Eternal flame (Belgrade)

Eternal flame
Večna vatra
Serbia

The Eternal flame in Belgrade
For the military and civilian victims of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia
Established June 12, 2000 (2000-06-12)
Location 44°49′09″N 20°26′13″E / 44.819039°N 20.436931°E / 44.819039; 20.436931
near Ušće

The Eternal flame (Serbian: Вечна ватра or Večna vatra) is a memorial to the military and civilian victims of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. The memorial was dedicated on June 12, 2000, the first anniversary of the end of the bombing.[1]

The memorial is located in Ušće, Belgrade, Serbia. It was opened by then-President of Serbia Milan Milutinović while the monument itself was largely the work of Mirjana Marković, the wife of Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević.

Inscription

The inscription contains quotes from the poems Jugoslavija and Domovini by Branko Miljković and a list of countries that bombed Yugoslavia.[2]

Serbian English translation
Југославија
Све што нема ватре у себи сагори
Што сагори постаје ноћ
Што не изгори рађа дан
Бранко Миљковић
Yugoslavia
Everything that doesn't have fire in itself burns out
What burns out becomes night
What doesn't burn out, creates the day
Branko Miljković
Serbian English translation
Домовини
И када би ме убили
Волим те
Бранко Миљковић
To the homeland
Even if they were to kill me
I love you
Branko Miljković

References

  1. ↑ Politika article on the memorial.
  2. ↑ Politika article on the memorial.
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