Monument:
Monument to Victims of the 8 May 1992 Chetnik Massacre

Location: Laništa, Brčko, Ime Marijino Cemetery, Donja Laništa

Entity: Brčko district

Erected in year: 2003-2004, (sources cite different dates), renovated in 2011

Text on the monument:

To victims of the Chetnik massacre
of 8 May 1992

Blessed are they which are persecuted
for righteousness‘ sake:
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:10

(names and years of birth of those killed and names of the missing with the following information: year of birth and year when registered as missing)

In memory of:

Civilian victims of a massacre missing since 1992 and three fallen soldiers

Ethnic group: Croats

Dimensions: Height: approx. 4.50 m Pedestal: 3.1 x 3.5 m

Built by the means of:

At the initiative of the then president of the local community, Ivan Filipović, and other citizens, the monument was erected by the HDZ BiH political party, with donations. The designer worked pro bono.

Authorship: Zvonko (Zvonimir) Marić

Interpretation of the idea:

"A symbol of the civilian victims of war. A union of eternity and futurism (modernism), of granite and stainless steel. A union of that which cannot be joined (text chosen by the local community)." Direct quotation from questionnaire. Source: Ž. Filipović, President of the Laništa Donja local community.

Monument changes:

Renovated in 2011

Commemorations: Used to commemorate 8 May - Holy Mass and laying of flowers

Data source(s): President of the Laništa Donja local community , Local partners, Fieldwork

Photographed: 30 October 2012

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