Srebrenica is a warning for Eastern Europe

The Srebrenica Massacre, considered to be the worst war crime in Europe since the end of World War II, took place fifteen years ago during the Balkan War. The left-liberal weekly Magyar Narancs warns that the massacre must not be forgotten: "Today we know that the murder of 8,000 boys, men and elderly people was part of a well-prepared, calculated political strategy. ... The idea on behalf of which this crime was committed is merely an extreme local variant of the post-Romantic nationalistic ideology that is encountered in all Eastern European countries and appears everywhere in more or less the same form. For this reason we must discover all we can about Srebrenica. And for this reason we must eternally uphold its memory in our minds when we think about politics and political decisions."

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