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Elie Wiesel: Bosnia Not Auschwitz, but Genocide

INTRO: In November 1992, concerned about the continuous reports about mass killing emanating from the former Yugoslavia, Elie Wiesel (b. 1928), survivor of the Holocaust/Shoah, Nobel Peace Prize recipient, and committed human rights activist, traveled to Belgrade, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, … Continue reading

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Angelina Jolie Premieres Her Bosnian Genocide Film in the US Holocaust Museum

USHMM, Washington On January 10, 2012, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum hosted the Washington, DC, premiere of In the Land of Blood and Honey, written and directed by Angelina Jolie. Set against the backdrop of the Bosnian war of the 1990s, the … Continue reading

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U.S. masked reality of Bosnian Genocide

U.S. masked reality of Bosnian Genocide The Bulletin, p.A9 4 February 1994. WASHINGTON — State Department policy-makers kept from Americans the full truth of Serbian genocide in Bosnia for fear of increasing pressure for U.S. military intervention, according to the … Continue reading

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Bosniak Boy Raises Awareness of the Holocaust

Summary: 7th grader Bosniak boy, Emin Seferovic-Drnovsek, reports a visit to his Chicago high school by Samuel R. Harris, Holocaust survivor and president of Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center. Emin gives a vivid account of how Harris described his … Continue reading

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Elie Wiesel: Pigheaded Radovan Karadzic Denied it All

“How can you ever adequately punish a man who is guilty of ordering the assassination of 8,000 human beings [in Srebrenica]?” – asked Elie Wiesel. Mr. Elie Wiesel is a Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor. … Continue reading

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