Name erasure of Muslim landmarks followed Serb precedent

Evidence

There is no independent confirmation of these reports, but the HercegBosna authorities have not denied them. There is also a report that the Herceg-Bosna authorities wish to change the name of Pocitelj to Komugin, again following the example of Serb nationalists who changed the name of Foca to Srbinje. — Michael A. Sells, The Bridge Betrayed, 607

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the book’s central theme of ‘name removal’ as erasure — renaming Foca to Srbinje parallels the cultural genocide thesis developed throughout the text. — connects to: Tamil place names are being replaced to erase minority territorial claims; Colonial renaming erased Innu place-names like Patshetshunau — Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations: Native Struggles for…, 331

Related

• Tamil place names are being replaced to erase minority territorial claims (similarity 0.92)
• Renaming a city erased Muslim history and became a shouted epithet during killings (similarity 0.88)