Eternal flame (Sarajevo)

Eternal Flame Memorial
Vječna vatra
Eternal Flame Memorial ; Vječna vatra
Bosnia and Herzegovina
	The Eternal Flame in Sarajevo
	For The military and civilian victims of the Second World War in Sarajevo
Established	6 April 1946
Location	43°51′32″N 18°25′19″E / 43.85881151263891°N 18.421871659343516°E

The Eternal Flame (Serbo-Croatian: Vječna vatra, Вјечна ватра) is an eternal flame type of 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

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.

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.

Gallery

References

^ "Vječna Vatra (Eternal Flame)". sarajevo.travel.
^ "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.

[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.

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