Lessons from Srebrenica

27 years ago this year, Serbian forces overran the town of Srebrenica and murdered 8,372 Muslim men and boys over the coming days in an act of genocide. Through this blog, we remember the innocent lives taken in this act of hatred and those left behind to rebuild their lives.  

In November 2019, I had the privilege of visiting Potocari and the Srebrenica Memorial Centre with a delegation from Remembering Srebrenica Scotland.

In November 2019, I had the privilege of visiting Potocari and the Srebrenica Memorial Centre with a delegation from Remembering Srebrenica Scotland. Following our trip to Srebrenica, some of my fellow delegates and I created a podcast called Srebrenica Stories. We spoke with previous Remembering Srebrenica Scotland delegates and those who lived and worked in Bosnia during the war. There are 27 different conversations to listen to on Apple Podcasts as well as Spotify and Anchor.

Former Remembering Srebrenica Scotland (RSS) Vice Chair and Ambassador for Remembering Srebrenica UK Robert McNeil MBE spent several years as an Anatomical Pathology Technologist, as part of an international Forensic team tasked with providing physical and scientific evidence of crimes against humanity and genocide in war zones in the Balkans from 1996 to 2002.

Along with creating an extensive collection of paintings of that time which have been exhibited in galleries across the UK, the Scottish and Welsh Parliaments and are on permanent display in the St Mungo Museum, Robert has now written a book about his experiences, ‘Grave Faces’. His memoir is unique in that it’s the first book written by an experienced technician who was involved in what has emerged as the most extensive forensic investigation in history.

Robert will be in conversation with RSS trustee, Marsaili Fraser, who also lived and worked in Bosnia for over ten years after the war.

Robert will be in conversation with RSS trustee, Marsaili Fraser, who also lived and worked in Bosnia for over ten years after the war. She was a political advisor in the Office of the High Representative during Paddy Ashdown’s mandate and later worked for the European Union’s Special Representative in both Mostar and Sarajevo between 2013 and 2016.  

Sign up here for this free event held on Sunday 30th of October 2022 from 14.00-15.00 GMT at St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, 2 Castle Street Glasgow G4 ORH.