U.S. Holocaust Museum launches ‘Mladic Files’

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has launched ‘The Mladic Files,’ a multimedia website providing in-depth, real-time reporting of the trial of Ratko Mladic in The Hague.

Bosnian Serb military commander General Ratko Mladic, centre, smiles as he visits troops near the village of Han Pijesak on 18 June 1996. (AP Photo)

In addition to documenting the trial of the man accused of orchestrating the largest massacre in Europe since the Second World War, the project will examine related issues such as whether bringing to justice those responsible for mass atrocities may help prevent future ones.

‘The Mladic Files’ will provide a multifaceted account of the proceedings against Mladic, who, as commander of the Bosnian Serb Army during the 1992–95 Balkans conflict, has been indicted for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. ‘The Mladic Files’ is available at www.ushmm.org/mladic-files. The project’s blog is available on Foreign Policy’s website.

The project is being led by the Museum’s Goldfarb Fellow, prize-winning foreign correspondent and author Michael Dobbs, who will follow the trial as part of his investigation into the 1995 massacre at Srebrenica.

In addition to observing the legal proceedings in The Hague, Dobbs will travel to Srebrenica, Sarajevo, and Belgrade to interview Mladic’s victims and associates, posting his discoveries to the website as he seeks to uncover what drove the Bosnian Serb military commander to order Europe’s deadliest massacre since  the Second World War.

Source: United States Holocaust Museum