Šumarice Memorial Park

Interrupted Flight

Artist	Miodrag Živković
Year	1963 (1963)
Type	Sculpture
Location	Kragujevac,  Serbia

Kragujevac October Memorial Park (Serbian: Spomen-park „Kragujevački oktobar“, Спомен-парк „Крагујевачки октобар“), also known as Šumarice Memorial Park (Memorijalni park Šumarice, Меморијални парк Шумарице), is the site near Kragujevac, Serbia of the execution of an estimated 3,000 men and boys of the town by the German occupation forces on October 21, 1941, during World War II. According to Cohen, "All males from the town between the ages of sixteen and sixty were assembled and the victims -- including high school students -- were selected from among them."^[1]

There are several monuments in the park: the monument to the murdered schoolchildren and their teachers (the "Interrupted Flight" monument), the "Monument of pain and defiance", the "One hundred for one" monument, the "Resistance and Freedom" monument, and the monument to shoe cleaners, are some of the best known.

The Museum of Genocide is located at the site of the massacre.

Picture gallery

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  Museum of Genocide "21 Octobre"
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  Museum of Genocide "21 Octobre" at night
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  Eternal "Flame of Freedom"
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  Monument of pain and defiance
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  "One hundred for one" monument
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  "Resistance and Freedom" monument
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  Monument to the executed pupils and teachers
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  Monument to the victims of World War I

See also

• Kragujevac massacre
• List of Yugoslav World War II monuments and memorials in Serbia
• Historic Landmarks of Exceptional Importance

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Šumarice.

• Šumarice Memorial Park - Museum of October 21
• Šumarice Memorial Park at www.spomenicikulture.mi.sanu.ac.rs
• Virtual tour to area, monuments and buildings

Kragujevac
Buildings and structures	Amidža Konak Kragujevac military academy
Cultural institutions	Knjaževsko-srpski teatar Šumarice Memorial Park National Museum, Kragujevac Museum "Old Foundry"
Science and education	University of Kragujevac First Kragujevac Gymnasium
Sports	Čika Dača Stadium

Cultural Heritage of Serbia
Archaeological sites	Exceptional Importance Great Importance Protected
Cultural Monuments	Exceptional Importance Great Importance Protected
Historic Landmarks	Exceptional Importance Great Importance Protected
Spatial Cultural-Historical Units	Exceptional Importance Great Importance Protected

Coordinates: 44°01′24″N 20°54′02″E / 44.02333°N 20.90056°E / 44.02333; 20.90056