Visit to the Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial Center and Cemetery
On the 10th of October, the PCRC interns visited the Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial Center and Cemetery. As we stood in the chilly hall of the original Dutchbat military base, our guide, the son of a Death March survivor, explained the events that led...
Bekir Hodžić’s impressions of this year’s Srebrenica Youth School
When applying to internships for this summer, one of the features that most drew me to work with the Post-Conflict Research Center was its Srebrenica Youth...
Regarding Reconciliation: The Herero’s Long Quest for Justice
After more than a century, a minority ethnic group in Namibia insists that history be recognized: reparations are the key to restoring economic, political, and social rights. But their disorganized efforts have also curbed social reintegration and...
The 20th Century’s First Genocide: Not the Holocaust, but the Herero
How far back can the roots of the Holocaust be traced? The events that took place from 1941 – 1945 bore a striking resemblance to atrocities carried out years before in German South West Africa. Many of the ideologies that fueled the Holocaust, as...
The Yazidi Genocide: An Introduction
In the first installment of our four-part series about ISIL's ongoing genocide against the Yazidi in Iraq, we outline the basics of the genesis of the genocide, key events, and the international...
Marš Mira: Reflections from the 2017 Peace March to Srebrenica
Nearly 20 years after serving as part of SFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brandon Erdmann revisits this land of contrasts- of beauty and tragedy- on the 2017 Peace March from Tuzla to Srebrenica. In this piece for PCRC, he reflects on his experience...