Šumarice Memorial Park

Memorial Park in Kragujevac, Serbia

44°01′24″N 20°54′02″E / 44.02333°N 20.90056°E / 44.02333; 20.90056Area350 hectares (860 acres)Built1953 (1953)ArchitectMihajlo Mitrović and Radivoje Tomić

Cultural Heritage of Serbia

TypeHistoric Landmark of Exceptional ImportanceDesignated1979Reference no.ЗМ 9

October in Kragujevac Memorial Park (Serbian: Spomen-park „Kragujevački oktobar", Спомен-парк „Крагујевачки октобар"), also known as Šumarice Memorial Park (Memorijalni park Šumarice, Меморијални парк Шумарице), is the site near Kragujevac, Serbia of the execution of an estimated 2,800 men and boys of the town by the German occupation forces on October 21, 1941, during World War II (Kragujevac massacre). Among the dead were hundreds of high school students.^[1] The 21 October Museum was designed by architect Ivan Antić is located at the site of the massacre.

Monuments within the park include the monument to the murdered schoolchildren and their teachers (the "Interrupted Flight" monument) by sculptor Miodrag Živković; the "Monument of pain and defiance" by sculptor Ante Gržetić; the "One hundred for one" monument by Nandor Glid; the "Resistance and Freedom" monument by Gržetić; and the Shoeshiners monument ("Crystal Flower") by architect Nebojša Delja. The complex also contains the Monument to the Slovaks killed during the World War I and the old World War I military cemetery with a Monument to Serbian soldier.^[2]

In December 2020 an exhibit about the Jasenovac concentration and extermination camp was held.^[3]

Gallery

21 October Museum
Eternal "Flame of Freedom"
"Pain and Defiance" monument
"One hundred for one" monument
"Resistance and Freedom" monument
detail of the "Interrupted Flight" monument
Monument to the victims of World War I

References

^ Glenny, Misha (2001). The Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804–1999. London, England: Penguin. p. 493. ISBN 978-0-14-023377-3.
^ Šumarice Memorial Park at www.spomenicikulture.mi.sanu.ac.rs
^ "DA SE NE UMANjE USTAŠKI ZLOČINI U LOGORU SMRTI: U Spomen-parku u kragujevačkim Šumaricama otvorena izložba "Jasenovac - pravo na nezaborav"". NOVOSTI (in Serbian). Retrieved 6 December 2020.

External links

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Šumarice Memorial Park - Museum of October 21
Virtual tour to area, monuments and buildings

Kragujevac

Buildings and structures

Amidža Konak
Kragujevac military academy

Cultural institutions

Knjaževsko-srpski teatar
Šumarice Memorial Park
National Museum, Kragujevac
Museum "Old Foundry"

Science and education

University of Kragujevac
First Kragujevac Gymnasium

Healthcare

Clinical Centre of Kragujevac

Sports

Čika Dača Stadium

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