List of Yugoslav World War II monuments and memorials in Serbia explained

This is a list of monuments and memorials dedicated to the National Liberation Movement, its fighters and its victims in the World War II in Yugoslavia, built on the territory of the present day Serbia, including those in the autonomous provinces of Vojvodina and Kosovo and Metohija.

This list does not include busts or other statues of individuals (see bottom).

History

The Yugoslav authorities established several memorial sites between 1945 and 1960, though widespread building started after the founding of the Non-Aligned Movement.

Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito commissioned several memorial sites and monuments in the 1960s and 70s dedicated to World War II battle, and concentration camp sites. They were designed by notable sculptors, including Dušan Džamonja, Vojin Bakić, Miodrag Živković, Jordan and Iskra Grabul, and architects, including Bogdan Bogdanović, Nebojša Delja, Gradimir Medaković. After Tito's death, a small number were built, and the monuments were popular visitor attractions in the 1980s as patriotic sites, and since the Yugoslav Wars and the dissolution of Yugoslavia, the sites are abandoned and have lost their importance.

List

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Kadinjača MemorialKadinjača,
Užice
Commemoration of the Battle of Kadinjača on 29 November 1941. Designed by Miodrag Živković and Aleksandar Đokić. The entire memorial complex was officially opened by President Josip Broz Tito on 23 September 1979.
Popina MemorialŠtulac, Vrnjačka BanjaDesigned by Bogdan Bogdanović.
Memorial Park Peace HillGornji Milanovac
Memorial cemetery in BelgradeBelgrade
Memorial cemetery in Sremska MitrovicaSremska MitrovicaDesigned by Bogdan Bogdanović.
Tomb of People's Heroes, BelgradeBelgrade
SlobodišteKruševacDesigned by Bogdan Bogdanović.
Šumarice Memorial ParkKragujevacMemorial to Kragujevac massacre. The focal sculpture was designed by Miodrag Živković.
Monument to Kosmaj Partisan DetachmentBelgradeDedicated to the "Kosmaj Partisan detachment" of World War II. One of two monuments on top of Kosmaj mountain (the other is dedicated to World War I fallen Serbian soldiers).
Shrine to the fallen freedom fightersVlasotinceBy Bogdan Bogdanović, 1975.
Kosovska Mitrovica MonumentKosovska MitrovicaBy Bogdan Bogdanović, 1973. Dedicated to the Serb and Albanian Partisans of World War II.
Monument "Three fists"NišDesigned by Ivan Sabolić; built in 1963. Dedicated to victims of fascism killed at Bubanj plateau near Niš between 1941 and 1944.
Monument to fallen fightersPriština,
Kosovo
Designed by Miodrag Živković; built in 1961.[1]
Memorial to the Battle of PrijepoljePrijepoljeDesigned by Lojze Dolinar, built in 1953.[2] Dedicated to fallen Yugoslav partisans in the battle of Prijepolje in 1943.
Monument to fallen fightersProkuplje
Memorial Park of Struggle and VictoryČačakDesigned by Bogdan Bogdanović, 1976-1980. Dedicated to 4,650 fallen partisan fighters and victims of fascism from Čačak killed during World War II.
Monument to victims of fascismJajinciDesigned by Stevan Bodnarov, built in 1951. Dedicated to the prisoners of Sajmište concentration camp, who were executed by Germans at this location.
Monument to hanged patriotsBeogradBuilt at Terazije square, where German soldiers hanged a group of antifascists in August 1941.
Monument “Freedom”Iriški VenacDesigned by Sreten Stojanović, built in 1961.[3]
Monument to victims of fascismNovi SadDesigned by Jovan Soldatović, built in 1971. Dedicated to victims of fascism killed by Hungarian fascists in 1942 raid in southern Bačka.
Black ĆuprijaŽabaljDesigned by Jovan Soldatović. Dedicated to victims of fascism killed by Hungarian fascists in 1942 raid in southern Bačka.
