4/12/2023 0 Comments Galerija 11/07/95Galerija 11/07/95 is "the first memorial museum/gallery in Bosnia and Herzegovina – exhibition space aiming to preserve the memory on Srebrenica tragedy and 8372 persons who tragically lost their lives during the genocide." Going to the museum, you pay a small entrance fee and extra for a guided headset (highly recommend as it is all photographs without explanations next to them). It was very high-tech with the headset connected to this pointer that is tuned into your language, and then as you go through the gallery you point it at a sensor and it pulls up the next set of audio connected to the photographs. This museum is not for the light of heart. It is a collection of photography from the the war and the genocide in Srebrenica, and the aftermath of discovering the bodies in the mass graves and secondary graves. The first room you enter is the Portrait of Victims with 640 personal photos compiled by the mothers of Srebrenica ranging of all ages. It is a small demonstration of all of those that were lost and ability to prevent the denial of what happened. You proceed then into the main room with photos chronologically through the events in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a man walking past one of the concentration camps, mothers at home awaiting the return of their husbands, sons, and brothers, most of which would not return. The further you go into the room, you are guided with the audio of the events of the genocide, and the discovery of mass graves with images of bodies, skulls, and graves. It is very difficult to see, yet necessary for us to witness and remember what has happened. At the end of the room are stools and a short documentary of the events of the war leading to the genocide in Srebrenica and the crimes against humanity that occurred in the concentration camps prior to the events in 1995. Nothing is hidden in the film, be prepared to see clips of the killings and discovery of bodies. It is a very powerful and educational memorial, and different from many others as it is all told through photography.
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