Srebrenica Memorial Center

What Srebrenica Memorial Center does

The Srebrenica Memorial Center (Memorijalni centar Srebrenica–Potočari) is a nonprofit memorial institution founded in 2007 and headquartered at the Potočari memorial complex in Srebrenica municipality, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the official place of burial for victims of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide and the country's principal institution dedicated to preserving the memory of those events. The Center operates permanent and temporary exhibitions (including the Memorial Room – Personal Stories established in 2007, the Failure of the International Community exhibition, and the Lives Behind the Fields of Death exhibition opened in July 2025), research archives (photograph archive, personal items archive, genocide transcripts), the Oral History Program with 700+ recorded witness testimonies, and the annual Genocide Denial Reports published since 2020. It also runs the Genocide Alert and Prevention Mechanism covering ongoing global conflicts, the SrebrenicaDocs documentary film festival, the International Summer School on Genocide Studies, the SrebrenicaKids children's creative program, and the Srebrenica Media Meetings professional program.

The Center employs and engages more than 50 people from the Bosniak returnee community across research, archival, educational, and maintenance functions. Admission is free and there are no commercial ticket revenues; the operating model is grant-funded, with the UK Government identified as the primary financial partner through the 'Truth, Dialogue, Future' project, supplemented by foundation support (Heinrich Böll Foundation) and donations. Strategic partners include USC Shoah Foundation, BIRN BiH, the SENSE Documentation Center, the Museum of War Childhood in Sarajevo, and De Montfort University Leicester. Under Director Emir Suljagić's leadership since 2015, the Center has evolved from a site primarily active on the July 11 anniversary into a globally recognized institution conducting research, documentation, and education on genocide.

Name

Srebrenica Memorial Center

Legal name

Memorijalni centar Srebrenica-Potočari Spomen obilježje i mezarje za žrtve genocida iz 1995. godine

Website

https://srebrenicamemorial.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Srebrenica Memorial Center is a nonprofit memorial institution at Potočari, Bosnia and Herzegovina, preserving memory of the 1995 genocide through exhibitions, oral history archives, denial monitoring, and genocide studies education for researchers, survivors, and the public.

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Product category

Memorial and Genocide Education Services

NAICS

Museums (712110), Museums (71211), Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (712), Historical Sites (71212), Historical Sites (712120), Libraries and Archives (519210), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

akta.pro primary industry

Museums & Heritage Sites (History, Science, Specialty) (BPAGAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Libraries, Archives & Special Collections (BPAGAHAF), Cultural Heritage Institutions (Archives, Historic Houses, Monuments Foundations) (THAJADAI)

Keywords

• Genocide memorialization
• Oral history research
• Memorial exhibitions
• Genocide education
• Denial monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Srebrenica (Potočari)

HQ country

Bosnia & Herzegovina

HQ region

Europe

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Markets served

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B2C

Offering type

Services

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Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Grants and Support: The Memorial Center operates primarily through government funding and project grants. The UK Government has supported projects including 'Truth, Dialogue, Future'. The Federal Ministry for Displaced Persons and Refugees cooperates on commemorations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

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Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Srebrenica Memorial Center operates as the official memorial site for victims of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide, offering permanent and temporary exhibitions, a digital archive system preserving oral history testimonies from survivors (700+ video interviews), research publications including annual Genocide Denial Reports, and educational programs including the International Summer School on Genocide Studies, SrebrenicaDocs documentary festival, SrebrenicaKids workshops, and daily guided memorial visits. All services are provided free of charge, with the center funded through government grants, foundation support, and donations.

Product overview

The Srebrenica Memorial Center (Memorijalni centar Srebrenica) is a memorial institution focused on preserving memory of the 1995 genocide against Bosniaks in Srebrenica. The center operates as an integrated organization offering multiple interconnected services: permanent and temporary exhibitions (including the Memorial Room with personal belongings, the Failure of the International Community exhibition, Memento oral history project, and virtual exhibitions), research archives (photo archive, personal items archive, genocide transcripts), the Oral History Program with video testimonies from survivors, annual Genocide Denial Reports, a Genocide Alert and Prevention Mechanism covering current global conflicts, the SrebrenicaDocs documentary film festival, the International Summer School on Genocide Studies, SrebrenicaKids children's creative workshops, Srebrenica Media Meetings for journalists, and guided memorial visits with educational tours. The center serves as a key educational institution for documenting genocide, preserving historical truth, and preventing genocide denial.

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Brands

• SrebrenicaDocs: Annual documentary film festival focusing on documentaries about genocide and war crimes
• SrebrenicaKids
• International Summer School Genocide Studies
• Genocide Denial Report
• Lives Behind the Fields of Death (Životi iza polja smrti)
• Alert and Prevention Mechanism
• Srebrenica Media Meetings
• Key Messages Document

