''Stone Flower'' (; ) is a

monument A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, hist ...

to the victims of the Ustasha genocide of the Serbs during the

World War II in Yugoslavia World War II in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia began on 6 April 1941, when the country was swiftly conquered by Axis forces and partitioned between Germany, Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria and their client regimes. Shortly after Germany attacked the US ...

, located in Jasenovac,

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. Designed by Bogdan Bogdanović and unveiled in 1966, it serves as a reminder of the atrocities perpetrated in the

Jasenovac concentration camp Jasenovac () was a concentration and extermination camp established in the village of the same name by the authorities of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II. The concentration camp, one of the ...

External links

Official Site of the Jasenovac Memorial – includes history and profile of architectOfficial Site of the Jasenovac Memorial – GallerySpomenik Database - Jasenovac
Buildings and structures completed in 1966 World War II memorials in Croatia Buildings and structures in Sisak-Moslavina County Yugoslav World War II monuments and memorials Tourist attractions in Sisak-Moslavina County Concrete sculptures {{Croatia-struct-stub