Stack of two white plastic circular spool reels against a white background.

On 24 July 1995 a roll of film returned to The Netherlands. During the fall of the enclave of Srebrenica in former Yugoslavia, Dutchbat lieutenant J.H.A. Rutten took pictures of the evacuation of Bosnian Muslim civilians. This was the first sign of the biggest genocide in Europe since World War II. When the revealing roll of film was destroyed while being developed in a military lab.

How could this happen? Was it bad luck or did this important, tangible evidence of what happened have to disappear from the public eye?

A green soccer field with two white goalposts, surrounded by trees with new spring leaves and a misty hill in the background.
A black-and-white typewritten document in a foreign language with handwritten notes and signatures at the bottom.
Old oval picture frame with a black and white photo of a man in a suit, damaged with peeling and nuiscance spots.
Snow-covered running track alongside a graffitied concrete barrier, surrounded by pine trees.
An old, abandoned multi-story building with many broken windows and graffiti on the wall to the right. In front, there is dirt and grass along with a pile of cut logs covered partially with a gray tarp. On the left, there is another pile of wood, and three cars are parked in front of the building.
A winding dirt road through a forest with mostly bare trees and some green pine trees, under an overcast sky.
A man walks with a wheelbarrow carrying a television in front of a beige building with closed windows and a wooden door.
A man standing outdoors in front of buildings with a small yellow truck in the background. Subtitles read: 'Here we are, on 11 July 1995, in Serb Srebenica.'
Two buildings, one beige and one pink, sit in front of a wooded hillside. The beige building has a sign that reads 'PIVNICA' and features multiple windows. The pink building has several windows and a door. There is a small landscaped roundabout with planters, and a streetlight in the center. Overhead power lines are visible.
A lightbulb with a red glass and a brass screw base lying on a white surface.
Young boy holding a white rabbit while a group of people gather around him outdoors.
A poster titled 'Missing You...' encouraging blood donation, with diagrams of human skull and blood collection instructions, next to a mirror reflecting a skeleton model, clothing, and part of the room.
A rusty metal sign with faded white and orange handwritten lettering that reads 'PRODAJEM PALETER DRVAT-0655'. A torn poster of a young man's face is partially peeled over the sign, obscuring part of the text. The sign is placed beside a gravel roadside with houses and leafless trees in the background.
A group of people laying on the ground outside a building with a large dark gate, some wearing helmets.
A three-story school building with an entrance, yellow railings, and multiple windows, some of which are broken or have curtains. The building has a red roof and is surrounded by a sidewalk and street, with a dog lying in front.
A damaged oval photograph of a woman with dark hair, wearing a patterned top, with the image peeling and cracking in the center.
A landscape with leafless trees, brown grass, and rolling hills in the background, with a blue sky.
Empty notice boards with torn posters in front of a leafless tree and utility pole on a cloudy day.
A cemetery with white headstones arranged in rows on grassy terrain, surrounded by rolling hills and overcast sky.