Eternal flame (Sarajevo)

Eternal flame Vječna vatra
Bosnia-Herzegovina
The Eternal flame in Sarajevo
For the military and civilian victims of the Second World War in Sarajevo
Established	April 6, 1946 (1946-04-06)
Location	43°51′31.90″N 18°25′18.70″E

The Eternal flame (Bosnian: Vječna vatra) is a 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 Independent State of Croatia.

The memorial is located in the centre of Sarajevo at the corner the Marshall Tito street and the main Sarajevo pedestrian street, Ferhadija.

In the very early morning of Sunday, 2 January 2011, the Vječna vatra was suddenly, freakishly extinguished by (or self-extinguished before) a gathering of revellers, who quickly scattered. Yet, the Eternal flame was heroically reignited less than 20 seconds later by a passing tourist, who witnessed what had happened and ran up to risk life and limb in order to preserve the great Yugoslav memorial's continuity.^{[citation needed]}

Inscription

Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian

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 Otažbine 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 National Army; with the Joint Efforts and Sacrifices of Sarajevan Patriots Serbs, Muslims and Croats on the 6th of 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 of the liberation of Sarajevo and our Homeland, On the First Anniversary of its Liberation-- a Grateful Sarajevo

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