The Srebrenica Massacre (July 1995)

Srebrenica was a town in eastern Bosnia with a majority Bosniak population. The UN had declared it a "safe area" in 1993 and stationed a small Dutch peacekeeping force there. Thousands of Bosniak refugees from surrounding areas had fled to Srebrenica seeking protection.

In July 1995, Bosnian Serb forces under General Ratko Mladić attacked Srebrenica. The Dutch peacekeepers, outnumbered and without significant support, were unable to stop the attack. Bosniak men and boys were separated from women and children. The men and boys were then systematically executed. Approximately 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were killed in about a week. This is the worst single atrocity in Europe since WWII.