An event marking 30 years from Srebrenica was organized by the Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies in Amsterdam’s cultural center Spui25. The event was exceptionally well attended, as it was an opportunity to exchange Bosnian and Dutch perspectives on the traumatic history which entangles them. Thirty years after Srebrenica, Oluja and Deyton, there are new, inter-generational aspects to be added, such as the experience of integrating Bosnians into Dutch society andthe future of relations between the Netherlands and entire EU with Bosnia and other Western Balkans countries. The debate was moderated by Petrovic and Petar Finci, and the speakers were Hariz Halilovic, Alma Mustafic, Lidija Zelovic, Gert Kampman and Sabina Tanovic, who each attempted to throw light on this past from their disciplinary angle and lived experience too. It is clear that this part of our past, to borrow words from Henry Rousso, simply refuses to pass, and with a good reason. Listening to people who survived Srebrenica, who are working on articulation of its horrors in the public sphere and fostering a responsible environment for such debates is an ongoing commitment of NIOD.
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