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Derick Velasquez Period 3 World History

Genocide- Bosnia

Have you ever gotten to stop and wonder about genocide? What happens in Bosnia was genocide? Genocide is the thoughtful and logical slaughter of a national, racial, political, or cultural group. There have been many genocide but not many people know about the genocide that took place in Bosnia. Almost 7,500 Muslims were killed, tortured, and slaughter, by the Serbs (christens). The Bosnia genocide took place in 1992-1995. What happens in Bosnia was genocide because during the period of time the 8 stages of genocide were accruing in Bosnia. Bosnia is located in South East Europe. In 1991, a new Croat was elected and the government was seen to be fascist by the Serbs it enacted discrimination laws targeting Orthodox Serbs. The leader of the Serbs was Slobodan Milosevic and was responsible for the genocide. The war started in 1992 when the Serbs invaded Bosnia to protect the Serb minority. During the attack on the city Vukovoar they bombarded the outgunned Croats for 80 days and destroy everything n the cities structure. After the Serbs took the city they began there first mass killing. Serbs rounded hundreds of men and shot them. There targets was mostly Croats and Muslims. The men and women were separated, with many of the men sent to be executed and the women where raped repeatedly. During 1994 and 1995 Serbs massacre civilians at place that the U.N designated as “safe havens.” Only one third of the column of fleeing men managed to get out of Serbs territory. After the war ended it was hard to find evidence of any genocide taking place because the Serbs where very careful when hiding the evidence (bodies). In December 14, 1995 the leaders of Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia signed the Dayton peace accords. 200,000 Bosnia civilians where murdered at the end of the genocide. During the periods 1992-1995 in Bosnia was genocide. Genocide means the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group. Bosnia was genocide because it went through the 8 stages of genocide. Over 200,000 Muslims and Croats were killed. Also Bosnia was genocide because the racial, cultural groups and national was systematic extermination. In the 8 stages of genocide the first stage is classification. Classification is the division in separating ethnicity, race, religion, distinguish, etc. in Bosnia they went through the first stage because they were treating different categories of people differently. They also separated the males and the females, and different types of religion like the Muslims and the Croats. At the end they were all murdered and slaughter. The second stage of genocide is symbolization. Symbolization is a way to represent or distinguish a group. Sometimes physical characteristic like skin color or nose sharp etc. and other symbols like customary dress or facial scars, are socially imposed by groups on their own members. In Bosnia they weren’t symbolized because they didn’t make them wear a certain thing to recognize their race. The third stage of genocide is dehumanization. Dehumanization is when separating people by ethnicity race or religion, enslaving them or overpowers and overcomes the human revulsion against murder. In Bosnia they had separated the Muslims and the Croats which they were enslaving and overpowering them. The Serbians did dehumanize the Muslims and the Croats. The fourth stage of genocide is organization. Organization is having a plot or plan also a special army units or militias are often trained and armed, and plans are made for genocidal killings. In Bosnia the Serbs had plan and plotted every step they had taken and token the full control of Bosnia. They also had the confident and knew what they had to do. After the war they also had the plan to hide all the evidence of any genocide taking place because the Serbs were very careful when hiding the evidence and the dead bodies. The fifth stage of genocide is polarization. Polarization is when they forbid intermarriage or social interactions. Genocide proceed in a downward cycle of killings until, like a whirlpool, it reaches the vortex of mass murder. Killings by one group may provoke revenge killings by the other. Such massacres are aimed at polarization, the systematic elimination that would slow the cycle. In Bosnia the Serbs went out and kill anyone who looked Muslims or Croatian and anybody who try’s to stop them. The sixth stage of genocide is preparation. Preparation for genocide includes identification. List of victims are drawn up, houses are marked, and maps are made. Individuals are forced to carry ID cards identifying their ethnic or religious group. In Bosnia the Serbs didn’t do much of preparation they had separated the guys and females, with many of the men were sent to executed and the women were raped repeatedly. They also rounded up hundreds of men and shot them. The Serbs had invaded their homes, property and took over of Bosnia. The seventh stage of genocide is extermination. Extermination is when they start exterminating their victims and quickly becomes mass killing legally called “genocide.” In Bosnia after the Serbs took over the city the begin there first mass killing. They were also executing the entire national, racial, political, or cultural group. They were killing the Muslims and Croatia because they wanted to rule Bosnia. The eighth and last stage of genocide is denial. Denial is when they deny that they committed any crimes, and often blame what happen on the victims. Bosnia genocide is in fact genocide because the Serbian intentionally killed the Muslims, Croatia, and all the civilians. In conclusion, what happens in Bosnia was in fact genocide. It was a horrifying event that took place in Bosnia. It was genocide because it went through all 8 stages of genocide. They slaughter all national, racial, political, or cultural groups.