brochure “Partizanski spomenik u Mostaru” (1980)
book “Spomenica Mostara 1941-1945.”
another document or proof of the memorial stone (e.g., a photograph).
Nikola M. MATRAK
NIKOLA NIKO MATRAK, son of MARKO, born on December 4, 1923, in Gnojnica near Mostar. Farmer. Joined the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments on February 14, 1945, in the 13th Herzegovina Brigade. Fighter of the 1st Battalion. Killed on March 27, 1945, in the battles for Ivan-sedlo. “All four brigade battalions spent the last day of March in a combat formation on the line Rudno Brdo – Mali Ivan – up to the Bradina Raštelica road. The intensity of the battles fought on March 27, as well as on the 28th and 29th, is confirmed by the graves of fallen comrades (…) alongside dozens of wounded.”
Seferović, Mensur (1988): Trinaesta Hercegovačka NOU Brigada, Beograd; grupa autora: Spomenica Mostara 1941-1945.
Photo of the memorial plaque: S. Demirović.
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