Monument:
Memorial in Velika Sočanica

Location: Velika Sočanica, Derventa

Entity: Republika Srpska

Erected in year: 2000

Text on the monument:

* On one side:

Arrested in 1992
just because they were Serb
to perform forced labour
treacherously murdered
at the hands of the enemy
in front of the trenches
prisoners of war

(names and years of birth of those killed)

Your sacrifice will embolden generations

* On the other side:

(names of those killed)

To fallen Serb
heroes from this region
1992-1995

Memorial renovated by the
Association of Prisoners of War
of the Derventa
municipality in 2003

* On the third side:

Dead arms
dead rifles
we line up in death
comrade next to comrade
and we were outnumbered
and we were outnumbered
ten to one
B. Ćopić

Glory to the fallen combatants of
NOR (People's Liberation War) and victims of
the Fascist terror 1941-1945

Memorial renovated in 2003
SUBNOR (Federation of People's Liberation War Veterans Associations) Derventa

In memory of:

Fallen VRS (Army of Republic of Srpska) soldiers and civilian victims of the 1992-1994 war

Ethnic group: Serbs

Dimensions: Height 2.5 m, foundation 5.8 m

Built by the means of:

Velika Sočanica local community (with funding from the municipality, citizens, and institutions)

Commemorations: For holding the Orthodox memorial service for fallen soldiers and civilian victims of war

Data source(s): Derventa Municipality, Head of the Department for the Protection of Veterans and Disabled Veterans , Local partners , Fieldwork

Photographed: 10 March 2013

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