brochure “Partizanski spomenik u Mostaru” (1980)
book “Spomenica Mostara 1941-1945.”
another document or proof of the memorial stone (e.g., a photograph).
Ibro A. PEZO
IBRAHIM IBRO PEZO, son of AHMET, born on July 25, 1919,* in Mostar, a farmer and gardener. Tamburica player in the Folklore Ensemble “Abrašević”. Member of the League of Communist Youth (SKOJ) since 1941, in the Battalion since the beginning of 1942, a fighter who died in Špiljani near Konjic in June 1942.
Pezo’s group was captured by the Chetniks. The following is remembered about his death:
“A group of Chetniks, including Mijatović, returned to the guardhouse in Zvekuša. Mijatović went down to the basement to check on the disarmed fighters and immediately fired a shot from the door, killing Ibrahim Pezo, a gardener from Mostar, and wounding Alija Vučijaković, after which he closed the basement again.”
*As per the book “Spomenica Mostara 1941-1945”.
Ćemalović, Enver (1986): Mostarski bataljon, Mostar; grupa autora: Spomenica Mostara 1941-1945; https://mostar.live/zlatna-era-rkud-abrasevic/
Photo of the memorial plaque: S. Demirović.
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