List of World War II monuments and memorials in Bosnia and Herzegovina

List of World War II monuments and memorials in Bosnia and Herzegovina includes Yugoslav monuments and memorials build on the territory of the present day Bosnia and Herzegovina.

History

The Yugoslav authorities established several memorial sites between 1945 and 1960, though widespread building started after the founding of the Non-Aligned Movement.

Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito commissioned several memorial sites and monuments in the 1960s and 70s dedicated to World War II battle and concentration camp sites. They were designed by notable sculptors, including Dušan Džamonja, Vojin Bakić, Miodrag Živković, Jordan and Iskra Grabul, and architects, including Bogdan Bogdanović, Gradimir Medaković. After Tito's death, a small number were built, and the monuments were popular visitor attractions in the 1980s as patriotic sites, and since the Yugoslav Wars and the dissolution of Yugoslavia, the sites have been abandoned and have lost their importance.

The list includes monuments and memorials built between 1945 and 1991, but does not include busts or other statues of individuals (see bottom).

List

Image	Name	Location	Notes
	Vraca Memorial Park	Sarajevo	Rehabilitation of old Austro-Hungarian fortress with combined work of Vladimir Dobrović as designer, Alija Kučukalić as sculptor, and Aleksandar Maltarić as landscaper, opened on 25 November 1981.
	Partisan cemetery in Mostar	Mostar	Designed by Bogdan Bogdanović, built in 1965.
	Monument to the Revolution	Kozara	Also known as the Mrakovica Memorial, dedicated to the Battle of Kozara. Designed by Dušan Džamonja. Completed in 1972.
	Partisan Memorial, Banja Luka	Banja Luka
	Valley of heroes	Tjentište
	Necropolis for the victims of Fascism	Novi Travnik	Designed by Bogdan Bogdanović, opened in 1975.
	Monument to the Revolution	Grmeč	Located in the Korčanica Memorial Zone of the Grmeč.
	Monument to the fallen Frontiersmen	Banja Luka	Dedicated to fallen frontier soldiers in the Banj hill. Designed by Antun Augustinčić.
	Memorial cemetery in Vukosavci	Vukosavci	Designed by Drago Tršar; built in 1986. Dedicated to the fighters of Majevica partisan detachment that were killed by chetniks in 1942.
	Monument to Zenica Partisan Detachment	Zenica	Built in 1968. Dedicated to fallen fighters of Zenica Partisan Detachment.
	Monument to Husino miners	Tuzla	Designed by Ivan Sabolić. Dedicated to Husino miners fallen in the Husino uprising of 1920 and People's Liberation Struggle 1941-1945.
	Eternal flame	Sarajevo	Built in 1946. Dedicated to Yugoslav army liberators of Sarajevo in 1945.
	Monument to fallen fighters	Banja Luka
	Partisans' Cemetery	Prijedor	Burial place of National Hero Mladen Stojanović. Approximately 120 Partisan fighters buried here.
	Monument to fallen fughters	Banja Luka
	Monument to victims of fascism	Rakovačke bare	Dedicated to the mine workers killed by Ustaša on 7 February 1942.
	Monument to fallen fighters and victims of fascism	Ljubačevo	Dedicated to the mine workers killed by Ustaša on 7 February 1942.
	Memorial relief to the People's Liberation Struggle	Bihać
	Djevojka sa Une	Bihać	Dedicated to soldiers of the Yugoslav Army fallen during the liberation of Bihać in 1945.
	Memorial ossuary of fallen fighters	Bratunac
	Monument to fallen fighters and victims of fascism	Mašići
	Monument to the first partisan airport	Međuvođe
	Monument to victims of fascism	Bosanska Kostajnica
	Monument to fallen fighters	Kotor Varoš
	Monument to fallen fighters	Baraći
	Monument to fallen fighters and victims of fascism	Bosanski Novi
	Monument to fallen fighters	Visoko	Opened in 1963.
	Monument to fallen fighters	Cazin
	Partisan cemetery in Livno	Near Livno	Designed by Vinko Kragic and Frano Buskareli, built in 1972.
	Mass Grave	Ljeskare, Prijedormunicipality	Monument erected in the 1980s to mark site of mass grave containing 13 individuals
	Monument to the First Partisan Pilots	Prijedor	Located beside the 'Urije' airstrip.
	Garavice Memorial Park	Bihać	Designed by Bogdan Bogdanović, built in 1981. Declared a National Monument of Bosnia & Herzegovina in 2011.
	Monument in Vogošća	Vogošća	Designed by Zlatko Ugljen, built in 1969. Commemorates 62 Partisan fighters and Illegal Workers.

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to World War II memorials in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

• People's Heroes of Yugoslavia monuments
• List of Yugoslav World War II monuments and memorials
• List of World War II monuments and memorials in Serbia
• List of World War II monuments and memorials in Croatia
• List of World War II monuments and memorials in Montenegro
• List of World War II monuments and memorials in North Macedonia
• List of World War II monuments and memorials in Slovenia

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