Yugoslavia

Monument to the Revolution

Yugoslavia

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Crowning Mrakovica, a peak of Kozara mountain in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this brutalist World War II memorial by sculptor Dušan Džamonja commemorates the 1942 Kozara Offensive and honors 2,500 Yugoslav partisan fighters and 68,500 predominantly Serb civilians killed or deported to Ustaše concentration camps. Completed in 1972, the monument's cylindrical form comprises twenty vertical concrete segments—alternating deep-set pillars (representing victory and life) with hollows (symbolizing death)—creating an interplay of light and darkness. Horizontally-positioned concrete blocks reference enemy forces attempting, unsuccessfully, to destroy that triumph. The broader memorial complex includes a museum and a wall inscribed with the names of 9,921 Yugoslav partisans who fell during the fighting.