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

Mjesto/lokacija: Laništa, Brčko, Ime Marijino Cemetery, Donja Laništa

Entitet: Brčko district

Godina izgradnje: 2003-2004, (sources cite different dates), renovated in 2011

Tekst na spomeniku:

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)

U sjećanje na:

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

Etnička grupa: Croats

Dimenzije spomenika: Height: approx. 4.50 m Pedestal: 3.1 x 3.5 m

Spomenik podigli:

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.

Autor/ka spomenika: Zvonko (Zvonimir) Marić

Interpretacija ideje:

"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.

Intervencije na spomeniku:

Renovated in 2011

Poznate komemoracije:

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

Izvor podataka: President of the Laništa Donja local community , Local partners, Fieldwork

Fotografisano: 30 October 2012

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