Our Mission

The Bosnian American Genocide Institute and Education Center (BAGI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to research and education pertaining to the genocides that occurred in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and in the Balkans.

While our primary focus is educating students and the public about the genocide and war crimes that occurred in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992-1995, at the hands of ethnonationalist Serbian and Croatian extremists, we are also dedicated to teaching about the Holocaust in Balkan region (1939 - 1945) that was planned and orchestrated by the Nazi occupying forces and the Independent State of Croatia(NDH).

As genocide survivors, children of survivors and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors, we are dedicated to standing in solidarity with all genocide survivor communities.

We are determined to educate the public about the impact of genocide worldwide by teaching universal lessons that combat Islamophobic and Antisemitic hatred; gender-based, religious, racial and ethnic prejudice; and apathy in the face of violence.