Eternal flame (Sarajevo)

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 April 6, 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.

Inscription

Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian

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 Jointly Spilled

Blood of the Fighters of the Bosnian- Herzegovinian,

Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian Briagades

of the Glorious Jugoslav National Army

with Efforts and Sacrifice 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