Monument to fallen fightersSićevo
Monument to Syrmian frontŠid
Monument to fallen fightersBeočin
Monument to fallen fightersBajina Bašta
Monument to fallen fighters and victims of fascismJabukovac, near Negotin
Monument to fallen fighters and victims of fascismTovariševo
Monument to fallen fighters and victims of fascismStara Moravica
Monument to fallen fightersRakovac
Monument to fallen fightersBosut
Monument to fallen fightersFutog
Monument to fallen fighters and victims of fascismJabuka
Monument to fallen fightersKać
Monument to fallen fightersVelika Greda
Monument to fallen fighters and victims of fascismRuma
Monument to fallen fightersSremska Kamenica
Monument to fallen fightersStara Pazova
Monument to FreedomTemerinDedicated to fallen fighters.
Monument to fallen fightersŠušara
Monument to fallen fighters and victims of fascismBanatsko Karađorđevo
Monument to Serbian and Albanian fallen fightersPristina,
Kosovo
Monument to fallen fightersKuršumlija
Monument to fallen fightersLedinci
Monument to fallen fightersLjig
Monument to fallen fightersKosmaj
Memorial plaque to Partisan fighters and the beginning of antifascist resistance in South SerbiaČukljenik
Monument to fallen fighters.Adaševci
Monument to fallen fighters.Batrovci
Monument to fallen fighters.Bačinci
Monument to fallen fighters.Bikić Do
Monument to fallen fighters and victims of Fascism.Šid
Memorial plaque to Miladin Zorić-Garača.Šid
Monument to fallen fighters.Bingula
Memorial Park of the Revolution.LeskovacDesigned by Bogdan Bogdanović.
Monument to fallen fighters.Drenovac
World War II monument.Martinci
World War II monument.Čalma
World War II monument.Salaš Noćajski
World War II monument.Radenković
World War II monument.Ravnje
World War II monument.Noćaj
World War II monument.Ležimir
World War II monument.Laćarak
World War II monument.Kuzmin
World War II monument.Jarak
World War II monument.Zasavica I
World War II monument.Divoš
World War II monument.Grgurevci
World War II monument.Veliki Radinci
World War II monument.Bačka Palanka
World War II monument.Tovariševo
World War II monument.Neštin
World War II monument.Čelarevo
World War II monument.Bačko Novo Selo
World War II monument.Sviloš
World War II monument.Rakovac
World War II monument.Grabovo
World War II monument.Čerević
World War II monument.Surduk
World War II monument.Stari Banovci
World War II monument.Novi Banovci
World War II monument.Belegiš
World War II monument.Stejanovci
World War II monument.Platičevo
World War II monument.Kraljevci
World War II monument.Buđanovci
World War II monument.Pećinci
World War II monument.Subotište
World War II monument.Sremski Mihaljevci
World War II monument.Karlovčić
World War II monument.Jazak
World War II monument.Jazak
World War II monument.Vrdnik
World War II monument.Čortanovci
World War II monument.Krčedin
World War II monument.Beška
World War II monument.Apatin
World War II monument.
World War II monument.Sivac
World War II monument.Ruski Krstur
World War II monument.Lalić
World War II monument.Čenej
World War II monument.Futog
World War II monument.Veternik
World War II monument.Kisač
World War II monument.Begeč
World War II monument.Bački Petrovac
World War II monument.Gložan
World War II monument.Bečej
World War II monument.Bečej
World War II monument.Bačko Gradište
World War II monument.Bačko Gradište
World War II monument.Sremski Karlovci
World War II monument.Titel
World War II monument.Vrbas
World War II monument.Vrbas
World War II monument.Vrbas

See also

Notes and References

  1. "Revolucionarno kiparstvo", Zagreb: Spektar, 1977, p. 159-160
  2. "Revolucionarno kiparstvo", Zagreb: Spektar, 1977, p. 80
  3. "Revolucionarno kiparstvo", Zagreb: Spektar, 1977, p. 83