Eternal flame (Sarajevo)

Eternal flame
Vječna vatra
Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Eternal flame in Sarajevo
For The military and civilian victims of the Second World War in Sarajevo
Established6 April 1946 (1946-04-06)
Location43°51′31.90″N 18°25′18.70″E / 43.8588611°N 18.4218611°E / 43.8588611; 18.4218611

The Eternal flame (Serbo-Croatian: Vječna vatra, Вјечна ватра) is a memorial to the military and civilian victims of the Second World War in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The memorial was dedicated on 6 April 1946, the first anniversary of the liberation of Sarajevo from the four-year-long occupation by Nazi Germany and the fascist Independent State of Croatia.

The memorial was designed by architect Juraj Neidhardt and is located in the former Landesbank building at the center of Sarajevo at the junction of Mula Mustafa Bašeskije, Titova and Ferhadija streets.[1]

The attendees of the memorial come every April 6 to lay flowers and pay their respects in memory of liberators of the city and victims of both World War II and the 1992–1996 Siege of Sarajevo, which began around this date.[2]

Inscription

Bosnian English
Crvena petokraka Hrabrošću i zajednički prolivenom
krvlju boraca bosansko-hercegovačkih,
hrvatskih, crnogorskih i srpskih brigada
slavne Jugoslavenske armije, zajedničkim
naporima i žrtvama sarajevskih rodoljuba
Srba, Muslimana i Hrvata 6 aprila 1945
oslobođeno je Sarajevo glavni
grad Narodne Republike Bosne i Hercegovine.
Vječna slava i hvala palim junacima
za oslobođenje Sarajeva i naše otadžbine.
O prvoj godišnjici svoga oslobođenja—
zahvalno Sarajevo.
Red star With courage and the jointly spilled
blood of the fighters of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian,
Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian brigades
of the glorious Yugoslav Army; with the joint
efforts and sacrifices of Sarajevan patriots
Serbs, Muslims and Croats on 6 April 1945
Sarajevo, the capital city of the People's Republic
of Bosnia and Herzegovina was liberated.
Eternal glory and gratitude to the fallen heroes
for the liberation of Sarajevo and our homeland.
On the first anniversary of its liberation—
a grateful Sarajevo.

References

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  1. ^ "Vječna Vatra (Eternal Flame)". sarajevo.travel.
  2. ^ "Počelo obilježavanje Dana grada Sarajeva, delegacije položile cvijeće na spomenik Vječna vatra" [The commemoration of Sarajevo City Day began, delegations laid flowers on the Eternal flame monument]. Dnevni avaz. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.