brochure “Partizanski spomenik u Mostaru” (1980)
book “Spomenica Mostara 1941-1945.”
another document or proof of the memorial stone (e.g., a photograph).
Pero D. JANJALIJA
PETAR PERO JANJALIJA, DUŠAN, born on January 21, 1913, in Mostar. Civil servant. Activist of the National Liberation Movement. Arrested by the Germans during a raid in July 1943 in Mostar and executed in Ovojci near Mostar.
As per sources, on the same day, 4 fighters were executed in Ovojci: RADOJKA RACA IVANIŠEVlĆ-GNJATlĆ, worker, MEHMED HUSKOVIĆ, worker, SMAIL JUGO, worker, and MEHMED PALA, worker; from the city, 12 illegal fighters: SALKO ČUKUR, worker, DŽEMAL DELIĆ, worker, HAMDIJA DIZDAREVIĆ, worker, ĆAMIL HADŽAJLlĆ, PETAR JANJALIJA, student, IBRO KAZAZIĆ, worker, JUSUF MALKOČ, worker, ZAIM NIKŠIĆ, AVDIJA PAVLOVIĆ, worker, TEOFIK PUZIĆ, worker, HALID SADIKOVIĆ, worker, and ALIJA SALAHOVIĆ.
An older brother of Đorđo Janjalija, also arrested and shot on or around the same date in Ovojci.
Ćemalović, Enver (1986): Mostarski bataljon, Mostar; grupa autora: Spomenica Mostara 1941-1945., spomenicinob.info
Photo of the memorial plaque: S. Demirović (2018). Photo of the fighter: “Partizanski spomenik u Mostaru” (1980)
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