosevic- He gained his power by rekindling ethnic Serbian nationalismby rekindling ethnic Serbian nationalism

Serbs- Used torture gang rape Serbs- Used torture gang rape concentration camps and massacres.concentration camps and massacres.

WWhat hat WWas as TTheir heir EExcuse xcuse FFor or DDoing oing IItt

They did it because the Serbs saw They did it because the Serbs saw themselves as the “greater Serbia,” and themselves as the “greater Serbia,” and they didn’t think the Muslims were part of they didn’t think the Muslims were part of that so they wanted the Muslims to leave. that so they wanted the Muslims to leave.

How was the genocide carried out?How was the genocide carried out?

Propaganda- was used to incite hatred.Propaganda- was used to incite hatred.

Types of violence- gang rape, torture, Types of violence- gang rape, torture, concentration camps.concentration camps.

Technology-Guns, fighter jets.Technology-Guns, fighter jets.

When and where it took placeWhen and where it took place

It took place in 1992-1995.It took place in 1992-1995.

And it was in Bosnia.And it was in Bosnia.

How it fits the definition of genocideHow it fits the definition of genocide

It fits because they where doing all of this It fits because they where doing all of this to the Muslims just because they were a to the Muslims just because they were a certain race, or religon.certain race, or religon.

How the perpetrators where How the perpetrators where portrayedportrayed

They say the perpetrators as being evil.They say the perpetrators as being evil.– ““they acted as if they had never seen me they acted as if they had never seen me

before it was difficult for me to understand before it was difficult for me to understand how people could turn into beasts over night.”how people could turn into beasts over night.”

Nusveta SivacNusveta Sivac

How the victims where portrayedHow the victims where portrayed

The victims where manipulated.The victims where manipulated.– ““We all divided the world into ‘us’ and ‘them,’ We all divided the world into ‘us’ and ‘them,’

some people are like ‘us’ because of some people are like ‘us’ because of nationality, the religion race etc.”nationality, the religion race etc.”

Ervin StaubErvin Staub

How the media outlets covered the How the media outlets covered the individuals traitsindividuals traits

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic refused to show up in court. He Karadzic refused to show up in court. He was supposed to go to court because of was supposed to go to court because of war crimes and genocide chargeswar crimes and genocide charges– ““May I hold you to your word?”May I hold you to your word?”

judgejudge

Examples of genocide to Examples of genocide to womenwomen

PHOTO: Remains of a pregnant Bosniak woman and her unborn baby excavated from a mass grave Suha in the Srebrenica region, near Bratunac. Fetus body was preserved in mother's womb with tiny legs and undeveloped brain clearly visible. The woman was barricaded in an abandoned house and then set on fire by Bosnian Serbs. When she tried to escape, she was shot with a single bullet to her stomach.

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