Monument:
Memorial plaque on the Vijećnica (Town Hall) building

Location: Stari Grad Municipality, Sarajevo

Entity: Federation of Bosnia and Hezegovina

Text on the monument:

Na ovom su mjestu srpski zločinci
u noći 25/26 8 1992.godine zapalili
Nacionalnu i
Univerzitetsku biblioteku Bosne i Hercegovine
U plamenu je nestalo više od 2 miliona
knjiga, časopisa i dokumenata

Ne zaboravite,
pamtite i opominjite!

On this place Serbian criminals
in the night of 25th-26th August, 1992. set on fire
National and
University‘s library
of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Over 2 Millions of books, periodicals
and documents vanished in the flame

Do not forget,
remember and warn!

In memory of:

The burning down and destruction of the National and University Library of BiH that was housed in the Vijećnica building since the 1950s

Ethnic group: -

Built by the means of:

Sarajevo Canton

Data source(s): Cantonal Institute for the Protection of Cultural, Historical and Natural Heritage of Sarajevo , Fieldwork

Photographed: 2 November 2012

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