German Foreign Minister withdrew its proposal to award the Israeli historian Giden Gyden Order “For Merit to the Federal Republic of Germany” after it was widely criticized for a report, denying genocide in Srebrenica, writes Al Jazeera.
In the early 2021, Germany announced that he plans to reward a grain for his contribution to the study of the Holocaust and the death camps of Auschvitz-Birkenaau. This decision was criticized, as Greif headed the commission, published a report, which argues that the Genocide of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica in July 1995 was not. This statement contradicts the decisions of international courts.
Greyf’s award ceremony was supposed to be held on November 10, but shortly before that day the event was postponed. At the same time it became known that the decision on award was revised. This week, the President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier said that the FRG Foreign Ministry recalls his decision on the Greyph Award.
In July 1995, as a result of the attack of Serbian units, headed by General Ratko Mladic, thousands of men and boys from among the Bosnian Muslims were killed in Srebrenitsa, which became the most massive massacre in Europe since the Second World War. After 26 years, the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina were amended, prohibiting denying genocide in Srebrenica and glorify military criminals. According to a new law, persons who deny, praising, eliminate importance or justifying the facts of genocides, crimes against humanity and war crimes recognized by international courts or the court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, can be sentenced to imprisonment from six months to five years.