Products and services

• Memorial Room - Personal Stories (Spomen soba – Lične priče) A permanent exhibition established in 2007 at the Memorial Center featuring 20 personal belongings of genocide victims uncovered in mass graves, forming a core memorial offering for visitors.
• The Failure of the International Community (Neuspjeh međunarodne zajednice) An exhibition documenting the fall of the UN-protected safe zone of Srebrenica, presented across three levels including a functional level describing the building's use during the UNPROFOR presence.
• Memento An oral history project and photographic exhibition showcasing items donated by genocide survivors and victims' families for permanent display.
• Tarik Samarah: 11/07/1995 An exhibition of author photographs by Tarik Samarah, first displayed in the Memorial Room in 2003.
• Virtual Exhibition 'Reading for Srebrenica' (Virtuelna izložba 'Čitanje za Srebrenicu') A virtual exhibition project emphasizing the personal identity of each genocide victim, prepared and implemented by the Memorial Center.
• Memorial Room: The Lives Behind the Fields of Death (Spomen soba: Životi iza polja smrti) A permanent exhibition opened July 10, 2025, featuring 100 video testimonies of survivors and victims' family members, a documentary film, and a video series of 20 stories based on oral history methodology.
• Oral History Program (Usmena historija) A program for systematically documenting experiences of genocide survivors through video interviews, including transcription, translation, subtitling, and digital archiving for future generations. Over 700 interviews collected.
• Genocide Denial Reports (Izvještaj o negiranju genocida) Annual monitoring and documentation reports tracking individuals and organizations attempting to deny and relativize the genocide in Srebrenica, published since 2020.
• Genocide Alert and Prevention Mechanism (Mehanizam upozorenja i prevencije genocida) Research and reporting mechanism monitoring crimes in current conflicts worldwide, with case studies on Syria, South Sudan, Ukraine, Ethiopia, and Myanmar, analyzing warning signs of genocide and crimes against humanity.
• Genocide Transcripts (Transkripti genocida) Documentation project presenting transcripts of genocide-related proceedings and testimonies confirmed by international courts.
• Photo Archive (Arhiv fotografija) The largest collection of photographs preserving memory of killed residents of the UN-protected zone of Srebrenica.
• Archive of Personal Items (Arhiv ličnih predmeta) Collection of personal items donated by survivors and victims' families for preservation and exhibition purposes.
• SrebrenicaDocs Festival Documentary film festival focused on documentaries about the genocide in Srebrenica, with recognition awards for contributions to documentary filmmaking.
• International Summer School 'Genocide Studies' (Međunarodna ljetna škola 'Studije genocida') Annual educational program for undergraduate and graduate students in social sciences, offering access to genocide research methods and historical site visits.
• SrebrenicaKids Creative workshop program for children aged 7-15 years, promoting creative expression, shared learning, and engagement with memorial, educational, and cultural content.
• Srebrenica Media Meetings Program bringing together journalists, editors, and media professionals to discuss challenges in communicating about the genocide, with panel discussions and workshops.
• Educational Tours and Guided Visits Memorial site visits available daily from 08:00 to 16:00, including documentary screenings, history lessons on July 1995 events, Q&A sessions with experts, cemetery walks, and exhibition access. Guided tours available in Bosnian and English.

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered supporting, core and major.

• Austrian Service AbroadsupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Collaboration on research report 'Denial of Genocide in Srebrenica in the Russian Media Space,' conducted over 23 years of analysis.
• De Montfort University LeicestersupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 August 2021Hasan Hasanović, curator at the Memorial Center, was promoted to Honorary Senior Researcher at the university due to his years of dedicated research on the genocide in Srebrenica and its consequences.
• SENSE Documentation CentersupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 September 2014Established a multimedia archive (SENSE Documentation Center) at the Memorial Center, documenting ICTY trials for the Srebrenica genocide. The center contains a database of selected court materials and video presentations of tribunal proceedings.
• BIRN BiH (Balkan Investigative Reporting Network)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint implementation of the oral history project 'Life Behind the Fields of Death' and other research initiatives. BIRN BiH cooperates with the center on documentation and witness testimony collection.
• USC Shoah FoundationmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe foundation, founded by Steven Spielberg, is interested in the collected witness testimonies. All statements part of the foundation will be indexed and subtitled in English, making them accessible to genocide researchers worldwide.
• Museum of War Childhood (Sarajevo)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the development of oral history methodology and educational content related to childhood experiences during war.

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Emerging players

• International Slavery Museum: Liverpool-based museum addressing the history and legacy of transatlantic slavery, combining permanent exhibitions, archives, and educational programs. Comparable as a memorial-style museum using exhibitions, archives, and education to address historical atrocities and their contemporary legacy.

Direct peers

• Kigali Genocide Memorial: Rwanda's official memorial to the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, combining permanent exhibitions, a burial site, archives, and educational programs. Directly comparable to Srebrenica as a national-level genocide memorial site with research, education, and commemoration mandates.
• Yad Vashem: Israel's official Holocaust memorial and research institution, operating extensive archives, oral history testimony collections, exhibitions, and educational programs. Comparable as a globally referenced genocide memorial with a deep archive, research mandate, and international scholarly partnerships.
• Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum: Cambodia's memorial museum at the site of the S-21 Khmer Rouge prison, preserving evidence of the Cambodian genocide through exhibitions, archives, and survivor testimony programs. Comparable as an atrocity memorial site combining a physical site, archives, and educational programming.
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: America's official living memorial to the Holocaust, combining permanent exhibitions, a vast archive, research, and public education programs. Comparable in mission and operating model—free public access, large archives, denial monitoring, and a global educational role.
• Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum: Preserves the former Nazi concentration and extermination camp, operating as a memorial site, museum, and research center with guided tours, exhibitions, and educational programming. Directly comparable as a UNESCO-recognized genocide memorial site with global visitor traffic.
• Museum of War Childhood: Sarajevo-based museum that collects and exhibits objects and personal stories from children who experienced the Bosnian war. Already a partner of the Srebrenica Memorial Center; directly comparable in mission, geography, and use of personal testimony and donated artifacts for educational exhibits.

Broad incumbents

• Imperial War Museums: UK-based museum group covering conflicts from World War I to the present, including Holocaust exhibitions, archives, and educational programs. Comparable as a war-and-atrocity memorial institution with permanent collections, free public access, and educational programming, though broader in scope.

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