brochure “Partizanski spomenik u Mostaru” (1980)
book “Spomenica Mostara 1941-1945.”
another document or proof of the memorial stone (e.g., a photograph).
Asim H. FRENJO
ASIM FRENJO, son of HUSEIN, born on December 3, 1920, in Mostar, an electrician and a football player for FC “Velež,” a member of the League of Communist Youth (SKOJ) since 1940. He joined the Battalion in July 1942 and served as a fighter and a bomber. He was killed as a lance corporal at Porim in March 1943. Brother of the fighter Rifat Frenjo, national hero.
According to the archives of Radmilo Braca Andrić, the remains of Asim Frenjo were transferred and buried in the Partisan Memorial Cemetery in Mostar.
Enver Ćemalović left the following brief remarks about Frenjo as a fighter and his death:
“Bombers Omer Ćemalović, Asim Frenjo, Maksim Kujundžić, Džafo Nezirić, Ibro Marić, Predrag Škrobić, and others, led by Hasan Zahirović Laca, Enes and Huso Orman, cleared the way with bombs towards enemy cannons and mortars, accompanied by many fighters. When they captured two cannons, Huso Orman mounted one while cursing at it, as no one knew how to operate it.”
“At dusk, our Battalion descended from Obrlino to Hansko Polje to be closer to Porim and spent the night there. In a village house, lance corporal Asim Frenjo obtained some flour and around midnight made a porridge, gathering his comrades and saying to them, ‘Tomorrow will be a bloody battle, let’s eat well; it would be a tragedy if we die hungry.’ At the beginning of the attack on Porim, Asim was killed. He was a brave fighter and a bomber who brought cheerfulness to the Battalion.”
grupa autora (1988): Ćemalović, Enver (1986): Mostarski bataljon, Mostar; http://rsdvelezmostar.blogspot.com/p/fk-velez.html; grupa autora: Spomenica Mostara 1941-1945. Photo: The archives of the Frenjo family.
Photo of the memorial plaque: S. Demirović
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