The school of Kocho in Sinjar (please read also here)
The school in the village of Kocho now is a memorial to the worst massacre that Daesh committed on the Yazidis.
After Daesh had surrounded the village, on 15. August 2014 about 1250 villagers had to gather in the school of Kocho.
Then 400 men were separated from the women and children. The men were executed on the outskirts of Daesh — only 19 men survived this massacre.
Also, 77 older women from Kocho were murdered by Daesh.
About 850 younger women were kidnapped, brutally sexually abused and sold as sex slaves. The children were kidnapped and brainwashed in order to use them for terror operations.
A former resident of Kocho is Nadia Murad*, born 1993 in Kocho. Nadia Murad was also kidnapped by Daesh and brutally abused. Fortunately, she managed to free herself from captivity with the aid of a Muslim family.
In 2016 Nadia Murad was appointed special envoy of the United Nations and in 2018 she received the Nobel Peace Prize. Since her release from Daesh's imprisonment, she has devoted her life to ensure that the Yazidis genocide is not forgotten and that the perpetrators are held accountable.
The surviving inhabitants of Kocho have decided to turn Kocho's school into a memorial. The ground floor of the building is covered with photos of Kocho residents who were either killed or kidnapped by Daesh.
A half-brother of Nadia Murad, who survived the Daesh massacre, looks after this memorial in Kocho.

* For more information about Nadia Murad and her story:
Nadia Murad: The Last Girl. My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State. 2017
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