In this episode of the series “ViewPoint: Victimhood Exclusivity”, young people from across the region analyze one of our most powerful collective narratives: the belief that “our nation” is history’s ultimate victim, whose suffering the world persistently refuses to acknowledge.

Where does the memory of actual wounds end, and the construction of an identity based solely on the role of the victim begin? Participants from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, and Serbia share their observations on the messages they receive through education and media, questioning why it is so important for “our” pain to be perceived as greater than that of others. We listen to their reflections on how insisting on one’s own exceptionalism in suffering often becomes an obstacle to understanding both the past and the future.