GENOCIDE IN HISTORY TEXTBOOKS

Abstract

The problem of recent Balkans history is a subject of numerous debates. Facing the past is not an easy task especially if that past is dreadful and if it carries a burden of responsibility for what is and what is not done. Even nations with a long history of democracy are a witness of the fact that it is not an easy task to deal with the past, some of these nations still live in denial of it. However, history must never be an ever lasting place of sanctuary, it has to, primarily, be a guide to a better future towards which we all should strive. Bosnia and Herzegovina is now, for the first time since its independence, about to get the textbooks of History and Geography that will have a unanimous interpretation of the events that were a subject of dispute so far. This should represent a big step forward for Bosnia and Herzegovina, but evidently a long time will have to pass by before all the peoples of BiH will consolidate their opinions and attitudes about our common past.