Father Prepares to Bury Son After Thirty Years of Genocide
(MENAFN) “We lived in hope that he had gone somewhere and would come back,” said Husejin Avdic, his eyes brimming with tears as he prepares to lay to rest what remains of his son, Senajid.
At just 19 years old, Senajid was among the thousands killed in the 1995 Srebrenica genocide.
Almost thirty years after the gravest massacre in Europe since World War II, the memory of Srebrenica endures quietly—through mournful cemeteries, unspoken grief, and the lingering dreams of parents like Husejin, who murmured, “If only he had lived to have a family, a child.”
Senajid’s fragmented remains were located on the surface of a site in Suljici in October 2010, years after he vanished during the chaos of the war.
His family, forced to scatter amid the violence, now tries to find closure as they face the harsh truth that their son will never return.
Husejin and his wife, Alma, currently reside in the village of Bokavici, having been displaced from Bratunac during the conflict.
Before war tore their lives apart, the Avdic family had four children—Jusuf, Senajid, Zejad, and Almedina.
When hostilities first erupted, Husejin was employed in Croatia but made a temporary return as the unrest escalated in Bosnia, unaware of the impending disaster that would strike his family.
Eventually, Husejin returned to Croatia with his son Jusuf, while Alma remained at their home to look after the other children.
As violence intensified, Senajid and Zejad tried to flee by navigating the forested terrain with a relative, hoping to evade the advancing forces.
Their story, like many from Srebrenica, continues to echo through time—kept alive by the memories of survivors and the silent testimony of those who never came back.
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