In order to unpack the contemporary ways of remembering the Holocaust in the German military-occupation zone “Serbia” committed during 1941 and 1942, we consider it necessary  to dive into history and the various sediments of memory that have settled since the end of World War II until today. We argue that from the time of socialist Yugoslavia, during its disintegration at the end of the 20th century, until today, at least three sedimentary deposits of Holocaust memory have been created, the analysis of which can help us understand today’s ways of remembering the mentioned crime by Serbia and Serbian society.

Stefan Radojković (1984) is Research Assistant at the Institute for Political Studies in Belgrade. He graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Department of History (2009). He continued his post-graduate studies at the Faculty of Political  Sciences of the University of Belgrade, where he obtained a master’s degree in political science for international affairs in 2014, defending his master’s thesis “Protracted social conflicts – Kosovo and Metohija from 1980 to 2008”. He received his doctorate at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Belgrade with the dissertation  “Practices of resistance and cooperation of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija in relation to the United  Nations mission from 1999 to 2008”.

The lecture is part of the cycle “Holocaust and Genocides in the 20th century: Open Lectures” organized by the Institute of Philosophy and Social Theory of the University of Belgrade together with partners within the project “Introduction of the first MA Program in Holocaust and Genocide Studies in Serbia”, supported by the U.S. Embassy in Serbia. This project was supported by the U.S. Embassy Belgrade.  The opinions and  conclusions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Government.