Eternal Flame (Sarajevo)

 Second World War 1939-1945, monument, draw only border, eternal flame

The Eternal flame (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: Vječna vatra / Вјечна ватра):

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 fascist Independent State of Croatia.

The memorial was designed by architect Juraj Neidhardt and is located in the center of Sarajevo at the junction of Mula Mustafa Bašeskije, Titova and Ferhadija streets.

• Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian
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 otadžbine
o prvoj godišnjici svoga oslobođenja—
zahvalno Sarajevo

• English
With courage and the jointly spilled
blood of the fighters of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian,
Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian brigades
of the glorious Yugoslav Army; with
the joint efforts and sacrifices of Sarajevan patriots
Serbs, Muslims and Croats on 6 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
for the liberation of Sarajevo and our homeland,
On the first anniversary of its liberation—
a grateful Sarajevo