The memory of the genocide in Šahovići warns and obliges society not to remain silent in the face of evil and injustice, said the Vice President of the Parliament of Montenegro, Mirsad Nurković.
He said that 101 years ago, in peacetime, genocide was committed against the Bosniak population of Šahovići, which left an indelible mark on history.
"At a time when peace was supposed to reign, villages were destroyed, lives were ended, and entire families were left without a home, without a name, and without a future," Nurković said.
He emphasized that this crime is not just a wound from the past, but a scar that still lingers today, because it reminds us of how deep a person can fall when they lose their sense of justice and humanity.
"The genocide in Šahovići obliges us not to forget, not to remain silent, and not to hide the truth. Silence in the face of evil is not neutrality, but complicity," Nurković said.
According to him, the generations that committed this terrible crime are gone, but its shadow remains in the collective memory, as a serious warning.
Today, Nurković added, we hear the pain and silence of those who survived, as well as the silence of a society that often chose silence in the face of evil.
"Our moral and state responsibility is to preserve the memory of the victims and to be the voice of those who have been silenced forever. Only truth, justice and honest dealing with the past can build the foundations of lasting peace and trust among the peoples of Montenegro," Nurković emphasized.
He said that the memory of the Šahovićs is not directed towards the past but towards the future, "so that such evil would never happen again to anyone, anywhere."
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