Desanka Maksimović Primary School in Petkovci, Zvornik

From 14 to 16 July 1995, the Desanka Maksimović Primary School in the settlement of Petkovci, Municipality of Zvornik served as a site of detention for Bosniaks from Zvornik, Srebrenica and surrounding villages. On 14 July 1995, members of VRS transported prisoners from a detention site in Bratunac to the primary school in Petkovci with another 1000 or so prisoners and several young men captured from the column that was making its way out of the UN Safe Zone of Srebrenica, after the enclave had been overtaken by VRS, or who were separated from the women and children in Potočari where they had sought refuge with the UN troops that were stationed there. They were held inside the school where they were abused, tied up and denied water. Around 1000 of them were killed in front of the school and on the plateau beneath the Red Silt Dam.