Monument to Fallen Fighters

The monument is dedicated to fallen fighters in the People's Liberation War. It is rectangular in shape and covered with stone. At the top of the monument is a five-pointed star, and on the front is a commemorative plaque with a Cyrillic-Latin inscription:
"Glory to the fallen
fighters for the freedom of the fatherland, for brotherhood
and a better life for our peoples"

Around the Monument of Fallen Warriors are 21 memorial busts of folk heroes of Yugoslavia, who were born in Banja Luka or the surrounding area or who acted politically and militarily in the vicinity of Banja Luka.

Folk heroes are:
Jovo Bijelić
Rada Vranješević
Ante Jakić
Osman Karabegović
Boško Karalić
Drago Lang
Rade Ličina
Vahida Maglajlić
Šefket Maglajlić
Drago Mažar
Ivica Mažar
Josip Mažar Šoša
Milančić Miljević
Danko Mitrov
Stjepan Pavlić
Branko Popović
Đuro Pucar Stari
Karlo Rojc
Milorad Umjenović
Kasim Hadžić
Ranko Šipka

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Stefan van History Hustle [YouTube]