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Public School Class commemoration held in Kragujevac
Kragujevac,
21 October 2010
The Public School Class, a traditional antiwar commemoration of students and teachers of Kragujevac Grammar School shot in World War Two, was held today at Sumarice Memorial Park in Kragujevac.
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Fonet
Serbian Parliament Speaker Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic, Minister of Foreign Affairs Vuk Jeremic, Minister of Education Zarko Obradovic, a delegation from the First Kragujevac Grammar School and other delegations laid wreaths at the burial mound of murdered students and teachers.
Italian Ambassador to Serbia Armando Varicchio, Slovak Ambassador Igor Furdik, Palestinian Ambassador Mohamed Nabhan, Ambassador of Bosnia-Herzegovina Borisa Arnaut and Romanian Ambassador Jon Makovei also laid wreaths at the monument in Sumarice.
The Italian Ambassador sent a message of peace from Sumarice Park, underlining that although this tragedy took place a relatively long time ago, it must be remembered by everyone.
To honour those who gave their lives in 1941 is to raise one’s voice in protest that nothing of the kind should happen again. By teaching our younger generations about the past we want to confer on them the task of always finding reasons for dialogue and peace, Varicchio emphasised.
The retaliation against civilians took place on 19 October 1941 in the surrounding villages and on 21 October in Kragujevac.
Among the victims of the massacre were grammar school students and according to historical data, around 2794 people were killed – 2379 in Kragujevac and 415 in the surrounding villages.
As a sign of remembrance to Nazi victims shot on 21 October in Kragujevac, the poem “Executed City” by Italian poet Anna Santoliquido was performed at the event.
The commemorative event in the memorial park started with a liturgy in the Church of New Martyrs in Sumarice, at which a prayer service was held next to the grave mound of the executed students and teachers.
After the Public School Class, a Regatta of Peace was held during which citizens sent messages of peace to the world through the Internet during a multimedia programme made by artist Gorana Dimic.
Italian Ambassador to Serbia Armando Varicchio, Slovak Ambassador Igor Furdik, Palestinian Ambassador Mohamed Nabhan, Ambassador of Bosnia-Herzegovina Borisa Arnaut and Romanian Ambassador Jon Makovei also laid wreaths at the monument in Sumarice.
The Italian Ambassador sent a message of peace from Sumarice Park, underlining that although this tragedy took place a relatively long time ago, it must be remembered by everyone.
To honour those who gave their lives in 1941 is to raise one’s voice in protest that nothing of the kind should happen again. By teaching our younger generations about the past we want to confer on them the task of always finding reasons for dialogue and peace, Varicchio emphasised.
The retaliation against civilians took place on 19 October 1941 in the surrounding villages and on 21 October in Kragujevac.
Among the victims of the massacre were grammar school students and according to historical data, around 2794 people were killed – 2379 in Kragujevac and 415 in the surrounding villages.
As a sign of remembrance to Nazi victims shot on 21 October in Kragujevac, the poem “Executed City” by Italian poet Anna Santoliquido was performed at the event.
The commemorative event in the memorial park started with a liturgy in the Church of New Martyrs in Sumarice, at which a prayer service was held next to the grave mound of the executed students and teachers.
After the Public School Class, a Regatta of Peace was held during which citizens sent messages of peace to the world through the Internet during a multimedia programme made by artist Gorana Dimic.
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