Exhibit: Prijedor: Lives from the Bosnian Genocide
Location
St. Louis Holocaust Museum & Learning Center
Description
The exhibit Prijedor: Lives from the Bosnian Genocide tells the story of genocide in the Bosnian city of Prijedor between 1992 and 1995. The thirty-four display panels that constitute the exhibit combine information from official sources, including the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, with original photographs and compelling testimony from genocide survivors now living in St. Louis who were interviewed as part of Fontbonne University’s Bosnia Memory Project.
Event Type
Exhibit
Start Date
11-25-2007 12:00 AM
End Date
4-16-2008 12:00 AM
Exhibit: Prijedor: Lives from the Bosnian Genocide
St. Louis Holocaust Museum & Learning Center
The exhibit Prijedor: Lives from the Bosnian Genocide tells the story of genocide in the Bosnian city of Prijedor between 1992 and 1995. The thirty-four display panels that constitute the exhibit combine information from official sources, including the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, with original photographs and compelling testimony from genocide survivors now living in St. Louis who were interviewed as part of Fontbonne University’s Bosnia Memory Project.
Additional Notes
Developed by a collaboration between the Union of Citizens of the Municipality of Prijedor, the St. Louis Holocaust Museum and Learning Center, Fontbonne’s Bosnia Memory Project, and the American Red Cross of St. Louis, the exhibit premiered at the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center in Creve Coeur, Missouri. Between November 25, 2007 and April 16, 2008, it was visited by 10,729 people. Since then, it has been shown in locations across the United States.