Dudik Memorial Park ( hr, Spomen-park Dudik, sr, Спомен-парк Дудик) is a
World War II
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war memorial
A war memorial is a building, monument, statue, or other edifice to celebrate a war or victory, or (predominating in modern times) to commemorate those who died or were injured in a war.
Symbolism
Historical usage
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park
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located in
Vukovar
Vukovar () ( sr-Cyrl, Вуковар, hu, Vukovár, german: Wukowar) is a city in Croatia, in the eastern region of Slavonia. It contains Croatia's largest river port, located at the confluence of the Vuka and the Danube. Vukovar is the seat of ...
in eastern
Croatia
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. The site is dedicated to 455 individuals who were executed by the authorities of the
Independent State of Croatia
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during the
World War II in Yugoslavia
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History
In 1945, the mortal remains of 384 victims were exhumed and placed in the common
ossuary
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dedicated to the victims of Dudik, fallen soldiers of the 5th Vojvodina Brigade of the
36th Vojvodina Division and the
Red Army
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soldiers who fought within the Vukovar area.
Most of the victims at the Dudik were
Yugoslav Partisan
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and ethnic
Serbs
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from modern day Croatia and from
Inđija
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,
Stara Pazova
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,
Ruma
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History
Traces of orga ...
,
Šid
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Sremska Mitrovica
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and
Irig in
Serbia
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who were target of
.
In 1973, the park was classified as a monument of cultural importance.
The monument at the Dudik Memorial Park, built from 1978 to 1980, is designed by
Bogdan Bogdanović, for which he won the
International Piranesi Award.
The Dudik Memorial Park was devastated during the Croatian War of Independence, and in the post-war years was a mined area.
Prior to its reconstruction, Vukovar town authorities used it as football field causing criticism among antifascist and Serb minority organizations.
Monuments and park reconstruction began in 2015
and was completed in 2016.
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See also
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Ivanci massacre
The Ivanci massacre was the complete destruction of the Serb village of Ivanci in eastern Croatia (south of Ilača) on 30 November 1943 by Nazi German forces.
During World War II, Syrmia was a part of The Independent State of Croatia led by the ...
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Monument to the victory of the people of Slavonia
Monument to the revolutionary victory of the people of Slavonia or Monument to the people-hero of Slavonia was a World War II memorial sculpture by Vojin Bakić, that was located in, now uninhabited, Serbian village of Kamenska, Brestovac, Slavo ...
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Buildings and structures completed in 1980
Buildings and structures in Vukovar
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Yugoslav Croatian architecture