Šumarice Memorial Park
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| Artist | Miodrag Živković |
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| Year | 1963 |
| Type | Sculpture |
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Kragujevac,  Serbia |
Kragujevac October 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 3,000 men and boys of the town by the German occupation forces on October 21, 1941, during World War II. According to Cohen, "All males from the town between the ages of sixteen and sixty were assembled and the victims -- including high school students -- were selected from among them."[1]
There are several monuments in the park: the monument to the murdered schoolchildren and their teachers (the "Interrupted Flight" monument), the "Monument of pain and defiance", the "One hundred for one" monument, the "Resistance and Freedom" monument, and the monument to shoe cleaners, are some of the best known.
The Museum of Genocide is located at the site of the massacre.
Picture gallery
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Museum of Genocide "21 Octobre"
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Museum of Genocide "21 Octobre" at night
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Eternal "Flame of Freedom"
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Monument of pain and defiance
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"One hundred for one" monument
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"Resistance and Freedom" monument
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Monument to the victims of World War I
See also
- Kragujevac massacre
- List of Yugoslav World War II monuments and memorials in Serbia
- Historic Landmarks of Exceptional Importance
References
- ↑ Philip. J. Cohen, "Serbia's Secret War", p.38
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Šumarice. |
- Šumarice Memorial Park - Museum of October 21
- Šumarice Memorial Park at www.spomenicikulture.mi.sanu.ac.rs
- Virtual tour to area, monuments and buildings
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Coordinates: 44°01′24″N 20°54′02″E / 44.02333°N 20.90056°E