11 voices of Srebrenica

11 voices of Srebrenica

Camp Vught National Memorial

26 June 2025 - 26 October 2025

11 voices of Srebrenica

Over 62,000 Bosnian-Dutch live in the Netherlands. Thirty years after the genocide in Srebrenica, their stories are still hardly heard. How do you live on with war trauma, in a society that does not know your story, does not understand or perhaps does not even want to see it? And what can we learn from these people if we listen to them?

The 11 voices of Srebrenica is a multimedia project that places the stories of Bosnian Dutch people about the genocide at its centre. The focus thus far has been on the involvement of the Netherlands in the failed peacekeeping mission and the Dutch blue helmets. But the stories of first and second generation survivors remain overlooked. Through the podcast The 11 voices of Srebrenica and the exhibitions by the same title, these stories are given a lasting place in Dutch history while the existing views are broadened.

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A house in Srebrenica, riddled with bullets. Thirty years later, the destruction of the village is still clearly visible.

30 years after Srebrenica

July 11, 2025 commemorates 30 years since the Bosnian Serb army took the UN safe area of Srebrenica and committed genocide. 8372 men and boys were killed, tens of thousands deported. The city was under siege for years, shelled and starved. The genocide in Srebrenica is considered the largest war crime on European soil since World War II.

“For this series I dive deep into the memories of those portrayed and try to make connections between the past and the present. It is not a far- from home issue and the urgency is high. We need to learn from history. After all, our present is shaped by understanding our past.” – Robin de Puy

Exhibition

Renowned photographer and filmmaker Robin de Puy makes the visual translation. She shows the people behind the stories, using photography and film. The exhibition contains a mix of portraits, images and video footage from Bosnia and Herzegovina, supplemented with short documentaries: layered stories that focus on the lives of Bosnian Dutch people then and now. A selection of this work will also be featured weekly in the Volkskrant.