Potočari

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Potočari is a village in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina known as the site of the Srebrenica genocide and the location of the Srebrenica–Potočari Memorial and Cemetery.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf village
associatedWithConflict Bosnian War
associatedWithEthnicGroup Bosniaks
associatedWithInternationalOrganization United Nations
associatedWithMilitaryUnit Dutchbat
country Bosnia and Herzegovina
dateOfSignificantEvent July 1995
hasAnnualCommemorationOn 11 July
hasCemetery Srebrenica–Potočari Memorial and Cemetery for the Victims of the 1995 Genocide
hasMemorial Srebrenica–Potočari Memorial and Cemetery
hasOfficialLanguage Bosnian
Croatian
Serbian
hasTypeOfCemetery military cemetery
hasTypeOfMemorial genocide memorial
hasVictimsBuriedFrom Bratunac area
hasVictimsBuriedFrom Srebrenica enclave
linked to: Srebrenica
hasVictimsBuriedFrom surrounding Podrinje villages
knownFor Srebrenica genocide
Srebrenica–Potočari Memorial and Cemetery
locatedIn eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Municipality of Srebrenica
Republika Srpska
locatedInGeographicRegion Podrinje
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
locatedNear Srebrenica
locatedOnContinent Europe
memorialCommemorates victims of the Srebrenica genocide
memorialInauguratedOn 11 July 2003
memorialOpenedBy Bill Clinton
nearRiver Drina River region
partOf Srebrenica municipality
partOfEvent Bosnian War
Srebrenica genocide
recognizedBy International Court of Justice as part of the Srebrenica genocide crime scene
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia as part of the Srebrenica genocide crime scene
religionTraditionallyPracticed Islam
siteOf forcible transfer of Bosniak civilians in July 1995
mass killings of Bosniak men and boys in July 1995
usedAs UNPROFOR Dutchbat base location during the Srebrenica enclave period
assembly point for Bosniak refugees in July 1995

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